FCC Launches Probe of NPR and PBS — Long Opposed by Conservatives — Over Claims They’re Improperly Airing Commercials
‘I do not see a reason why Congress should continue sending taxpayer dollars to NPR and PBS given the changes in the media marketplace,’ the FCC chairman says in a letter to the heads of both public media organizations.
Public media stalwarts National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Corporation – frequent targets of Republican lawmakers due to their left-leaning news programs – are suddenly facing scrutiny under the new administration, with the newly appointed Chairman for the Federal Communications Commission looking to pull the plug on federal funding to both media outlets.
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