PBS CEO: New children’s programming will ‘skid to a halt’ under Trump order

PBS CEO: New children’s programming will ‘skid to a halt’ under Trump order

PBS CEO Paula Kerger said new children’s programming will “skid to a halt” if the government moves ahead with President Trump’s attempt to cut federal funding for public broadcasting. Kerger and NPR CEO Katherine Maher joined “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where they spoke about Trump’s order from Friday that seeks to cut funding from…

SELF-LOVE: PBS News Hour Puts On PBS CEO for Softball Questions and Promotional Fluff

PBS doesn't allow a debate about funding for PBS on the airwaves of PBS. Instead, you only get the pro-PBS side. On Tuesday's News Hour, co-host Amna Nawaz tossed softballs at PBS CEO Paula Kerger about how wonderful they are and how defunding them is an existential threat for some PBS stations. Their overwhelming bias was not challenged.  What is your sense of the effort to rescind those funds? Is it a done deal at this point?... I know you're …