Tax-Payer Funded Far-Left Propaganda Machine Corporation for Public Broadcasting Shutting Down

Best news today.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting — the scheme Democrats used to funnel taxpayer money to NPR and PBS will soon be no more.

That’s great news for every American who doesn’t want their tax dollars funding left-wing opinion journalism ever again.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced closing of operations due to cancelled government funding. A quick look shows the organization serves as a big pass through to smaller NGOs.

Of the nearly $1 billion in annual expenditures, only $500 million went to the actual cause.

$494 million in grants to 464 NGOs
$3.9 million in officer salaries
$15.1 million in other salaries
$2 million in rent
$1 million in travel and meetings

Leaving just $500 million for actual services.

98.3% of the CPB funding was from tax payers. Not only congressional funding, but also $160 million in grants, allowing the organization to double dip on tax payers.

Always a thanks to Data Republican for the quick reference search tools

CPB received nearly $3 billion in funding over the past five years, with nearly half going to staff and regrants.
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From their announcement:

“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,” said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison. “CPB remains committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care.” CPB informed its employees today that the majority of staff positions will conclude with the close of the fiscal year on September 30, 2025. A small transition team will remain through January 2026 to ensure a responsible and orderly closeout of operations. This team will focus on compliance, final distributions, and resolution of long-term financial obligations, including ensuring continuity for music rights and royalties that remain essential to the public media system. “Public media has been one of the most trusted institutions in American life, providing educational opportunity, emergency alerts, civil discourse, and cultural connection to every corner of the country,” Harrison said. “We are deeply grateful to our partners across the system for their resilience, leadership, and unwavering dedication to serving the American people.” CPB’s Board of Directors and management are working closely to address the legal, financial, and operational requirements of the closure. CPB will provide regular updates and guidance to stations and producers navigating the profound challenges ahead (CPB).

What about NPR and PBS? Today responds: According to NPR, the organization receives only around 1% of its operating budget from the federal government. The remaining budget comes from a variety of other sources, including corporate sponsorship, programming fees, donations and more. However, member stations of NPR receive a large portion of operating revenue from CPB, with stations in poor and rural areas relying on grants from CPB. PBS, which is watched by 58% of all television households nationwide per year, receives approximately 15% of revenue from federal funding. The broadcaster receives additional funding through donations to the PBS Endowment Fund. Katherine Maher, president and CEO of NPR said in a statement, “The ripple effects of this closure will be felt across every public media organization and, more importantly, in every community across the country that relies on public broadcasting” (Today)

. MSNBC is responding in a predictable manner.

Journalism professor Jason Johnson: The big concern that I have is that one day if we are able to remove this regime, and it is a regime, they don’t certainly act in any sort of constitutional or presidential way that any of our lifetimes have ever been before. The amount of money and investment and fights it’ll take to bring back these kinds of things: NPR, USAID, you know, various jobs have been destroyed by DOGE, will take a massive effort. And I don’t know if the current opposition party has the backbone to replace that which has been destroyed by this current regime (Newsbusters).