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WATCH: PBS and NPR leaders testify on federal support for public broadcasting in House hearing
Politics Updated on Mar 26, 2025 2:22 PM EDT — Published on Mar 21, 2025 3:30 PM EDT Leaders from PBS and NPR appeared before the House DOGE subcommittee on Wednesday, facing questions about ...
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PBS floats 2026 dues proposal as CEO prepares case for House DOGE hearing
the proposal goes to member stations for review while PBS President Paula Kerger and NPR CEO Katherine Maher prepare to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s ...
The Hill7d
Save NPR and PBS — but without the government money
Supporters of public broadcasting outlets PBS and NPR should start pondering how much demand there really is for the content those entities produce. If there is sufficient demand, funding ...
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White House says case ‘closed’ on Signal chat despite calls for investigations
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that national security adviser Mike Waltz continues to have President Donald Trump’s confidence and that it was done discussing the ...
The New York Times9d
Cutting Off NPR and PBS
By Benjamin Mullin I cover the media. There is no reason, Republicans say, for the government to fund NPR and PBS. Last week, G.O.P. members of Congress, led by Marjorie Taylor Greene, flayed the ...
The Conversation21d
Australia’s PBS means consumers pay less for expensive medicines. Here’s how this system works
The United States pharmaceutical lobby has complained to US President Donald Trump that Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is damaging their profits and has urged Trump to put ...
The Express Tribune14d
NPR, PBS face funding threat as House Republicans cite political bias
with leaders from NPR and PBS defending their editorial integrity and public service missions in a tense congressional hearing. During testimony before the House’s Delivering on Government ...
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Of course Australia’s PBS is despised — it values safety, low prices and best value
If things are best judged by their enemies, not their friends, then Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) just received a major tick of approval! The powerful American lobby group for ...
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5 takeaways from House hearing on NPR, PBS
The House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee hearing came as Republicans and allies of President Donald Trump have assailed public media organizations NPR and PBS as too liberal in news ...
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Letters to the Editor: Authoritarians dismantle the arts, so PBS and NPR are in the government’s sights
Sheran James, Laguna Beach To the editor: In a House Oversight Committee meeting NPR’s Katherine Maher and her counterpart at PBS, Paula Kerger, attempted to defend the millions of dollars of ...
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Time to Kill NPR and PBS
Pretty much every show you see on PBS is produced by a leftist and they are paid handsomely with tax dollars to make it. Then, when the DVDs or digital copies go on sale, we don’t recoup our ...
The Conversation21d
Labor promises PBS scripts will cost no more than $25, under latest health pitch for election
The government says it represents a cut of more than 20% in the maximum cost of PBS medicines, and would save Australians more than $200 million a year. Four out of five medicines would become ...