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PBS, NPR face ‘tremendous changes’ and will be ‘forced to make hard decisions’ as funding cut looms

Roughly $1.1 billion of the targeted cut would defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the non-profit that supports NPR and PBS.

The New York Times · 2d

Conservatives Get the PBS and NPR Cuts They’ve Wanted for Decades

Nixon was so “disturbed” that PBS had started a new national news show with the hosts Robert MacNeil and Sander Vanocur — someone on his enemies list — that he requested “all funds for public broadcasting be cut immediately,” White House memos released years later showed.

Nieman Journalism Lab · 19h

PBS and NPR’s last-ditch fight to save federal funding

Congress is expected to vote on the rescission request by the end of the week; “if approved, it would end federal support for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributes money to NPR, PBS and local stations.

2don MSN

Not Just ‘Sesame Street’: How Trump’s Billion-Dollar NPR, PBS Cuts Will Hurt Small Town America

Academics and public radio professionals warn that budget cuts could decimate a watchdog for political corruption.

Opinion

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The ridiculous left-wing meltdown over defunding NPR

For example, liberal pundit Robert Reich claimed Trump was trying to “fire Elmo” and compared this action to slaveowners and the Nazis. (In reality, only 4% of Sesame Street’s funding came from the ...

EL PAÍS English1d

US Congress slashes all funding of public television and ‘Sesame Street’ as part of $9 billion in budget cuts

During the early hours of Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives definitively approved President Donald Trump’s request to ...

2don MSN

How the Jeffrey Epstein files could derail Trump's spending cuts for PBS and NPR

House Republicans face a midnight Friday deadline to pass a Trump-backed bill cutting $9 billion from public broadcasting and ...

1don MSN

NPR and PBS enter uncharted territory after historic defunding by Congress

With a late-night vote in Congress to cut PBS and NPR funding, Mitt Romney‘s vision has come to pass. During a 2012 presidential debate, the GOP nominee famously pledged to “stop the subsidy to PBS” ...

1don MSN

Prominent liberals and media figures declare cuts to PBS, NPR a ‘perilous moment’

House Republicans passed Trump's $9 billion rescissions package cutting $1 billion from public broadcasting, prompting ...

2don MSN

Trump Celebrates Congress Pulling $1.1 Billion in Funding From ‘Atrocious’ NPR and PBS: ‘This Is Big!’

Trump took a victory lap after Congress formally passed his measure to claw back previously approved funding, including $1.1 ...

Elizabeth Warren Slams Trump's Plan To 'Gut' Sesame Street Funding — 'If He Gets Away With This, Next Time….'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren slammed a Republican-backed plan to slash funding for public broadcasting, warning it's part of Donald ...

Newsworthy Women on MSN4d

"This Is Not Normal": Warren Says Trump’s Shut Down of Sesame Street, NPR is Just the Beginning

Elizabeth Warren warns that Donald Trump is targeting vital public media funds, including for Sesame Street, NPR, and local stations. If successful, she says this could set a dangerous precedent for ...

Straight Arrow News on MSN5d

As ‘Sesame Street' faces potential cuts, hackers deface Elmo's X account

One of Elmo's official social media accounts was hacked Sunday, leading to a series of racist and antisemitic posts before ...

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