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PBS chief warns cutting federal money will 'devastate' local stations as White House seeks to pull funding
PBS chief Paula Kerger offered an impassioned response to the White House moving forward with its plans to cut federal ...
PBS president: Trump’s proposed funding cut would ‘devastate’ network
The president of PBS on Tuesday warned that the cuts President Trump proposed to the public broadcaster’s budget would have a ...
PBS Stations Call Federal Funds "Irreplaceable And Essential" As Trump Administration Prepares To Slash Public Media Coin
The Trump administration plans to present Congress with cuts to most funding for public media late this month, according to ...
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NPR, PBS chiefs set to clash with GOP lawmakers during DOGE subcommittee hearing
"The future of a number of our stations across the country will be in jeopardy if this funding is not continued." President Donald Trump expressed his desire to pull funding from NPR and PBS when ...
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PBS Rejects Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Assertions About Drag Queen Programming
Instead, she was featured in a project from the WNET Group, the parent company of New York’s public television stations, in conjunction with the New York City Department of Education.
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NPR, PBS honchos face tense grilling by GOP lawmakers over biased coverage, taxpayer funding
Our local service is at the heart of our work. Our job at PBS is to support our stations so that local stations can serve their communities. We've been proudly fulfilling our mission for nearly 60 ...
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Trump ‘would love to’ stop NPR and PBS from receiving federal funding
“I want to hear why NPR and PBS think they should ever again receive a single cent from the American taxpayer,” Greene said. “These partisan, so-called ‘media’ stations dropped the ...
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Funding for PBS, NPR under fire
Republicans have frequently grumbled that PBS and NPR news programming leans left, but efforts to cut or eliminate funding usually fade because legislators want to protect their local stations ...
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As Republicans Denounce NPR and PBS, Democrats Mock Hearing
Most of that money is spent on public radio and TV stations across the United States, with some of it going directly to NPR and PBS. Show more March 26, 2025, 12:34 p.m. ET ...
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GOP Lawmakers Warn PBS And NPR CEOs They Want To Defund Public Media — Update
In her opening statement, Kerger said, “PBS stations provide something that cannot be found on commercial networks. This is because PBS stations are focused on the needs and interests of the ...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks NPR and PBS as ‘communist,’ calls for funding to ‘end’
Kruger noted “there’s nothing more American than PBS as a membership organization.” Local TV and radio stations also used the opportunity to justify their federal funding. From North Country ...
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NPR and PBS Chiefs Defend Themselves During DOGE Grilling
On Wednesday, Kerger argued that many of PBS’s small and medium-size stations would struggle to exist without these appropriations, specifically mentioning a station that receives “50% of ...