By Brian Lowry

Most of media is dying the death of a thousand cuts. But like many things related to Trump administration policies, public broadcasting is being dismantled based on lies, half-truths and misperceptions, animated by decades of conservative disinformation about what the channels deliver and who they serve.

Early Thursday, the Senate passed a rescission package backed by President Trump gutting funding of public broadcasting along with foreign aid programs, eliminating $1.1 billion in federal support to PBS and NPR. The bill moves to the House, amid cheers from conservatives and warnings of dire consequences from opponents.