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PBS CEO: New children’s programming will ‘skid to a halt’ under Trump order
- On May 1, 2025, President Trump issued an executive directive aimed at halting federal financial support for NPR and PBS via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- This order was issued amid accusations that NPR and PBS display ideological partiality and aligns with Trump’s broader efforts to target cultural and educational organizations.
- Mississippi Public Broadcasting may lose national programs like BBC and PBS Kids, causing concern because local children's programming serves mostly rural populations with few Head Start programs.
- MPB CEO Neel highlighted the importance of PBS content, noting that losing these programs would deeply affect the community, as they provide trusted and safe educational entertainment for children and reassurance for parents.
- The executive order's effects are not finalized, and public media outlets like MPB and KCRW await clarity as potential cuts could reduce vital educational content nationwide.
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Defunding PBS will hurt kids
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Jesse McMahon, who lives in midcoast Maine, is currently the content producer for the award-winning PBS KIDS show “Carl the Collector.” Her other television credits include Nature Cat (PBS KIDS) and Mystery League (PBS KIDS), among others. I’ll start with an anecdote. We…
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Pahrump Valley TimesEDITORIAL: Why is Washington in the broadcasting business?
Trump and the Republicans want to defund PBS and NPR.
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