NPR and PBS Push Back Against Trump’s Order to Cut Funding: ‘This Could Be Devastating’

The Guardian reporter Edward Helmore details media responses from PBS’s chief executive, Paula Kerger, and NPR’s chief executive, Katherine Maher, following efforts by the Trump administration to cut off taxpayer funding to PBS and NPR. Discussing media bias claims from the Trump Administration, Helmore also conveys how cuts to funding would pose threats to rural communities and to children’s programming. While this article does not mention documentary film specifically, PBS plays a significant role in documentary film distribution in the United States.