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Clawback of $1.1b for PBS and NPR Puts Rural Stations at Risk – And Threatens a Vital Source Of Journalism

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NPR and PBS brought defunding on themselves

If public broadcasters wanted more money from taxpayers, they shouldn't have used their platforms to advance a radical niche ...

Congress rolls back $9 billion in public media funding and foreign aid

The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion ...

PBS and NPR are generally unbiased, independent of government propaganda and provide key benefits to US democracy

Studies link public broadcasting to higher voter turnout, better factual knowledge and lower susceptibility to extremist ...

Prominent liberals and media figures declare cuts to PBS, NPR a ‘perilous moment’

House Republicans passed Trump's $9 billion rescissions package cutting $1 billion from public broadcasting, prompting ...

Clawback of $1.1B for PBS and NPR puts rural stations at risk, threatens vital source of journalism

The U.S. Senate narrowly approved on July 16, 2025, a bill that would claw back federal funding for the Corporation for ...

Cuts to public media will smash budgets of some local radio stations

Congress voted to claw back federal funding to public media. Some of those hit hardest include community radio stations in areas that voted for the president.

NPR and PBS enter uncharted territory after historic defunding by Congress

With a late-night vote in Congress to cut PBS and NPR funding, Mitt Romney‘s vision has come to pass. During a 2012 presidential debate, the GOP nominee famously pledged to “stop the subsidy to PBS” ...