they watch the local pbs station for that sort of content, sesame street and that sort of thing. exactly. that s exactly may lived experience. i grew up in rural oklahoma. pbs and oeta is the only broadcasting network that serves all 77 counties in the state of oklahoma. and i have fond memories of coming home after school and watching math programming, square one, mr. rogers neighborhood. when i think about again, our current students losing that quality programming, it makes me very concerned. i have three children. and we raised them on pbs kids. so i think it is a real unfortunately, it has become very political. and those who lose out are oklahomans. there seems to be an own the libs arms race. you see it in florida with disney. is that what the governor of oklahoma is doing now?
programs by name. but what we know in oklahoma is that they have provided quality programming since 1956. so generations of oklahomans have enjoyed a variety of programs from curious george to this old house. when i think about oklahomans missing out on that quality programming, it is very concerning to me. a spokesperson for pbs responded saying, the threat to funding puts oklahoma families at risk of losing access to the local free content they trust to help kids reach their full potential. i mean, what are your concerns about how this might affect communities across oklahoma? communities of color, lower-earnings families? i know this having worked in television a long time. you go to some far-flung places in this country, they may not have cable. folks may not have a satellite dish. and they rely on their antenna, on their tv. people may not realize this.
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