{"id":9826,"date":"2025-08-02T22:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/790780913686544384-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:03:13","slug":"790780913686544384-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/790780913686544384-2\/","title":{"rendered":"790780913686544384"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/cpb-says-it-is-shutting-down-after-being-defunded-by-congress-targeted-by-trump\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/cpb-says-it-is-shutting-down-after-being-defunded-by-congress-targeted-by-trump\",\"title\":\"CPB says it is shutting down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump\",\"description\":\"The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday it would take steps toward its own closure after being defunded by Congress \u2014 marki\",\"site_name\":\"PBS News\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"1d33ede6e1513a0ef2c8fd0a45bf2bbc:47eeaf03d0ee61c7-0c\",\"type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":675}]}'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/cpb-says-it-is-shutting-down-after-being-defunded-by-congress-targeted-by-trump\" target=\"_blank\">CPB says it is shutting down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe demise of the corporation, known as CPB, is a direct result of President Donald Trump\u2019s targeting of public media, which he has repeatedly said is spreading political and cultural views antithetical to those the United States should be espousing. 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