Even Big Bird's suing Trump

The parent company of PBS and NPR sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday following his latest attempt to undermine America’s public media infrastructure.

In its lawsuit, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private nonprofit company authorized by Congress and funded by taxpayers, alleges that three of the company’s five directors were emailed by the White House and told they had been terminated.

“The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is not a government entity, and its board members are not government officers,” CPB said in a statement. “Because CPB is not a federal agency subject to the president’s authority, but rather a private corporation, we have filed a lawsuit to block these firings.”

CPB was created after President Lyndon Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. CPB uses funds earmarked by Congress to provide funding for public radio and television stations across the United States. Those stations then purchase broadcast rights to key programming, such as beloved children’s show “Sesame Street,” news documentary series “Frontline,” and flagship NPR news program “All Things Considered.”

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