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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 ...
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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 ...
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” ...
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 — ...
Trump’s victory over PBS and NPR ‘bias’ will be ‘devastating’ for rural areas, station leaders say
Public TV stations will be “forced to make hard decisions in the weeks and months ahead,” PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Thursday, after the Senate approved a bill canceling all the federal funding for the ...
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"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 ...
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 ...
What’s Happening to PBS and NPR’s Federal Funding?
Early in the morning on July 18, the House voted 216–213 to pass a bill that will rescind federal funding to NPR and PBS, a ...
Republicans Ripped on Social Media for Slashing PBS and NPR Funding: ‘We Live in Hell’
NPR and PBS fans ripped Republicans for defunding public broadcasters on Thursday, saying it was shameful and "ghastly" ...
What Will Funding Cuts Do to NPR and PBS?
Cutting funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting could be catastrophic for local stations, particularly those in ...