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07 July 2025

Senate vote could save public broadcasting 6JUL25



 THERE is still a chance to save PBS and NPR but people need to contact their senators today, tell them to vote no on this bill to claw back the funding for the CPB, PBS and NPR. This from Demand Progress.....

Senate vote could save public broadcasting

Donald Trump is on the verge of getting Congress to slash $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds local public radio and TV stations across the country.

That's a complete federal defunding of every public radio and TV station in America. Local stations are calling it a "crisis" and a "death sentence.1

The House of Representatives already approved these cuts — but it's going down to the wire in the Senate and looking like it could be decided by a single vote.2

Rural and small-town stations — some of which rely on the federal government for more than half of their funding — will be hit the hardest.3

At a recent hearing, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said that most of the stations in her state would be forced to simply shut down.

"Almost to a number, they're saying that they will go under if public broadcasting funds are no longer available to them," she said.4

This fight is about more than just defending public media. It's about defending democracy and the free press. Donald Trump and his MAGA allies in Congress are targeting public broadcasting because they can't control it. And the message to other news outlets is that if they don't please him, he'll come after them next.

For us here at Demand Progress Action, public radio and television are key news outlets to get basic coverage of issues that the corporate media simply ignores, from breaking up Big Tech monopolies to campaign finance reform to internet freedom.

With the final Senate vote on these cuts going down to the wire, Demand Progress Action is working to flood Capitol Hill with petition signatures, e mails and phone calls.

With gratitude,

The team at Demand Progress Action

Sources:
1. WHYY, "Pennsylvania public media affiliates weigh impact of possible cuts after U.S. House votes to defund them," June 13, 2025.
2. NPR, "House narrowly passes bill to claw back $1.1 billion from public media," June 12, 2025.
3. Columbia Journalism Review, "Rural and Tribal Public Radio Stations Brace for Funding Cuts," May 8, 2025.
4. NPR, "Senators question Trump plan to kill federal funds for PBS, NPR and some foreign aid," June 25, 2025


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