Hi,

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have launched an all-out attack aimed at
defunding PBS.

Now Marjorie Taylor Greene is joining the assault by forcing the chief
executive of PBS to testify this morning at a congressional hearing
organized to smear public broadcasting as "anti-American."^1

This is all part of a coordinated hit job on public broadcasting and the
freedom of the press, and we need to stand with PBS to fight back.

We've already mobilized tens of thousands of people to contact Congress
and defend PBS, but with Trump and his minions ramping up their attacks,
we need to do even more.

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Republicans have wanted to defund PBS for decades, going back to the Nixon
administration.^2 But we've never seen attacks on public broadcasting on
the scale that we're seeing right now.

The Project 2025 agenda called for defunding public broadcasting, and Elon
Musk listed the defunding of PBS among the first priorities for his
so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).^3

Then Trump's newly appointed Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
chair, Brendan Carr, announced an investigation falsely accusing PBS of
running illegal paid advertisements.^4

Now Marjorie Taylor Greene is escalating the attack by dragging the head
of PBS before her subcommittee for a ridiculous hearing titled
"Anti-American Airwaves."

Rep. Greene has accused PBS, the home of Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers'
Neighborhood, and PBS NewsHour, of "systematically biased content" and
"blatantly ideological and partisan coverage."^5

The good news is that the American people overwhelmingly oppose the
defunding of public broadcasting. In fact, a recent poll showed that even
65% of Trump voters think PBS is either underfunded or adequately
funded.^6

But the head of PBS, Paula Kerger, is warning that the threat to public
broadcasting is existential. "Everything is at stake," she said. "The
future of a number of our stations across the country will be in jeopardy
if this funding is not continued."^7

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of PBS. Will you donate $10 to support our work, including
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Sources:
1. The New York Times, "PBS and NPR Prepare for Showdown With Congress,"
[ [link removed] ]March 25, 2025.
2. Semafor, "Weakened US public broadcasters will fight for their lives in
2025," [ [link removed] ]December 9, 2024.
3. The Guardian, "Trump’s threat to defund all US public media has NPR and
PBS on the back foot," [ [link removed] ]December 28, 2024.
4. The New York Times, "F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into NPR and PBS
Sponsorships," [ [link removed] ]January 30, 2025.
5. House Committee on Oversight, "DOGE Subcommittee Chairwoman Greene
Invites NPR and PBS Leaders to Address Biased News Coverage at Public
Hearing," [ [link removed] ]February 3, 2025.
6. Axios, "Exclusive: PBS poll finds broad Trump voter support amid GOP
defunding push," [ [link removed] ]February 4, 2025.
7. The New York Times, "PBS and NPR Prepare for Showdown With Congress,"
[ [link removed] ]March 25, 2025.


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