On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we discuss the Trump administration’s plan to cut $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds more than 1,500 public television and radio stations across the country. If the Senate also approves this bill, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will not receive any federal money.
We’ll also find out how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is going after media organizations that are perceived to be critical of Donald Trump. In January, the head of the FCC ordered an investigation of NPR and PBS, with an eye toward unraveling federal funding for all public broadcasting, according to NPR.
Guests:
Craig Aaron, president and co-CEO of Free Press
Will Bunch, national columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and author of After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics―and How to Fix It
James Kass, executive director of KALW Public Media
Resources:
NPR: House narrowly passes bill to claw back $1.1 billion from public media
The New York Times: Trump’s $1.1 Billion Public Broadcasting Clawback Faces Pushback in the Senate
Philadelphia Inquirer: When politicians cheer American violence
Free Press: Senate Confirmation of Olivia Trusty Paves a Path for Trump's Campaign to Control the Media
Deadline: Donald Trump And Republicans To Gain A Majority On FCC As Senate Confirms Olivia Trusty
