US EditionPBS CEO: New children’s programming will ‘skid to a halt’ under Trump order
- On May 1, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive directive instructing federal agencies to discontinue financial support for PBS and NPR, thereby impacting public broadcasting across the country.
- The order, issued by the Department of Government Efficiency, aims to halt federal funds directed to NPR and PBS via the public media funding structure.
- PBS and local stations like Mississippi Public Broadcasting face losing national programming such as PBS Kids, while in-state productions remain unaffected, creating uncertainty about future offerings.
- The cancellation of Ready to Learn grants, which provided $105 million over five years for educational shows crucial to low-income and rural children, threatens early learning progress supported by bipartisan approval.
- If funding ends, communities reliant on public media will lose trusted, safe children’s programming and educational content, potentially reducing access to quality learning resources in underserved areas.
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Trump's CPB cuts impact Iowa PBS and Iowa Public Radio
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Stand up for public broadcasting and a free press - Carlsbad Current-Argus
The Taos News TAOS — Protesters who regularly gather at Civic Plaza Drive and Camino de la Placita to rally against President Donald Trump’s policies… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close The post Stand up for public broadcasting and a free press appeared first on Carlsbad Current-Argus.
Trump Keeps Doing Sh*t Nobody Voted For, Like Eliminating 'PBS Kids'
‘Rude Panda! Chengdu, China.’ Photo by ‘Andy,’ Creative Commons License 2.0Donald Trump’s war on everything halfway good and decent continues apace, with the gratuitous cancellation of an Education Department grant that funds children’s educational programming on PBS. That’ll save $23 million that can now go to about a minute and a half of tax cuts for billionaires, or a month or so of Donald Trump’s golfing trips. (Haha, stupid libs! Complainin…
'Sad' contrarian Matt Taibbi's attack on public broadcasting slapped down by media critic
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PJ MediaTrump's Rumble on Sesame Street
President Donald Trump has fought plenty of political heavyweights, but now he’s up against a foe far tougher than Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris: Big Bird. The president is ordering federal agencies and the taxpayer-funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop supporting National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. His May 1 executive order is titled “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media.” How biased are NPR and P…
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