Arkansas’ public television commission voted Thursday to pause efforts to become the first state to cut ties with PBS after hearing almost two hours of frustrated public comments from opponents, including the head of the national network.
The 4-1 vote saw some PBS Commission members support the pause after voting in favor of forgoing PBS membership in December. The station had been preparing to disaffiliate from PBS on July 1.
Commissioner Anne Cowie was among the members who reversed their votes. She said her goal with both votes was to be financially responsible, and she pointed out that there were no public statements of support for disaffiliation at the meeting or in Arkansans’ calls and emails to commissioners.
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