People gather outside the National Public Radio headquarters in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 2025, to urge Congress to protect funding for NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service.

Recent proposals to reduce or eliminate public media funding are destructive and shortsighted. These actions would leave many Americans without the critical services local public television stations provide, from proven education resources to essential public safety services.

Public media is a public good. The House voted to rescind our funding; it’s up to our senators to reject these proposals and to protect public media.

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These cuts are not about balancing the federal budget. Funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) — which distributes funds to public media and........

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