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CJA's June 6, 2025 e-mail to PBS News Hour --
"FACT-CHECKING THE PBS NEWS HOUR (1) your referred-to 'independent analyses' that PBS/ NPR journalism is 'objective and reliable' & not 'leftist news'; (2) the scholars & experts you have interviewed opposing federally-funded public media" 

cc:  CJA's June 12, 2025 e-mail to Professor Victor Pickard --
"Fact-Checking the PBS News Hour -- & Your Scholarship"

cc:  CJA's June 12, 2025 e-mail to Associate Professor Allison Perlman --
"Your Co-Update to the 'official history of public broadcasting...
for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting' --
Fact-Checking the PBS News Hour & More"  

 

NEWS HOUR

December 19, 2024
"A look at the legal tactics Trump is using against media outlets"
Geoff Bennett 
interview: Clay Calvert -- American Enterprise Institute

March 25, 2025
"A look at the history of public media in the U.S. as Republicans target federal funding"

William Brangham
interviews: Victor Pickard, Allison Perlman

March 26, 2025
"NPR and PBS heads face sharp questioning about federal funding during House hearing"
William Brangham

April 16, 2025
"A look at the Trump administration’s efforts to slash public media funding"
William Brangham

April 29, 2025
"PBS CEO weighs in on the potential impact of cutting public media funding
Amna Nawaz

May 2, 2025
"A look at Trump’s executive order targeting public media funding""
William Brangham, Amna Nawaz

"Last month, the president wrote this — quote —
"Republicans must defund and totally disassociate themselves from NPR and PBS,
the radical left monsters that so badly hurt our country."

We should say, as we have before, the heads of PBS and NPR reject that categorization.
But, again, this executive order tries to zero out funding for those organizations."

May 27, 2025
"NPR CEO discusses suing Trump administration over order targeting funding"
Geoff Bennett

June 2, 2025
"Congress expects Trump request to cut funding already approved as big bill faces hurdles"
Amna Nawaz, Lisa Desjardins

 

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March 26, 2025
"In confrontational hearing, DOGE sets its sights on public media"
Rocky Mountain PBS (Kyle Cooke  kylecooke@rmpbs.org)

April 17, 2025
"Missed Opportunities for Public Media at the DOGE hearing"

April 16, 2025
"Trump administration plans to ask Congress to defund PBS, NPR"
Hannah Grabenstein  (hannahgrabenstein@gmail.com)

May 2, 2025
"PBS chief slams Trump’s executive order aiming to cut federal funding for PBS and NPR as unlawful"
AP -- David Bauder
"Public broadcasting has been threatened frequently by Republican leaders in the past,
but the local ties have largely enabled them to escape cutbacks —
legislators don’t want to be seen as responsible for shutting down stations in their districts."

May 30, 2025
"PBS suing Trump administration over defunding, three days after NPR filed similar case"
AP -- David Bauder

June 4, 2025
"Read Trump’s memo asking Congress to take back approved funding for foreign aid, PBS, NPR"
Steff Staples

 

 

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April 6, 2005
"First Ombudsmen Named to Critique Public TV, Radio"
PBS News Hour

June 23, 2005
"CPB Names New President; House Restores Funding | PBS News

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May 8, 2024
"WATCH: House committee holds hearing on media bias after allegations by former NPR editor"

 

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June 3, 2025
Trump asks Congress to claw back $1.1 billion from public media | Rocky Mountain PBS

 

 

click here for
    "Defunding NPR & PBS -- & Firing the CPB's Inspector General, for starters"  

 


 

 

 

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