TELL CONGRESS: The Trump administration just launched investigations into
NPR and PBS meant to weaken public media and slash funding for the
broadcasters. This is an existential threat to NPR and PBS. Sign the
petition: Save public media from Trump’s direct attacks on NPR and PBS!
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Hi,

The Trump administration just opened up federal investigations into PBS
and NPR that threaten to destroy the public broadcasters.^1

Trump’s FCC Chair, Brendan Carr, also told the broadcasters that,
“Congress is actively considering whether to stop requiring taxpayers to
subsidize NPR and PBS”^2 — a direct threat to funding that NPR and PBS
need to survive.

Crushing public journalism will only give rise to more right-wing
propaganda and disinformation — and that’s exactly what Trump wants.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Save public media from Trump’s direct attacks on NPR
and PBS!

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The Trump media playbook is to accuse any and all trustworthy journalism
as lying, propaganda, and biased against him. It’s exactly how Musk and
Marjorie Taylor Greene are trying to destroy PBS and NPR.

After PBS reported on Elon Musk’s apparent Nazi salute after the
inauguration, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene threatened the public
broadcaster. She wrote that she’d bring PBS in front of her DOGE committee
to explain “why lying and spreading propaganda to serve the Democrat party
and attack Republicans is a good use of taxpayer funds.”^3

Musk has said he’s “gunning” for public media.^4 He wrote, “Taxpayer money
should not be used to fund propaganda” when referring to NPR^5 — straight
out of the Trump playbook.

Trump, Musk, and Greene want to destroy reliable public journalism by
slashing funding for NPR and PBS, but Congress must stand for these
popular public broadcasters.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Save critical PBS and NPR funding from Musk, Trump,
and Greene’s right-wing attacks!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:

 1. New York Times, “F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into NPR and PBS
Stations,” [ [link removed] ]January 30, 2025.
 2. Ibid.
 3. The New Republic, “MTG Threatens PBS for Accurately Describing Elon
Musk’s Salute,” [ [link removed] ]January 21, 2025.
 4. New York Times, “NPR and PBS Stations Brace for Funding Battle Under
Trump,” [ [link removed] ]December 27, 2024.
 5. Elon Musk on Twitter, “Taxpayer money should not be used to fund
propaganda,” [ [link removed] ]January 12, 2025.

 


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