After nearly 60 years, Corp. for Public Broadcasting shuts down
The Corp. for Public Broadcasting said Friday it was shutting down, about one week after President Trump signed legislation stripping its funding.The group, which administers…
The Senate voted to defund NPR and PBS. How will local stations cope?
Public media outlets around the country were preparing for the worst. Early Thursday morning, the worst arrived.The U.S. Senate voted to approve the Trump White…
PBS, NPR cater to all, despite what Marjorie Taylor Greene believes
Every so often across my 21 years as a TV critic at this paper, I have been moved to defend public broadcasting against regular right-wing…
L.A. wildfire coverage shows why local TV news matters in a crisis
As the devastating wildfires began to sweep across Los Angeles on Jan. 7, frightened residents were not turning to Netflix.Local TV news broadcasts were the…