April 21st, 2025 by WCBC Radio
Republican Officials are pushing the No Propaganda Act, which would cut federal funding for public media outlets including National Public Radio and PBS. Cuts would start with the $500 million Congress has already approved for this year. A Pew Research poll finds 43% of Americans think funding should continue while 24% say it’s time to end funding. US Senator John Kennedy says the cuts are because of bias in the public media…
“At a minimum we are going to eliminate their funding, and hopefully we can eliminate the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS and NPR – they are reporting as well – and see that it is very biased.