Government should never directly fund any means of public media. Hell, they already have several networks lying for all they are worth for any democrat seeking to gain or retain office without any money officially changing hands at the federal level. Some of them even regularly state on camera how much they love their dear leader. Chris Mathews even gets thrills running up his leg without public funding. Why on Earth would they double down by paying another one on the books? Bunch of communist propaganda-tards.