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How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era

Jul 18, 2025 - 12:01
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How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era
Nearly sixty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 into law, Congress voted to take back federal funding already promised for the public media system. The Republican majority has accused PBS and NPR of left-leaning bias and being a waste of taxpayer funds.

"It will test every single shred of creativity we have to continue to try to serve our mission," says one public media executive, as Congress ends federal funding for public broadcasting.

(Image credit: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive)

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