House Republicans, led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, are moving swiftly in a campaign to reduce or entirely cut funding to public broadcasters National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting System (PBS).
A January YouGov survey conducted on behalf of PBS shows a different attitude toward federal funding for the outlet among voters who supported President Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
According to the survey with more than 2,000 respondents, including 792 self-identified Trump supporters, 65 percent of the Trump backers said they believe “federal funding for PBS is about right or too little.”
In a listing of the various types of programming provided by PBS, the least popular option, films and documentaries, was supported by 57 percent of the Trump voters. Science, history, and nature programming was the most popular at 81 percent….