[ [link removed] ]Elon and Trump want to defund public media. Add your name to protect
NPR and PBS against these attacks!

Dear MoveOn member,

Republicans are attacking PBS and NPR from multiple directions, doing
anything they can to advance their right-wing agenda to defund public
broadcasting.

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s so-called "DOGE subcommittee" has officially
called for the CEOs of PBS and NPR to testify before Congress and defend
their sponsorships on local stations.^1 And legislation has been
introduced in the House and Senate to strip federal funding for NPR and
PBS.^2

Yes, you read that right: MAGA Republicans are trying to attack these
noncommercial stations for both accepting corporate underwriting and for
receiving funding from the government. Their illogical, inconsistent
attacks are part and parcel of their chaos agenda to eliminate essential
services in favor of more tax cuts for billionaires.

This is part of a decades-old Republican playbook to attack independent
media, undermine it, and attempt to defund it. Project 2025 even states
“the government should not be compelling the conservative half of the
country to pay for the suppression of its own views.”^3 But this is just
propaganda to justify their cuts. We know that everyone benefits from
public media programming. And our most vulnerable communities will suffer
the most from defunding public broadcasting. In many rural areas in our
country, public broadcasting is the main or sole source for receiving
news, emergency updates, and more.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition now to demand that Congress protect public
broadcasting and not cut funding to PBS and NPR!

Trump has spent the last month attacking news organizations and even
recently removed the Associated Press from attending press conferences in
the White House because the news outlet wouldn't refer to the Gulf of
Mexico as the "Gulf of America."^4 It's clear that Trump will go to any
length to stop independent journalism that won't parrot his lies. It's
terrifying to imagine the consequences if Trump is successful in shutting
down independent media, with our news sources devolving solely into
right-wing propaganda. With stakes this high, we have to act now to block
Trump's crusade against the freedom of press.

NPR and PBS are beloved institutions that millions of people rely on all
across the country—from large cities to rural areas. They provide people
with access to independent journalism, educational programming, and local
news. Losing these crucial news organizations would devastate many
communities, but we can fight back.

[ [link removed] ]More than 80,000 MoveOn members are calling on Congress to protect NPR
and PBS! We have to keep the momentum going. Will you sign the petition to
show that you support NPR and PBS?

Every person deserves access to public broadcasting! Tell Congress: Don’t
cut funding to NPR and PBS!

[4]Sign the petition

When Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina and caused hundreds of thousands
of people to lose power and access to cell service, local NPR stations
became the most reliable source of news. They provided crucial information
about evacuation updates and emergency information.^5

Climate disasters are hitting our communities more frequently and more
intensely. Many of our communities don't have the infrastructure needed to
protect us during times of climate emergencies—which is why it’s even more
important for every person to have access to public broadcasting. Losing
access to these crucial updates during a climate emergency can leave
entire communities vulnerable to more loss and destruction.

The attacks on NPR and PBS are just another attempt from Republicans to
strip away the services Americans need and deserve—from Medicaid to
national parks to public broadcasting and so much more. We have to come
together to put pressure on Republicans to stop these attacks and protect
public broadcasting.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition now to demand that Congress protect NPR and PBS! Add
your name, then share with three friends.

Thanks for all you do.

–Alexis, Kelsey, Amanda R., Allison, and the rest of the team

Sources: 

1. "MTG-led panel plans hearing to grill NPR and PBS heads," AXIOS,
February 3, 2025
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2. "A Second Bill Targets Public Media Funding for Radio & TV." Inside
Radio, February 14, 2025
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3. "Project 2025 and the Heritage Foundation have plans to defund public
broadcasting," Media Matters for America, April 26, 2024
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4. "Trump says AP will be curtailed at the White House until it changes
its style to Gulf of America," AP News, February 18, 2025
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5. "Through widespread outages and collapsed infrastructure, North
Carolina journalists hustle to cover Helene's aftermath," Poynter, October
1, 2024
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