“I’m not sure I see a reason why the taxpayer should be forced to subsidize NPR and PBS,” FCC Chair Brendan Carr said.
President Donald Trump’s administration launched a war on public media. His allies in Congress are eager to carry the banner.
NPR’s CEO and President Katherine Maher and PBS’ CEO and President Paula Kerger are set to appear Wednesday in front of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, which is chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and was launched as a companion to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. It comes as the Federal Communications Commission, helmed by Trump’s ally Brendan Carr, is actively investigating both public media broadcasters over their corporate sponsorships.
While the calls to strip funding from NPR and PBS are not new — they’ve faced challenges from multiple Republican administrations going back to President Ronald Reagan — the magnitude of the pushback exemplifies the president’s escalating battles with the media during his second term.
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