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PBS Rejects Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Claims About Drag Queens on Shows

In her opening remarks at Wednesday’s hearing on public media, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene accused PBS of using “taxpayer funds to push some of the most radical left...

PBS and NPR Funding Has Been Threatened Before

Calls to eliminate government funding for NPR and PBS may have reached a peak, but the two networks have been living under that threat for decades.Congressional Republicans have...

PBS and NPR prepare for a showdown with Congress.

PBS is practicing answers with lawyers. NPR executives are preparing to monitor the fallout. Members of Congress are promoting the star witnesses — the leaders of the two...

‘Sesame Street’ Faces Uncertain Future Amid Funding Cuts and Layoffs

Times are tough on Sesame Street.Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit responsible for Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster and the rest of the stars of “Sesame Street,” is confronting what...

F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into Comcast’s D.E.I. Practices

Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has ordered an investigation into the diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Comcast, the parent company of NBC News...

Trump’s Blueprint for Bending the Media Has Nixon Written All Over It

Voters had delivered the president to the White House for a second term, disregarding news about arrests and indictments of former aides accused of breaking the law to...

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Some goo.gl URLs will live to fight another day

Google's shortened URLs are the horror movie monster of the Google Graveyard: They keep finding a way to stay alive. On Friday, the...

The original Nintendo Switch is about to get more expensive in the US

Nintendo has that the price of the original will change in the United States, citing “market conditions” as the reason for...

WIRED Roundup: ChatGPT Goes Full Demon Mode

Louise Matsakis: I got to say, I think calling this a migration is maybe underselling it. This is an evacuation, no? I find...