KEY POINTS

  • PBS sued Donald Trump to block his effort to cut off federal funding for the public broadcaster.

  • The lawsuit from PBS and one of its member stations in Minnesota came three days after NPR filed a similar suit against Trump and his administration.

  • Trump had signed an executive order accusing both PBS and NPR of failing to present “a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.”

  • Captain Poofter@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Pbs is a little sus for taking a ton of funding from shady sources like the Koch family. there’s a reason Nova doesn’t have more documentaries about climate change. but either way, pbs is overall good, and i wish them the best in their suit.