In the same way, you don't ask the person being covered if he likes the media. Or leave it up to him to decide if the media is biased or not. Obama had lots of things he didn't like about the media. So did LBJ and Clinton. But they didn't use their power as president to prevent the media from doing its job. They didn't because it's unconstitutional.
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Trump to PBS and NPR: I’m cutting you off…
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In the same way, you don't ask the person being covered if he likes the media. Or leave it up to him to decide if the media is biased or not. Obama had lots of things he didn't like about the media. So did LBJ and Clinton. But they didn't use their power as president to prevent the media from doing its job. They didn't because it's unconstitutional.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
And therein lies the root of the problem. The current occupant of the Oval Office thinks his personal opinion and personal offense should be the driving factor, which is what is endangering freedom of the press.
I have often said that his entire rationale for whether or not his actions are correct is "they have to be, because I'm Trump." Virtually every dictator in history has had a similar POV. And they always started by controlling the flow of information to the public.
The slogan of The Washington Post is accurate. We must not let that happen.
PBS holds station dues flat in fiscal year 2026 budget - Current
With a CPB rescission vote expected in Congress within days, PBS board approved a budget that sets station dues at $227 million.
current.org
Here’s the current state of station dues PBS has for 2026 budget.
Judge denies CPB’s motion for emergency relief in board removal case - Current
Judge Randolph D. Moss wrote that CPB failed to demonstrate that it was likely to prevail on the merits of its claim for injunctive relief.
current.org
Also here is the latest drama in the CPB lawsuit against the White House that is affecting the framework the NPR and PBS lawsuits are going.
PBS Statement on House Vote to Pass Rescissions Package
ARLINGTON, VA; June 12, 2025 — PBS released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to claw back federal funding already app…
www.pbs.org
PBS issues a statement on the Recissions and how they affect their affiliates.
Attorney General Phil Weiser co-leads state AGs in support of lawsuits challenging public media funding cuts
Attorney General Phil Weiser today filed a court brief along with 22 other attorneys general in support of two lawsuits brought by National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service that seek to block proposed funding cuts to their organizations and local affiliates.
coag.gov
Colorado State Attorney General is one of state attorney Generals who are supporting the lawsuit where PBS, NPR, CPB and their affiliates have sued the Trump Administration over the defund threat and political interference with CPB Funding.
Senate advances Trump's request to cancel billions in foreign aid, NPR and PBS funding
Some senators have concerns as Congress faces a Friday deadline to act on the rescissions request.
www.cbsnews.com
Here is the current status on the Recissions bill in the senate.
Trump administration sues CPB board members in latest attempt to force their ouster
The Trump administration filed a new lawsuit against the three CPB board members whom the president has attempted to fire but have refused to leave.
The truth is that Public TV/Radio gets very little funding from the Federal Gov't-PBS/NPR stations are majority owned by States, universities, colleges or board of regents. That Fed money can be put to other uses-like cutting the debt. Public broadcasting will survive..as it did before the CPB was formed. They can always sell a few more mugs or CDs during pledge drive.
However, the federal government is also cutting money to those state universities and colleges. Maybe you saw they're shutting down the Department of Education. They also shut down the National Endowments for the Arts & Humanities. Those groups funded a lot of public music stations. So it's more than CPB. That means there's more dependence on corporate donors, and that will be the next target for the government.
Also they're not applying this money to cutting the debt. In fact, the debt will increase by trillions of dollars. They're cutting this money because they don't like the news coverage, not to deal with the debt. But the federal money was never used for news coverage.
So yes, public broadcasting will survive, but it's another nail in the coffin of OTA broadcasting, which the audience is leaving for streaming.
Here is an update but its a blow to CPB.
What will replace it?
What does it mean for all the Shows on PBS and NPR?
Who will fund PBS Now?
What will Replace PBS? More Evil Propaganda like RT?
What does it mean for all the Shows on PBS and NPR?
Who will fund PBS Now?
What will Replace PBS? More Evil Propaganda like RT?
I answered a lot of those questions in another thread:
Nothing will "replace" CPB. By statute, it still exists. Just without any money or staff.
There will be discussions about how to absorb CPB's duties in other ways.
There will likely be no change to NPR or PBS.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
It my exist on paper, but it will cease operations at the end of next month.
Corporation For Public Broadcasting To Cease Operations
After being defunded by Congress, the Corporation For Public Broadcasting will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations. CPB informed
radioinsight.com
(posting the above because it's Lance's site)
Not if a certain occupant of the Oval Office has anything to say about it.
Repeat immediately previous comment.
Once taxpayer expense has been removed, then he has no standing
This cannot be a serious statement.
Ok I should qualify it by adding if the government was sincere when it said they wanted to save taxpayers money. Because now that the goal has been accomplished, they have played their card.
i sure hope Skibidi Toilet doesn't make it to public tv because i'd Rather have Sesame Street because i like the Highly Educated People
True and we have to watch out for which PBS and NPR affiliates will shut down because of the CPB shutdown. We mentioned how certain parts of the country the local PBS and NPR affiliate were the most dependent on CPB funding and we mentioned how donors to local Public Media in San Francisco, Washington DC, Boston, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles are the biggest contributors and are funding the majority of the content going to PBS and NPR plus paying the most donor money to CPB prior to this shut down.It my exist on paper, but it will cease operations at the end of next month.
Corporation For Public Broadcasting To Cease Operations
After being defunded by Congress, the Corporation For Public Broadcasting will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations. CPB informed
Not if a certain occupant of the Oval Office has anything to say about it.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Kind of a side issue here, the various state public TV networks often have a mandate, either actual or de facto, to cover the entire state, even if it duplicates a nearby PBS affiliate in another state. I wonder how the recent cuts will affect that sort of thing, even though these state networks usually consist of a central production facility and the various stations are just 100% repeaters of that facility. There are certain fixed costs involved in merely running a repeater station.
Also, they typically engage in a lot of "overkill" to provide a good signal to the entire state. Just to use South Carolina as an example, the stations in Greenwood and Sumter aren't really needed, very few if any South Carolinians would lose SCETV if they were shut down. And even though it doesn't significantly duplicate SCETV coverage, WNSC in Rock Hill is the third (!) PBS affiliate in the Charlotte market, if it went away, the only effect would be that a handful of counties in the far northern part of the state would lose SCETV. They'd still have PBS from WUNG and WTVI. Ditto the SC side of the Savannah TV market that has WJWJ Beaufort as its PBS station. The far southern tip of the state is probably a bit too far afield of Charleston to get a usable signal on WITV Charleston, but they would still have WVAN from Savannah.
Kentucky is another example. Virtually the whole state is blanketed with KET coverage, a lot of it duplicated, but much of Kentucky has challenging terrain, and a case could be made for having stations in Morehead, Hazard, and Pikeville. Except for the far north, South Carolina doesn't have significant terrain issues.
Also, they typically engage in a lot of "overkill" to provide a good signal to the entire state. Just to use South Carolina as an example, the stations in Greenwood and Sumter aren't really needed, very few if any South Carolinians would lose SCETV if they were shut down. And even though it doesn't significantly duplicate SCETV coverage, WNSC in Rock Hill is the third (!) PBS affiliate in the Charlotte market, if it went away, the only effect would be that a handful of counties in the far northern part of the state would lose SCETV. They'd still have PBS from WUNG and WTVI. Ditto the SC side of the Savannah TV market that has WJWJ Beaufort as its PBS station. The far southern tip of the state is probably a bit too far afield of Charleston to get a usable signal on WITV Charleston, but they would still have WVAN from Savannah.
Kentucky is another example. Virtually the whole state is blanketed with KET coverage, a lot of it duplicated, but much of Kentucky has challenging terrain, and a case could be made for having stations in Morehead, Hazard, and Pikeville. Except for the far north, South Carolina doesn't have significant terrain issues.
Correct. There is no network exclusivity. Same with NPR. Also no requirement that any station must carry the network lineup. It’s all done voluntarily. Oklahoma has chosen not to air some PBS programs.