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Not Just ‘Sesame Street’: How Trump’s Billion-Dollar NPR, PBS Cuts Will Hurt Small Town America
Academics and public radio professionals warn that budget cuts could decimate a watchdog for political corruption.
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 ...
With PBS funding cut, will the next generation be raised by ‘Skibidi Toilet’?
Gen X and millennial parents grew up on the gentle rhythms of “Sesame Street” and “Between the Lions.” But sweeping cuts to ...
PBS president declares she 'can’t make any sense' of accusations of left-wing bias
CEO Paula Kerger told CNN she sees no evidence of liberal bias at PBS, stating people "struggle to come up with examples" ...
Conservatives Get the PBS and NPR Cuts They’ve Wanted for Decades
Nixon was so “disturbed” that PBS had started a new national news show with the hosts Robert MacNeil and Sander Vanocur — ...
PBS, NPR push liberal propaganda. Trump is right to cut their funding. | Opinion
NPR often frames its news coverage in ways that make conservative policies seem harmful, rather than simply reporting 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 ...
NPR and PBS enter uncharted territory after historic defunding by Congress
In decades past, PBS has been the home of popular children’s and adult programming, ranging from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and Sesame Street to Ken Burns documentaries and Nova. But conservatives ...
Jon Stewart's ‘Sesame Street' Spoof Addresses Elmo's Tweets, With Muppet Saying He's "Alt-Right" So There's "No Reason" To Pull PBS Funding
Once again, Jon Stewart had a “tremendous show planned for you - well-designed, articulate,” but the tidal wave of current ...
Republicans Ripped on Social Media for Slashing PBS and NPR Funding: ‘We Live in Hell’
NPR and PBS fans ripped Republicans for defunding public broadcasters on Thursday, saying it was shameful and "ghastly" ...
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US Congress slashes all funding of public television and ‘Sesame Street’ as part of $9 billion in budget cuts
During the early hours of Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives definitively approved President Donald Trump’s request to ...
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NEWSLETTER: Trump’s war on Sesame Street
In 1994, Sesame Street used a character named Ronald Grump—a sleazy developer with a garish orange wig, played by Joe ...