Corporation for Public Broadcasting board votes to dissolve organization after Congress defunds NPR, PBS
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Public Broadcasting Corporation Votes to Dissolve After 58 Years
Is defunding public broadcasting fiscal responsibility, or an attack on independent journalism and education?
Above: The NPR headquarters in Washington. Image credit: Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
CPB’s dissolution is overdue. Taxpayer money should not fund NPR or PBS. News and arts belong to the marketplace, not the state, and should be allowed to compete on even ground with private media. Ending federal subsidies will protect free speech from a government thumb on the scale and push for stronger, more accountable programming.
Democratic narrative
CPB’s shutdown caps a long drive by the MAGA movement to bully public media off the air. Pulling federal support guts local stations, kids’ education and a vital check on power. This is right out of the authoritarian playbook. The free press shrinks while state-sanctioned media grows, and communities lose independent reporting.