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The New York Times23d
PBS and NPR Have Faced Pressure From Congress Before
Republicans in Congress have made several attempts to defund NPR and PBS over the last half-century. By Benjamin Mullin Calls to eliminate government funding for NPR and PBS may have reached a ...
Politico23d
DOGE’s next target: NPR and PBS
His allies in Congress are eager to carry the banner. NPR’s CEO and President Katherine Maher and PBS’ CEO and President Paula Kerger are set to appear Wednesday in front of the House ...
Fox News23d
NPR, PBS chiefs set to clash with GOP lawmakers during DOGE subcommittee hearing
Fireworks are expected to fly on Capitol Hill as the chiefs of NPR and PBS are set to testify Wednesday in front of the House of Representatives' newly-formed Delivering on Government Efficiency ...
Deadline.com23d
GOP Lawmakers Warn PBS And NPR CEOs They Want To Defund Public Media — Update
NPR's Katherine Maher and PBS' Paula Kerger at House hearing on public broadcasting funding. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images UPDATED: NPR and PBS were in the spotlight at a House hearing this ...
The New York Times23d
PBS Rejects Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Assertions About Drag Queen Programming
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized PBS for featuring a drag queen named Lil Miss Hot Mess in its children’s programming. By Talya Minsberg In her opening remarks at Wednesday’s hearing on ...
Crikey29d
Of course Australia’s PBS is despised — it values safety, low prices and best value
If things are best judged by their enemies, not their friends, then Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) just received a major tick of approval! The powerful American lobby group for ...
Fox News22d
NPR, PBS honchos face tense grilling by GOP lawmakers over biased coverage, taxpayer funding
The heads of NPR and PBS sat for a high-intensity grilling on Capitol Hill Wednesday as they tried to defend their taxpayer-funded liberal news outlets from the wrath of Republicans. NPR CEO ...
foxbaltimore22d
PBS, NPR broadcasters defend funding as GOP pushes to cut support over bias claims
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The two biggest public broadcasters in the U.S. could be on the chopping block for federal funding, with Congressional Republicans accusing NPR and PBS of bias and ...
MSNBC22d
Republicans zero in on PBS and NPR at congressional hearing
The CEOs of National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service denied accusations of liberal bias at a congressional hearing Wednesday, as Republican lawmakers sought to portray public ...
Vanity Fair23d
NPR and PBS Chiefs Defend Themselves During DOGE Grilling
Marjorie Taylor Greene wrapped up Wednesday’s DOGE subcommittee hearing on federal funding for public media by warning about the “propaganda” airing on NPR and PBS, content “so radical ...
UPI22d
PBS, NPR leaders address bias claims before House subcommittee
March 26 (UPI) --President Donald Trump has proposed ending federal funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which House Oversight subcommittee members discussed with CPB officials on ...
New York Post22d
Trump ‘would love to’ stop NPR and PBS from receiving federal funding
President 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. “Well, I would love to do that ...