More than 50 years after NPR and PBS first hit the airwaves, the two public broadcasters with hundreds of member stations face millions in budget cuts after Republican senators voted to claw back previously appropriated funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funds public media like NPR and PBS.
The House cleared the measure after midnight Friday, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature.
Republicans have framed the spending cuts bill as part of an effort to target purported “waste, fraud and abuse” in government-funded programs. GOP lawmakers have accused NPR and PBS of having a liberal bias, and in March, Republicans claimed that they were “anti-American airwaves.”
They’re trying to spread more misinformation by axing legimitate sources and distributers of information.
There’s no real way out. Use the fediverse, talk to your neighbours, try to build community. Try to not consume government-sponsored “news”, as from now on, they will mostly be disinformation campaigns.