Whatever happened to the days when nobody cared about PBS stations? The only thing most people even knew about them is that they spend ample time begging for money from viewers during telethons. And they had the Newshour with Jim Lehrer. Now they appear to be infatuated with drag queens, and one state has had enough.
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt plans to shut down the left-leaning OETA-TV in his state because of the “indoctrination and over-sexualization” of children through content that promotes drag queens and the LGBTQ agenda.
Stitt recently moved to block funding for the station through 2026, which means the station will go dark this year unless the state legislature overrides his veto.
Here’s a quote from Stitt. “OETA, to us, is an outdated system. You know, the big, big question is, why are we spending taxpayer dollars to prop up or compete with the private sector and run television stations? And then when you go through all of the programming that’s happening and the indoctrination and over-sexualization of our children, it’s just really problematic, and it doesn’t line up with Oklahoma values,”
As for the programming Stitt is opposed to, well, there’s a segment called “Let’s Learn” featuring a drag queen named Lil Miss Hot Mess. The drag queen reads kids a book called “The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish.”
Stitt also pointed out a show called “Clifford The Big Red Dog” that features lesbian parents, and in “Odd Squad, a segment depicted a same-sex wedding.”
Not exactly Oscar the Grouch teaching kids how to count or playfully arguing with the Muppets.
Stitt told Fox that OETA’s obsession with drag queens had gotten them off their educational mission, and if their content were good, the private sector would make it available.
“When you think about educating kids, let’s teach them to read and their numbers and counting and letters and those kind of things. I mean, some of the programming that we’re seeing… it just doesn’t need to be on public television.”
OETA has been on the air since 1956 — let’s hope “Lil Miss Hot Mess” was worth going dark for.
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