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Congress has approved Trump’s $1.1 billion in cuts to PBS and NPR – escalating their war on public media. This is funding that local PBS and NPR stations were counting on, and they’ll now have to cut their programming and staff to make up for it.
Americans don’t want this – polls show that public broadcasting is popular with Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike. So why did MAGA fight so hard for these cuts? We’ll give you a hint: it’s not about the money.
Time after time, Americans consistently rank PBS 그리고 NPR as the 가장 신뢰할 수 있는 네트워크 뉴스와 공공 문제에 관한 것입니다.
That’s because they deliver free local news, quality programming, and fact-based independent journalism – without any corporate or political agendas, as they are required by law to be objective. Local news stations provide hard-hitting journalism that doesn’t just cater to advertisers or keep shareholders happy.
Trump and his enablers know that the free, fair, and impartial journalism that PBS and NPR provide means it’s much harder to get away with their lies. They’d rather silence dissent, evade accountability, and replace the impartial truth with their cherry-picked narrative.
PBS와 NPR은 전국민에게 수많은 공공 자원을 제공합니다. 이들의 손실은 다음과 같은 영향을 미칠 수 있습니다.
연구에 따르면 강력한 공적 자금으로 독립적인 뉴스를 지원하여 모든 시민이 풍부하고 다양한 정보에 접근할 수 있도록 보장하는 것이 민주주의의 가장 효과적인 방식입니다.
수십 년 동안 PBS와 NPR은 이 약속을 이행해 왔습니다. 훨씬 적은 공적 자금 전 세계의 다른 민주주의 국가들과 비교했을 때.
Thousands of Common Cause members spoke out – signing petitions, calling the House and Senate, and letting their elected representatives know how important public broadcasting is to them and to American democracy. A few brave lawmakers listened, but in the end, President Trump leaned hard on enough Republicans to fall in line.
