This is ironic, as phone calls to defund general public broadcasting most often come from conservatives. Ben Winkler speaks to the crowd who came clearly show their aid for PBS, urging Congress not to defund CPB, around the Capitol on March 21, 2017, in Washington, D.C. National Public Radio's Carl Kasell organizes news articles while preparing for a person of his very last newscasts at NPR, Dec. 30, 2009, in Washington, D.C.