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PBS, NPR face ‘tremendous changes’ and will be ‘forced to make hard decisions’ as funding cut looms

Roughly $1.1 billion of the targeted cut would defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the non-profit that supports ...

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” ...
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Jasmine Crockett Serves Up Head-Scratching Word Salad About ‘Sesame Street’ In Iraq

Democrat Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett went on a tirade Tuesday about why Americans must spend their taxpayer dollars on a ...

Thanks to Congress, your kids might never find out how to get to Sesame Street | Cartoon

FAILED APPEAL: One local conservative guest columnist appealed to Congress to save funding for public broadcasting.
Opinion

The ridiculous left-wing meltdown over defunding NPR

For example, liberal pundit Robert Reich claimed Trump was trying to “fire Elmo” and compared this action to slaveowners and the Nazis. (In reality, only 4% of Sesame Street’s funding came from the ...
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NPR and PBS have jilted taxpayers for too long

Katherine Maher, the CEO of NPR, has a history of tweets that reveal the mindset of leadership, and likely staff, at the ...
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Only Two Republicans Voted Against Trump Defunding Sesame Street

Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Maine’s Susan Collins joined Senate Democrats in opposition to Republican cuts to organizations ...
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"This Is Not Normal": Warren Says Trump’s Shut Down of Sesame Street, NPR is Just the Beginning

Elizabeth Warren warns that Donald Trump is targeting vital public media funds, including for Sesame Street, NPR, and local stations. If successful, she says this could set a dangerous precedent for ...