Breaking: Trump's administration is officially filing an investigation into NPR and PBS to undermine and attack the integrity of public journalism—they must be stopped. Sign the petition now to show your support for NPR and PBS!

Dear MoveOn member,

Republicans are once again attacking public broadcast outlets NPR and PBS. The Federal Communications Commission chairman, Brendan Carr, has officially announced that they will be investigating if NPR and PBS violated government rules by recognizing sponsors on air.¹

Republicans have repeatedly sought excuses to cut PBS funding. Donald Trump has been threatening to cut all public broadcast funding since his first presidency—spewing baseless attacks against public broadcasting and even recently claiming that NPR is a "liberal disinformation machine."² Trump's ally Elon Musk has also been on the record criticizing and attacking public broadcasting. He even recently tweeted "Legacy media must die" and "Defund @NPR" when they left his platform X.³ While such attacks aren't new, we now see how far Trump is willing to go to use the tools of government for his personal agenda, and disappointingly we've seen numerous for-profit media entities bend to his will.

This is part of a decades-old Republican playbook to attack independent media, undermine it, and seek to defund it. Will you sign the petition NOW?

All of that makes independent journalism so much more critical. These baseless attacks against public broadcasting and the crucial funding needed to run these programs create a real threat for Americans across the country. Nearly 99% of the U.S. population lives within the listening range of at least one public media station.⁴ Every single person deserves access to local news, educational programming, and independent journalism without corporate and political influence—especially as corporate-owned media reveal their willingness to bend to Trump's agenda for the sake of their own profits.

In a time where misinformation and disinformation are at an all-time high, it's crucial that Americans have access to important public broadcasting networks such as PBS and NPR. Will you sign the petition now to tell Congress not to cut funding to PBS and NPR?

Add your name: Americans deserve access to public broadcasting networks. Don't cut funding to NPR and PBS!

Republicans attacking public broadcasting is not new—this fight has been going on for decades. In 2005, Ed Markey was defending public broadcasting against the Bush administration and said, "What parents and kids get from public TV is an incredible bargain. The question is not: 'Can we afford it?' but rather: 'Can we afford to lose it?'"⁵

And over the years, MoveOn members have defended PBS again and again—with hundreds of thousands of signatures, events on Capitol Hill, and "Save Big Bird" campaigns that earned national attention ... and won! We can, and must, do it again.

Add your name to the petition to protect PBS and NPR against attacks by the Trump administration!

This fight is framed around funding—but this is really a fight about access. Our most vulnerable communities will suffer from these attacks and budget cuts the most. Millions of Americans rely on public media for their news and educational programming. In many rural areas in our country, public broadcasting is their main avenue for receiving news, emergency updates, and more.⁶

Every child deserves access to shows such as "Sesame Street" and "Curious George." According to a 2014 report, PBS Kids reaches 80% of children from ages 2 through 8.⁷This is crucial programming for educational development and brings joy to many households across the country.

This is all a part of Donald Trump and Project 2025's framework. Click here to fight back against these attacks and demand that Congress support PBS and NPR and not cut funding for any public broadcasting!

Thanks for all you do.

–Alexis, Chris, Rahna, Justin, and the rest of the team

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