PBS President Says Trump's Executive Order to End Funding Is "Blatantly Unlawful"

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

PBS President Says Trump’s Executive Order to End Funding Is “Blatantly Unlawful”

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s leadership doesn’t get it either.

By Tony Maglio
May 2, 2025 8:36am

Paula Kerger is not taking these Trump cuts to PBS and NPR funding lying down. As a matter of fact, it sounds like she may take them into a court room.

In a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter on Friday, Kerger, the president and CEO of PBS, called Trump’s latest executive order “blatantly unlawful,” said it “threatens our ability to serve the American public with educational programming, as we have for the past 50-plus years.”

Kerger also took a pretty good shot at how — and when — Trump put this into motion.

“The President’s blatantly unlawful Executive Order, issued in the middle of the night, threatens our ability to serve the American public with educational programming, as we have for the past 50-plus years,” Kerger’s full statement reads. “We are currently exploring all options to allow PBS to continue to serve our member stations and all Americans.”

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Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/trump-pbs-npr-funding-cuts-illegal-paula-kerger-1236206079/