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With The Corporation for Public Broadcasting shutting down, The New York Times travelled to the other end of the country to remote regions of Alaska to bring stories of doom and gloom, but some of congressional reporter Megan Mineiro’s Tuesday claims came across as problematic. Mineiro wasted no time: “Attention: A tsunami warning has been issued for this area,” the message said. “Move to high ground immediately. Tune to your local radio station for details.” Residents of Unalaska, Alaska, hopped into their cars and tuned to KUCB, the only local station on the island, to listen for live updates as they drove uphill and away from danger. The next day, the Senate passed the bill, acceding to Mr. Trump’s demand to cancel funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides money for KUCB and stations like it all over the country that serve listeners in remote areas — many in Alaska reachable only by plane, boat or, in the winter, ice bridge. The order of events is interesting. Residents got the warning and then tuned into KUCB not were listening to KUCB and then got the warning. As recently as last year Alaska Public Media itself noted that private industry is revolutionizing media in rural Alaska: The availability of high-speed internet from Starlink satellites has, by most accounts, been revolutionary in rural parts of Alaska. Elders in villages can have face-to-face conversations with their grandkids living far away. The owners of broken-down snowmachines are able to watch videos showing how to fix them. A search-and-rescue crew even used Starlink to see social media posts that helped them find teenagers lost in a snowstorm. And as Starlink continues to gain users, it's forced traditional telecommunications companies, who've raked in hundreds of millions of dollars in federal subsidies, to compete. However, Mineiro also gave moderate-to-liberal Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski some sympathetic treatment, “But in a Senate remade by Mr. Trump’s threats of political retribution, Ms. Murkowski found herself in a lonely fight, with her fellow Republicans declining to join her in moving to protect funding for stations that serve as a lifeline of communication for many rural Americans… It has also raised questions about whether someone like Ms. Murkowski can still be effective in Donald Trump’s Senate.” Returning to KUCB, station manager Lauren Adams told Mineiro, “I worry about what will happen when we have an emergency alert situation.” Mineiro lamented that so much of the CPB fight in Washington had little do with life in Unalaska, “Even in the age of cellphones and Wi-Fi, residents said radios here were constantly tuned to KUCB, which brings them local news and emergency alerts as well as City Council meetings, high school basketball games and public health programs on topics ranging from the seasonal flu to suicide prevention.” She also cited “Kristin Hall, the station manager at KYUK in Bethel, Alaska, which broadcasts in both English and Yup’ik, an Indigenous language commonly spoken in the region. Raising donations to keep stations on the air in rural Alaska, where some households still collect human waste in ‘honey buckets,’ is not realistic, she added.” Is it? The CPB sent all of Alaska around $12 million. It wasn’t that long ago, that The New York Times was promoting various groups raising tens of millions of dollars to keep such stations afloat. After more such lamentations, Mineiro returned to Murkowski and concluded, “She also suggested that she was reluctant to leave Congress given that she is one of the few remaining Republicans who openly criticize Mr. Trump. Her voice in Washington, she said, ‘is important for my constituents here, but I think it’s important for the broader discourse as well.’” The entire argument for federally funded public radio seems to rely on the premise that it actually isn’t 2025. Even if one omits the Starlink revolution, if Alaskans still want or need public radio, they should take it up with their governor or state legislators.

Fans may be displaying some misplaced outrage over a new rainbow-themed Batman character depending on who is asked.DC Comics, along with Warner Bros., and LEGO have announced a new video game called LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight and allowed fans to get a first look at some of the Batman costumes that will be playable in the game.'The rainbow didn't always represent the LGBT mafia.'Some gamers were shocked when screenshots of a rainbow-themed Batman suit immediately started making the rounds online.Plenty of Batman fans on X had strong reactions to the images, with one user saying, "Smart move, immediately alienate most of your audience.""They went woke," another reply simply read.While some people made jokes, like the idea that if anyone attacked Batman while he wore the suit it would be a hate crime, others were quick to point out that some of the original images were hiding crucial information.RELATED: CNN attacks Trump’s DC crime move, accidentally hands him the Batman cape Another Batman fan posted an uncropped image from the game, showing the rainbow suit but included an important caption: "In this uncharacteristically eye-catching outfit, Batman distracted criminals by wearing garish colours."The info also revealed the rainbow Batsuit dates back to a March 1957 comic, Detective Comics #241.The plotline had Batman wearing different colored suits (red, blue, yellow, green, and finally rainbow-colored) to distract from an injured Robin who was trying to hide his identity.The story was brought back to life in 2010's "Batman: The Brave and the Bold," Season 2, Episode 19, titled "Emperor Joker!"Plenty of other sources pointed to prior uses of the rainbow suit to claim it isn't connected to a LGBTQ ideology, but as YouTuber Ryan Kinel pointed out, it remains to be seen what the game creators want consumers to do when the game is actually released.RELATED: Luigi Mangione did NOT have a 'Joker moment' "A lot of people are seeing that saying, 'We don't need gay Batman. Get gay Batman out of here!' Blah blah blah. And you know what? If the point to unlock this suit is to do some gay mission, then maybe I'm down with you," Kinel said on his channel. "However, until we see something like that; the reality is the rainbow didn't always represent the LGBT mafia, right? That was not always the case. Sometimes rainbows, especially decades ago, were just rainbows. And the rainbow Batsuit, even though it was kind of a stupid story, it is from the comic books. It's from a comic book set in the '50s."LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight does not yet have a release date, but since the LEGO games typically skew to a very young audience, it is understandable for gamers to be cautious.Whether it was purposeful bait to garner media attention, a simple reference to a classic comic, or an ideological push, the game is certainly getting free advertising from both supporters and detractors.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

As the controversy over Cracker Barrel's renovated image continues to rage on, the president offered his advice to make the company a "WINNER" again.Critics have branded the revamp of the 55-year-old restaurant the newest "woke" corporate disaster after the company simplified its logo and decluttered its store's interior design.'They got a Billion Dollars worth of free publicity if they play their cards right.'President Donald Trump weighed in Tuesday from his account on Truth Social."Cracker Barrel should go back to the old logo, admit a mistake based on customer response (the ultimate Poll), and manage the company better than ever before. They got a Billion Dollars worth of free publicity if they play their cards right," he wrote."Very tricky to do, but a great opportunity. Have a major News Conference today. Make Cracker Barrel a WINNER again. Remember, in just a short period of time I made the United States of America the 'HOTTEST' Country anywhere in the World. One year ago, it was 'DEAD.' Good luck!" he added.Images of the logo and redecoration went viral Wednesday on social media, and the furor led to the company's stock price plummeting by 15% on Thursday. The stock recovered most of that drop by Tuesday, but it is still down 10% over the last month.Much of the blame for the rebranding has been placed on the company's CEO, Julie Felss Masino, who previously worked as a Taco Bell executive. Masino said in 2024 that the company was no longer "relevant" and detailed her plans to freshen up its identity with new menu items.RELATED: Cracker Barrel's long history of cozying up to left-leaning organizations exposed On Monday the company responded to the outrage with a statement on Facebook."If the last few days have shown us anything, it's how deeply people care about Cracker Barrel," read the statement in part. "You've also shown us that we could've done a better job sharing who we are and who we'll always be."Masino, meanwhile, said that the rebrand followed what the company heard from customers."I think what's important is that we are listening to our guests. We're doing this all for them," she said on "Good Morning America." "What's important is things that people love about Cracker Barrel, the soul of Cracker Barrel, is not changing. The rocking chairs are still there, the fireplace is there, the peg game, all the things that make Cracker Barrel Cracker Barrel, the vintage decor — it's still there, and it's working"Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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