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EPISODE · Mar 29, 2025 · 7 MIN

Trump Calls for Defunding NPR, PBS

from America's Talking · host The Center Square

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump Thursday called for defunding National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service, two partially federally funded groups under scrutiny in the DOGE era. Trump’s comments come after heads of both NPR and PBS defended their work at a Wednesday Congressional hearing. At the Wednesday hearing, Republican critics honed in on aggressively anti-Trump coverage, inclusion of trans content in children’s programming, and a former senior editor at NPR who uncovered that 87 registered Democrats and not a single registered Republican worked in NPR’s D.C. office.Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxFull story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0989e03e-2a2a-47d5-8972-a1ed9867b3af.html Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump Thursday called for defunding National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service, two partially federally funded groups under scrutiny in the DOGE era. Trump’s comments come after heads of both NPR and PBS defended their work at a Wednesday Congressional hearing. At the Wednesday hearing, Republican critics honed in on aggressively anti-Trump coverage, inclusion of trans content in children’s programming, and a former senior editor at NPR who uncovered that 87 registered Democrats and not a single registered Republican worked in NPR’s D.C. office.

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