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submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

KEY POINTS

  • PBS sued Donald Trump to block his effort to cut off federal funding for the public broadcaster.

  • The lawsuit from PBS and one of its member stations in Minnesota came three days after NPR filed a similar suit against Trump and his administration.

  • Trump had signed an executive order accusing both PBS and NPR of failing to present “a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.”

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[-] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago

Nice. I hope they use some of the money I donated for it.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Pbs is a little sus for taking a ton of funding from shady sources like the Koch family. there's a reason Nova doesn't have more documentaries about climate change. but either way, pbs is overall good, and i wish them the best in their suit.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Trump had signed an executive order accusing both PBS and NPR of failing to present “a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.”

He's not wrong. But not because the N(ice) P(polite) R(epublicans) have been too far left.

If I had a dollar for every AEI or Heritage Foundation or CATO scholar ended up on public news, I'd be drowning in tot-bags.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Best of luck to PBS.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Donate to PBS if you can.

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