Sign the petition: Breaking: Trump is opening up direct attacks on NPR and PBS

TELL CONGRESS: The Trump administration just launched investigations into NPR and PBS meant to weaken public media and slash funding for the broadcasters. This is an existential threat to NPR and PBS. Sign the petition: Save public media from Trump's direct attacks on NPR and PBS! ADD YOUR NAME Harris, The Trump administration just opened up federal investigations into PBS and NPR that threaten to destroy the public broadcasters.1 Trump's FCC Chair, Brendan Carr, also told the broadcasters that, "Congress is actively considering whether to stop requiring taxpayers to subsidize NPR and PBS"2 — a direct threat to funding that NPR and PBS need to survive. Crushing public journalism will only give rise to more right-wing propaganda and disinformation — and that's exactly what Trump wants. Sign the petition: Save public media from Trump's direct attacks on NPR and PBS! ADD YOUR NAME The Trump media playbook is to accuse any and all trustworthy journalism as lying, propaganda, and biased against him. It's exactly how Musk and Marjorie Taylor Greene are trying to destroy PBS and NPR. After PBS reported on Elon Musk's apparent Nazi salute after the inauguration, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene threatened the public broadcaster. She wrote that she'd bring PBS in front of her DOGE committee to explain "why lying and spreading propaganda to serve the Democrat party and attack Republicans is a good use of taxpayer funds."3 Musk has said he's "gunning" for public media.4 He wrote, "Taxpayer money should not be used to fund propaganda" when referring to NPR5 — straight out of the Trump playbook. Trump, Musk, and Greene want to destroy reliable public journalism by slashing funding for NPR and PBS, but Congress must stand for these popular public broadcasters. Sign the petition: Save critical PBS and NPR funding from Musk, Trump, and Greene's right-wing attacks! Thanks for taking action, Joey and the team at Demand Progress DONATE Sources: New York Times, "F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into NPR and PBS Stations," January 30, 2025. Ibid. The New Republic, "MTG Threatens PBS for Accurately Describing Elon Musk's Salute," January 21, 2025. New York Times, "NPR and PBS Stations Brace for Funding Battle Under Trump," December 27, 2024. Elon Musk on Twitter, "Taxpayer money should not be used to fund propaganda," January 12, 2025.   Contributions to ActBlue Civics and Demand Progress Action are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Join our online community on Instagram or Twitter. Receiving too many emails from Demand Progress? You can opt to pause emails from Demand Progress for a month. And of course you can unsubscribe from this list at any time.