TELL CONGRESS: Trump’s attacking PBS and NPR from every angle. His FCC
just launched an investigation against the broadcasters, and Marjorie
Taylor Greene is dragging their CEOs in front of her DOGE subcommittee.
This coordinated attack is aimed at destroying reliable public media. Sign
the petition: Save PBS and NPR from Trump, Musk, and Greene’s targeted
campaign!
[ [link removed] ]ADD YOUR NAME

Hi,

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is dragging NPR and PBS in front of her
Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) Subcommittee in a coordinated
attack on the public broadcasters.^1

Elon Musk and Greene are accusing NPR and PBS of “biased” coverage and
“propaganda.”^2 This comes just days after Trump’s FCC opened federal
investigations into the broadcasters.^3

This is all a targeted campaign to defund PBS and NPR, getting rid of
reliable public media so Trump, Musk, and Greene’s network of right-wing
disinformation can grow even more powerful. Congress must not allow the
far-right to destroy public media.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Save PBS and NPR from Trump, Musk, and Greene’s
campaign to slash critical funding from public media.

ADD YOUR NAME

When he opened the federal investigation into PBS and NPR, Trump’s FCC
Chair, Brendan Carr wrote, “Congress is actively considering whether to
stop requiring taxpayers to subsidize NPR and PBS”^4 — a direct threat to
funding that NPR and PBS need to survive.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote last week that she wanted PBS to explain
“why lying and spreading propaganda to serve the Democrat party and attack
Republicans is a good use of taxpayer funds.”^5 This is straight from
Trump’s media playbook: 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. But we can’t let them crush public journalism.

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

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

[ [link removed] ]DONATE

Sources:

 1. GOP Oversight on Twitter, “NPR & PBS CALLED TO TESTIFY,” [ [link removed] ]February
3, 2025.
 2. Elon Musk on Twitter, “Taxpayer money should not be used to fund
propaganda,” [ [link removed] ]January 12, 2025.
 3. New York Times, “F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into NPR and PBS
Stations,” [ [link removed] ]January 30, 2025.
 4. Ibid.
 5. The New Republic, “MTG Threatens PBS for Accurately Describing Elon
Musk’s Salute,” [ [link removed] ]January 21, 2025.

 


--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Contributions to ActBlue Civics and Demand Progress Action are not
deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.
Join our online community on [ [link removed] ]Instagram or [ [link removed] ]Twitter.

You can unsubscribe from this list at any time: [link removed]