Congress stripped over $500 million from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, prompting an announced shutdown that endangers local PBS and NPR stations nationwide. The shutdown threatens nearly 50 years of local news and educational programming for children. The White House showcased PragerU at a Founders Museum launch, and PragerU produced AI-generated videos of historical figures delivering far-right talking points. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon introduced the partnership, followed by PragerU CEO Marissa Streit. PragerU has reached millions since 2009 and produces content promoting climate denialism, Islamophobia, and misleading narratives about slavery, including viral clips that normalize or justify historical atrocities.
Coincidentally, last month, the White House also debuted a new educational partner at its launch event for the new Founders Museum exhibit, PragerU, a nonprofit organization specializing in creating right-leaning educational short videos for adults and children. As part of the new exhibit, PragerU created AI-generated videos of figures like John Adams delivering far-right talking points. Now hold on, it gets so much worse, unfortunately.
One particularly alarming PragerU clip that has gone viral on social media includes a modern-day child meeting Christopher Columbus after the child tells Columbus that he's heard negative things about the explorer. He says, "You have to judge me by the standards that were true at the time." Columbus says that slavery is "as old as time." Columbus also adds that "being taken as a slave is better than being killed, no? I don't see the problem."
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