Trump loves to win. He’s good at it too.
And President Trump is grinning ear to ear thanks to this key vote.
In a major win for everyday Americans tired of footing the bill for leftist propaganda, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has voted to shut its doors for good.
This comes after Republicans in Congress pulled the plug on $1.1 billion in federal handouts that kept NPR and PBS afloat for years.
The CPB kicked off its shutdown process back in August, telling around 100 workers that most jobs would vanish by the fiscal year’s end on September 30. Monday’s vote sealed the deal, putting an end to this government-backed media machine.
According to a press release, CPB explained that the move stems straight from Congress yanking all federal cash and enduring nonstop political fire that wrecked its original mission under the Public Broadcasting Act.
President Donald Trump led the charge right after his 2024 landslide, pushing Congress to scrap funding for public broadcasters over the next two years through a rescission request.
Lawmakers gave it the green light in mid-July, clawing back that massive $1.1 billion meant for these outlets.
“It is very important that all Republicans adhere to my Recissions [sic] Bill and, in particular, DEFUND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (PBS and NPR), which is worse than CNN & MSDNC put together,” Trump blasted on Truth Social back in July, calling out the blatant bias.
Born in 1967 to boost radio in remote spots, the CPB morphed into a cash pipeline for NPR and PBS, dumping millions yearly into what conservatives see as echo chambers for liberal agendas.
For years, right-leaning voices have hammered the agency for propping up networks that tilt hard left, ignoring balanced reporting and pushing narratives that bash conservatives at every turn.
Take the bombshell from The Daily Wire on a Media Research Center study: PBS’s Washington Week with The Atlantic dished out a jaw-dropping 93% negative spin on Republicans and the Trump team over three months, all while pretending to be fair and square.
“The panelists spent 83 minutes opining on Republicans, focusing on Trump and his administration, in 93% negative fashion (77 minutes negative, six minutes positive),” the MRC report lays out, exposing the sham of “objective” journalism.
House Republicans didn’t hold back in July, putting NPR boss Katherine Maher on the hot seat over the network’s anti-conservative slant, zeroing in on how they buried the Hunter Biden laptop scandal right before the 2020 vote—something Maher tried to dodge.
Maher’s weak defenses crumbled as lawmakers brought up the dirt, showing how NPR played favorites and hid stories that could’ve hurt the Biden camp.
Then there’s Uri Berliner, the ex-NPR senior business editor who quit after dropping a truth bomb in an essay slamming the network’s dive into far-left territory. GOP reps cited him as proof of the rot inside, according to The Daily Wire.
Berliner’s insider take ripped apart NPR’s facade, highlighting how it abandoned neutrality for activism.
Through a text to The New York Times, Berliner stated that he thinks the outfit should “openly acknowledge and embrace its progressive orientation” and ditch federal dollars.
With the CPB gone, taxpayers can finally breathe easy knowing their hard-earned money won’t bankroll more one-sided attacks on conservative values and leaders like Trump.
This shutdown marks a long-overdue housecleaning in media funded by the public purse.
