Pacific Northwest broadcaster braces for cuts as Trump aims to defund NPR, PBS

Defunding PBS and NPR could make them even worse

Trump cut $535 million for public media like NPR and PBS. The result might be worse. Former public broadcasting board member Howard Husock warns the outlets could become more liberal.

Velshi Claims Public Broadcasting Leads To Healthier Democracy

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi gave an ode to public broadcasting on his Sunday show, where he tried to claim that the existence of public media is correlated with democratic health. In order to make such a claim, Velshi had to ignore one major detail from the study he cited. Velshi, who is also an NPR contributor, gushed, “During the most important stories of the last half century, PBS and NPR were there. PBS broadcast the Watergate Committee's hearings in…

Pacific Northwest broadcaster braces for cuts as Trump aims to defund NPR, PBS

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Amid efforts by the Trump administration to defund public media, one broadcasting organization in the Pacific Northwest is facing an uncertain future. For more than 100 years, Northwest Public Broadcasting has delivered news to the Pacific Northwest. Today, NWPB reaches more than three million people across 44 counties in Washington and parts of Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. NWPB offers a variety of television and r…

Defunding PBS is not an attack on the Constitution. It’s a return to it - Washington Examiner

During a recent appearance on PBS, Washington Post editor Jonathan Capehart criticized the Trump administration’s recent directive instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to “cease federal funding for NPR and PBS.”  Capehart called the move “a fundamental attack on our Constitution” and claimed it threatened the very foundation of the United States. “People need to understand and remember there is only one profession that is protecte…

State-Funded Media & The Nature Of 'Truth'

‘PBS and NPR certainly have the right to free expression, but must the American taxpayers be forced to fund them?’ President Trump has repeated his call to defund PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) and NPR (National Public Radio). Under the First Amendment, PBS and NPR certainly have the right to free expression, but must the American …

5 streetwise cartoons about defunding PBS

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