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Congress just slashed $1B in public broadcasting funds. Here's a contrarian take on why defunding NPR and PBS isn't necessarily a mistake.
Nixon was so “disturbed” that PBS had started a new national news show with the hosts Robert MacNeil and Sander Vanocur — someone on his enemies list — that he requested “all funds for public broadcasting be cut immediately,” White House memos released years later showed.
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The U.S. Senate narrowly approved on July 16, 2025, a bill that would claw back federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributes money to NPR, PBS and their affiliate stations.
The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Roughly $1.1 billion of the targeted cut would defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the non-profit that supports NPR and PBS.
House Republicans passed Trump's $9 billion rescissions package cutting $1 billion from public broadcasting, prompting reactions from public outlet journalists and Democrats.
Congress voted to claw back federal funding to public media. Some of those hit hardest include community radio stations in areas that voted for the president.
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In the end, only two Republicans in the House voted against the legislation. But by winning on rescission, Trump might have punched a one-way ticket toward a government shutdown when Congress returns after the August recess. President Donald Trump faces a major spending deadline at the end of September (Getty Images)