In a move that surprises no one, "Make America Racist Again" (MARA) has cut funding to PBS, the public broadcaster long trusted by “mum and dad” audiences. The official excuse? PBS’s supposed “leftist” bias. But the real concern among MARA supporters is more fundamental: PBS tells the full story of American history — slavery, genocide of Indigenous peoples, civil war, racism, and military imperialism — and they fear citizens learning that truth.
It’s no wonder a documentary about Muhammad Ali would provoke their ire, chronicling the success of a black man defying expectations. Or that "lefty" Ken Burns continues to explore America’s fraught past, including the painful years leading to the Civil War when the country wrestled with its own soul.
A quick look at the PBS schedule makes clear that "left-wing bias" is simply code for “anything we don’t like.”
Just as the Nazis, on their rise to power, reshaped courts and silenced dissent, so too does this attack on public broadcasting reveal a deeper effort: to suppress history, erase uncomfortable truths, and control the narrative.
Make America Racist Again (MARA)
PBS funding is to be cut
"Make America Racist Again" (MARA) has cut funding to PBS.