Gov. Stitt axes PBS funding over shows with LGBT+ content
Source: KTUL ABC Tulsa
Governor Kevin Stitt receives questions after denying OETA funding.
“OETA is the most-watched PBS station in the country,” Friends of OETA board member Ken Busby asserted. “Over 650,000 viewers a week are watching PBS in Oklahoma.”
Those impressive numbers haven’t fazed Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, who said the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority should lose its funding because its programming features the LGBT+ community.
H.B. 2820 was one of more than 20 bills vetoed by the governor late Wednesday evening. It would have secured OETA’s funding through 2026 if signed into law.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gov-stitt-axes-pbs-funding-over-shows-with-lgbt-content/ar-AA1azzzG?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d9801bbdd8634fba8c0350f534ab27a2&ei=9
Keep this in mind: "The governor’s veto means Oklahoma is on course to lose its emergency alert system."
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Looks like Gov Stitt is getting a two-fer: blame LGBTQ people ("look what you made me do"
for killing off a major PBS station in the state *and* take away a popular and useful tool for Oklahoma public schools.
https://www.news9.com/story/5e83d4fcc181861f15668c34/oeta-to-broadcast-curriculum-based-programming-for-students-teachers-to-help-with-distance-learning
https://www.oeta.tv/education/learning-at-home/
