The public broadcasting company closes

The Public Broadcasting Corporation will start reducing operations and cleansing most of its employees by September 30, according to a press statement, after nearly 60 years in the process of providing public media in the United States. The news comes after the Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, stripped the non -profit company to finance it regarding the claims of bias against the conservatives.

Patricia Harrison, President of CPB, Patricia Harrison, says a small transitional team will be in its place until January 2026 to ensure that the closure of operations is organized and to ensure that things such as music rights, agreements or long -term financial agreements are addressed. But after losing approximately $ 500 million of federal funding for the public media, the money fell by Congress during a vote on a rescue package on July 17The institution cannot survive.

“Despite the exceptional efforts made by millions of Americans who summoned Congress, and asked to seek them to maintain CPB federal funding, we are now facing the difficult reality to close our operations,” Harrison said in a statement. It was published on the Internet. “CPB is still committed to fulfilling its credit responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care.”

The Public Broadcasting Corporation was established by Congress in 1967 to oversee the contributions of the federal government to the public media. There were concerns in the mid -sixties of the last century about the way the commercial media created harmful incentives, especially for children, when it comes to using public ether waves. Another goal in establishing public media was to help deprived societies, including rural areas as they have no economic logic of media companies to have the presence or dedication of resources for the local press.

Public broadcasting in the United States is supported by a mixture of federal dollars, local funds, care for private institutions and commercial advertisers, as well as financial contributions from viewers. This means that local public television or radio station may still exist in the future, only in a decreased form. The most rural stations are the most dependent on the company’s financing for public broadcasting, according to NPR.

Trump and his army from DipShits They argued NPR and PBS have a liberal bias, despite the concerted efforts by television and public radio stations in recent years to make conservatives happy. But there will be nothing enough, because the battle against the public media has always been a more ideological legitimacy than the political “balance”. Maga simply believes that there is nothing like the public good and everything should be funded by profit entities. The public media has been attacked and smuggled Project 2025.

Harrison said: “The general media was one of the most reliable institutions in American life, as it provides educational opportunities, emergency alerts, civil discourse, and cultural communication with all corners of the country.” “We are very grateful to our partners throughout the regime on the flexibility, leadership and fixed dedication to the American people.”