He was explaining why he vetoed a bill to continue funding public television.
A spokeswoman for the governor sentinformation showing that OETA promoted LGBTQ-focused Pride Month programming in recent years. The horror!Clifford the Big Red DogThe spokeswoman also shared Fox News article that criticizes asegment in which an Indiana couple talked about how gender-affirming care was beneficial for their daughter.
Stitt’s attack on OETA is not the first time he’s cut public television funding, hurting the Oklahoman people he’s supposed to be advocating for.set aside for the OETA to improve its emergency alerting services, hampering the agency’s effort to improve a tool it uses to notify residents — including many in rural areas — of local issues such as tornados.
“OETA serves a diverse population, and Oklahoma has a diverse population,” Friends of OETA board member Ken Busby pointed out. “People need to be given choices, and they can choose what they wish to watch and not watch. No one’s dictating that you have to watch this program or like this program.” OETA Executive Director Polly Anderson told the paper, “It’s just really unfortunate that this is going to hurt the people of Oklahoma.”that OETA would have to shut down if Stitt’s veto stands. “It’s not simply we’ll go out and raise that money from other sources. That money will go away,” Spinks said.
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