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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.
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 ...
With PBS funding cut, will the next generation be raised by ‘Skibidi Toilet’?
Cuts to PBS funding could change kids’ media forever, as families opt for short-form video and online series optimized for ...
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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” ...
PBS president declares she 'can’t make any sense' of accusations of left-wing bias
CEO Paula Kerger told CNN she sees no evidence of liberal bias at PBS, stating people "struggle to come up with examples" ...
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 — ...
Public broadcast funding cuts affect KVPR and Valley PBS
Mollison says that the educational programming PBS provides to children through shows is going to be greatly affected. Valley ...
Trump funding cuts to PBS set to hit free educational content for kids
Looming federal funding cuts for PBS put in jeopardy some of the most-used educational videos and games shown to help ...
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Federal cuts could silence PBS Fort Wayne; station urges community support
Local PBS leaders say public media is in jeopardy after Congress approved a bill that would slash over $1 billion in federal ...
Jon Stewart's ‘Sesame Street' Spoof Addresses Elmo's Tweets, With Muppet Saying He's "Alt-Right" So There's "No Reason" To Pull PBS Funding
Once again, Jon Stewart had a “tremendous show planned for you - well-designed, articulate,” but the tidal wave of current ...
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 ...