PBS Nixes 15% Of Its Staff After Trump Took Sledgehammer To Public Broadcasting

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is cutting 15% of its staff and eliminating 100 positions as a result of President Donald Trump’s rescissions package that cut $500 million in annual funding for the network.

Trump’s rescissions package, which passed in July, slashed $9 billion in previously appropriated funding toward PBS, NPR and foreign aid, prompting the two public networks to make major staffing changes. The new staffing cuts were reportedly a last resort for PBS after it had already froze funding, paused pay raises and cut its budget by 21%, The New York Times first reported.

“These decisions, while difficult, position PBS to weather the current challenges facing public media,” PBS CEO Paula Kerger said.

The current cuts include 34 immediate layoffs and the shutdown of dozens of open positions, the Times reported.

PBS and NPR have notably shown left-wing bias and have promoted race-based and gender ideologies. In 2020, PBS’ former White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor characterized Trump’s speech at Mount Rushmore as a love letter to “white resentment” on MSNBC. In 2017, PBS put together an entire panel to educate its viewers on what it means to be “woke” and how to define “white privilege,” and further produced