The Republican Study Committee's meme accused PBS of 'grooming children' in response to Sesame Street's Pride month post, highlighting the division over children's programming.
As an organization that receives federal funds through its member stations, PBS should provide reporting that serves the entire public, not just a narrow slice of like-minded individuals and ideological interest groups.
For decades, NPR and PBS have overcome similar threats. But this year, "the attention and intensity" of the calls to defund public media seem greater, said Michael Isip, the president and CEO of KQED, which operates NPR and PBS stations in the San Francisco Bay Area. NPR and PBS stations are bracing for the fight. After the election, leaders of NPR's biggest member stations circulated a report that warned "it would be unwise to assume that events will play out as they have in the past."