Public media’s future has been threatened before. But Congress has always agreed to keep allocating money to the CPB, as much as $535 million last year in taxpayer funds.
This time around, Trump is trying to terminate the relationship without congressional approval. It’s unclear whether he can do that. CPB, established in 1967, is a private entity designed to be protected from government interference. Trump and his supporters have justified the order by claiming NPR and PBS engage in biased reporting.
“The difference this time around is that we really don’t know what rules we are playing by,” said Pagliarini, who retired in 2020 and now lives in Reno, Nev.
MPR and TPT brace for future after Trump seeks to end federal funding for PBS and NPR
For more than 25 years, “Lakeland News” has been serving Minnesota households from Little Falls to International Falls with stories that could otherwise get overlooked. But the newscast, available in 400,000 households at 10 p.m. weeknights, might have to shut down if President Donald Trump gets his way. “That kind of service could be in jeopardy,” Lakeland PBS President Jeff Hanks said…