What do other countries know about public broadcasting that the US doesn't?

President Trump has proposed eliminating funding for public broadcasting. Yet, compared with other western nations, the U.S. already provides less than anyone else.

A 2016 study of 18 western nations for Canadian public broadcasting showed that the state funding leader was Norway, at more than $134 per person. France spends less than half that, at $54 per capita. At less than a fourth of what Norway pays, Italy spends $28, while our neighbors to the north commit $21. How much does the U.S. spend? Around $2 per person per year – lowest of all countries studied. In fact, the U.S. spent less than 4 percent of the average of the 18 Western nations studied.