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PBS, NPR face ‘tremendous changes’ and will be ‘forced to make hard decisions’ as funding cut looms
Roughly $1.1 billion of the targeted cut would defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the non-profit that supports ...
With PBS funding cut, will the next generation be raised by ‘Skibidi Toilet’?
Cuts to PBS funding could change kids’ media forever, as families opt for short-form video and online series optimized for ...
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US Congress slashes all funding of public television and ‘Sesame Street’ as part of $9 billion in budget cuts
During the early hours of Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives definitively approved President Donald Trump’s request to ...
NPR and PBS enter uncharted territory after historic defunding by Congress
With a late-night vote in Congress to cut PBS and NPR funding, Mitt Romney‘s vision has come to pass. During a 2012 presidential debate, the GOP nominee famously pledged to “stop the subsidy to PBS” ...
Conservatives Get the PBS and NPR Cuts They’ve Wanted for Decades
Nixon was so “disturbed” that PBS had started a new national news show with the hosts Robert MacNeil and Sander Vanocur — ...
Prominent liberals and media figures declare cuts to PBS, NPR a ‘perilous moment’
House Republicans passed Trump's $9 billion rescissions package cutting $1 billion from public broadcasting, prompting ...
Trump’s victory over PBS and NPR ‘bias’ will be ‘devastating’ for rural areas, station leaders say
Public TV stations will be “forced to make hard decisions in the weeks and months ahead,” PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Thursday, after the Senate approved a bill canceling all the federal funding for the ...
Jon Stewart's ‘Sesame Street' Spoof Addresses Elmo's Tweets, With Muppet Saying He's "Alt-Right" So There's "No Reason" To Pull PBS Funding
Once again, Jon Stewart had a “tremendous show planned for you - well-designed, articulate,” but the tidal wave of current ...
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Sesame Street Characters Social Media Account Gets Hacked
Elmo, one of the most beloved characters from “Sesame Street,” shocked fans and followers Sunday when a series of disturbing ...
Hacked Elmo X account shocks users with 'Kill all Jews' and 'RELEASE THE FILES' posts
The popular X account for the “Sesame Street" character Elmo began posting controversial messages that were quickly deleted ...