House votes to kill funding for public media:
The U.S. House voted Thursday on a rescission bill to claw back money for foreign aid programs ...
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- Congress approved the Trump administration’s plan to end federal funding for public media, causing significant challenges for NPR and PBS.
- Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns highlighted that many educational programs depend on this funding and may no longer be produced.
- The funding cuts will result in layoffs and reduced programming, with smaller stations relying more on federal support facing the greatest impact.
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- The vote followed a direct request from President Donald Trump, who has accused NPR and PBS of bias against conservative viewpoints.
- The package totals $9.4 billion, including $8.3 billion for foreign aid and $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- Funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting had previously been approved by both Republican-led chambers of Congress and signed by Trump.
- The Senate must approve the request by a simple majority within 45 days; otherwise, the administration would have to release the funds by mid-July, according to the report.
If rescission passes and local stations go dark, millions of Americans will no longer have access to locally owned, independent, nonprofit media and will bear the risk of living in a news desert, missing their emergency alerts, and hearing silence where classical, jazz and local artists currently play.— Katherine Maher, NPR Chief Executive and President, in a statement about the potential impact of cuts on local public media
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- Greene accused the outlets of promoting radical left-wing positions and indoctrinating children through their content.
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