NPR Really Would Be Better Off without Federal Money

NPR really would be better off without federal money

House Committee Advances Bill To Rescind Funding For Public Broadcasting Stations, NPR And PBS

The legislation is expected to make it to the floor later this week.

Defunding NPR, PBS will impact USF students

Public Broadcasting Service not only holds our favorite childhood shows, like “Sesame Street,” but it is also a tool for education. National Public Radio supports local news stations, like WUSF, and helps inform people nationwide.  Without these programs, public non-partisan news can cease to exist. As a result, democracy and the next generation’s ability to […] The post OPINION: Defunding NPR, PBS will impact USF students appeared first on The …

Academic PBS Defense Backfires: 'If Viewers Love PBS So Much, Let Them Pay for It'

A new academic paper defending PBS as trustworthy, “An island of trust: public broadcasting in the United States,” is making the public media rounds, and the three academics who authored it for the Journal of Communication penned a related explainer op-ed for Current, a sort of trade publication for public media: “Study shows Americans trust PBS precisely because it’s publicly funded.” The left-leaning Harvard-affiliated Nieman Journalism Lab fo…

Rep. Amodei Needs to End Government Handouts to PBS & NPR

(Dan Schneider) - It is not every day Washington gets the chance to kill two bloated dinosaurs with one stone, but this week the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a bill to slash $1.1 billion in funding for PBS and NPR, two taxpayer-funded relics that have spent decades undermining American values...

PBS Head Warns 'Stations Will be Gone' If Defunded

As the White House tries to cut off PBS, a new poll commissioned by the broadcaster shows most Mainers like it.