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New York (AP) – BBS claims to close its diversity, stock and admission office in accordance with President Donald Trump’s Executive, shot down the two executives that started in 2021.
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The move, which eliminates the work of Sicily Loving and her co -Gina Leo, has been a public television and radio cry for a struggle on federal funding, which is more serious than faced in many years.
Despite the removal of the Dei initiative, PBS CEO Paula Gerger said on Tuesday, “We are obliged to tell all the Americans’ stories before we are in an office. We will do it later.”
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The lawyers of the organization decided to comply with Trump’s orders, as PBS receives federal funds through the US Department of Education and the National Science Foundation for its children’s programming. The organization receives about 35 535 million from the government, about 16%of its budget, but it is not clear whether it is necessary to comply with the private corporation for public broadcasting.
Some of the 330 members of the PBS have their own DEI efforts and get the CPP funds, so they have to decide what to do with their offices. “We are trying to encourage lawyers to see their situations,” Gerger told the Associated Press.
The Free Press Website PBS has initially announced that it is considering the transfer of loving and other jobs on the computer. Gerger said it was thought of, but rejected.
The DEI office was more concerned with racial equality; Most of its latest works have confirmed that children with hearing problems have access to PBS programming, he said.
Four years ago, PBS faced pressure from the opposite direction. More than 130 filmmakers sent a letter to the organization, showing that its relationship with the documentary Ken Burns came at the expense of others, and that the PBS “a formal failure to fulfill a decree for the diversity of voices.”
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With the current efforts of the Trump administration in reducing federal costs, Gerger understands that the public broadcast will be closely observed. X on Tuesday. Sen. Mike Lee posted, “We will remove the PBS and NPR.”
It is not a new concept. In the past, Republicans have made similar calls, primarily due to a comment that the news is leaning. In the end, efforts to violate the PBS are usually reduced by the pressure on individual legislators from hundreds of stations around the country.
Gerger and NPR officials are expected to testify before the House Supervision and Government Reform Committee next month.
“I think this is different at this time, because so much study,” Gerger said. “I have never considered government funds. I think we have to work hard every time these questions come up with these questions to make sure this is important.”
He said it was time for people to consider “depend on the game” when they do not see the comments expressed in the news. Some people feel that news efforts are very conservatives, others are very liberals. “We are taking that part of our work very seriously. If we ever missed, we fix it,” he said.
He said that the work carried out by local stations to warn citizens during the California wildfire and tornadoes in Florida.
“I am always a trusted person,” Gerger said, “But I think it would require a lot of conversations to see if we could hold a scale of funds to help our stations continue.”
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