Cutting Off NPR and PBS
“Most NPR member stations operate at, or barely above, break-even,” it begins. A cutoff would cause up to $240 million to ...
Keller: After chaotic hearing, DOGE may find cutting PBS and NPR funding tough
For most of its 54 years of existence, public broadcasting has been a target of conservatives who saw it as a political ...
Will Trump Defund NPR And PBS? Here’s What We Know As President Attacks The Broadcasters
The broadcasters have faced calls for defunding across several presidential administrations, with Trump’s becoming one of the ...
PBS and NPR cater to all Americans, despite what Marjorie Taylor Greene might believe
After last week's congressional hearing with the heads of PBS and NPR, it's important to remember how public broadcasting ...
Bill Maher favors cutting public broadcasting funding, rejects NPR CEO's testimony that outlet is unbiased
HBO's Bill Maher is siding with Republicans to pull funding from NPR and PBS after the CEOs from both outlets testified on ...
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What happens if Republicans cut off funding for NPR and PBS?
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Congressional Republicans target PBS and NPR funding in contentious hearing
A House Republican pushing the Trump administration's government efficiency efforts has called for dismantling and defunding ...
NPR, PBS honchos face tense grilling by GOP lawmakers over biased coverage, taxpayer funding
NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger testified before the DOGE subcommittee on Wednesday about alleged biased ...
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NPR and PBS heads face sharp questioning about federal funding during House hearing
On Capitol Hill, the heads of America’s public media networks, PBS and NPR, faced sharp questioning by a House oversight ...
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Republicans grill NPR and PBS executives about ‘biased’ coverage in DOGE subcommittee hearing
Holding the heads of NPR and PBS Accountable,” featured testimony from NPR chief executive Katherine Maher and PBS chief executive Paula Kerger. Republicans on the committee grilled the two, ...
As Republicans Denounce NPR and PBS, Democrats Mock Hearing
The leaders of the biggest public media networks in the United States defended their programming in a hearing on funding for ...
Trump ‘would love to’ stop NPR and PBS from receiving federal funding
President Donald Trump said he “would love to” remove federal funding for mainstream news outlets NPR and PBS during a meeting at the White House on Tuesday.