"HARRISBURG, S.D. Kids clambered onto a fire truck painted white, its rooftop sporting a huge stuffed tiger and a flag waving high for Harrisburg High's football team in this suburb of Sioux Falls. People watched college games on the four 50-inch televisions gracing one side of the truck; others grilled burgers nearby. At the tailgate, parents talked about football, work, kids and with a little prodding what they rely on for news."
""Mainly just a Fox guy," says Aaron Zahn, the truck's owner, who builds grain elevators. He likes Gutfeld! the conservative late-night comedy show on Fox News. Dawn Bures, whose son, Harrison, plays wide receiver for the Tigers, says she follows "citizen journalists on the internet," citing social media influencer Jessica Reed Kraus' House Inhabit. When it comes to public media, both say they support President Trump's push to take back all federal funds."
"That largely reflects the sentiments of most though not all of a dozen people who came to the football stadium to see the Tigers rout the Yankton Bucks. A sports health executive said he relies on friends to text him about news developments; a retired accountant said he watches Fox News yet loves PBS nature shows; a reading intervention teacher said she appreciates the educational shows and apps that public media provides."
At a Harrisburg high school tailgate, residents watched games, grilled and discussed football, work and news sources. Some attendees rely on Fox News and conservative late-night hosts, while others follow social media "citizen journalists." Many expressed support for President Trump's effort to rescind federal funding for public media. Congressional Republicans pulled back $1.1 billion in federal funding for public media for the next two years, mostly intended for local PBS and NPR stations. South Dakota's statewide public media network, which owns television and radio stations, has been hit hard by the funding cut. Community members vary in their use and appreciation of public media's educational and nature programming.
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