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Greene calls for ‘complete and total’ defunding of NPR, PBS
In a DOGE panel hearing that hit on Sesame Street and Hunter Biden’s laptop, Republicans grilled public media heads, accusing ...
‘Fire Elon, save Elmo’: Democrats mock Republican hysteria over PBS and NPR in DOGE committee hearing
Democrats demand oversight of DOGE cuts, not public media, while GOP rages over drag queens and ‘communist’ content ...
Sesame Street, Last Gasp of the Monoculture, Faces Existential Threat
For decades, shows like Sesame Street practically raised many kids. Today, not even Elmo is safe from the nation's culture wars and shifting media landscape.
Watch SZA Sing With Elmo on Sesame Street
F resh off her latest Grammy win, SZA visited Sesame Street to sing “Be Kind to Me, Be Kind to You,” a new song about the ...
NPR, PBS honchos face tense grilling by GOP lawmakers over biased coverage, taxpayer funding
NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger testified before the DOGE subcommittee on Wednesday about alleged biased ...
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PBS, NPR Chiefs on Hot Seat Over Perceived Bias
Rep. Stephen Lynch (D., Mass.) called the hearing shameful and chastised the subcommittee for “going after Elmo and Cookie Monster all for the sin of teaching the alphabet to low-income children.” ...
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Sesame Street, Last Gasp of the Monoculture, Faces Existential Threat
educational programming that helped youngsters learn the alphabet, basic math and even gave lessons about morality and what it meant to be a kid. But today, not even Elmo is safe from the nation's ...
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Rep. Greene calls for defunding CPB at end of hearing with pubmedia leaders
said during the hearing that he was sad to see the committee stoop to the “lowest levels of partisanship and political theater to hold a hearing to go after the likes of Elmo and Cookie ... sin of ...