The Republican crusade against public media

共和党对公共媒体的十字军东征

The Global Story

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2025-03-28

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Ever since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, his representatives have been following through on promises to slash federal spending. Their latest target is public media, and this week fierce Trump-loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene led a hearing demanding that the bosses of NPR and PBS justify their government funding. Public broadcasting has been a longtime bugbear for many conservatives, who say it is tainted by a liberal bias. So, as pressure mounts, can these organisations survive? On today's episode, Lucy Hockings speaks to Micah Loewinger, co-host of On the Media, a podcast covering the intersection between politics and the media – it's made by WNYC, a member station of NPR. They discuss the resilience of public media, and consider what defunding it could mean for free speech and accountability in the modern political landscape. Producers: Laurie Kalus and Peter Goffin Technical producer: Mike Regaard Assistant editor: Sergi Forcada Freixas Senior news editor: China Collins
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  • Ever since Donald Trump arrived at the White House for the second time in January,

  • he's been following through on his promises to cut federal spending at breakneck speed.

  • Aided by Elon Musk and his so called Department of Government Efficiency,

  • he's taken a scythe to public agencies, slashing jobs, funding and even federally owned real estate.

  • His latest target, Public media.

  • The President wants to defund both NPR and pbs.

  • And this week,

  • fierce Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene led a hearing demanding bosses of the broadcasters justify their government funding.

  • NPR and PBS have increasingly become radical echo chambers for a narrow audience of mostly urban liberals and progressives who generally looked down on rural America.

  • Spoiler alert, she wasn't convinced.