PBS is slashing its budget in response to Trump’s attack on public media

The article discusses how PBS is taking drastic measures to cope with the recent defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) by the U.S. Congress. In response, PBS is cutting its budget by 21% and lowering the dues it collects from member stations by 15%. This is an effort to offset the financial damage caused by the Trump administration's campaign to stop public media from receiving federal funding. The article also mentions that NPR is cutting its own budget by $8 million and using that money to set up a "fee relief" fund to help smaller member stations. The article notes that the dismantling of the CPB will put a significant strain on the U.S.'s largest public media broadcasters, particularly for smaller stations in rural areas, and is likely to lead to layoffs at PBS. The Trump administration has made it clear that it sees public media outfits as bastions of liberal bias and has accused them of failing to provide "fair, accurate, unbiased, and nonpartisan news coverage."