As Congress threatens to defund public broadcasting, the defenders of PBS and NPR keep defending themselves by pointing to ...

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) mocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) hearing aimed at defunding PBS and NPR. During a Wednesday hearing on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE), Garcia noted ...

The segment Greene cited wasn’t aired; a local station mistakenly uploaded it to PBS’ site, where it stayed for two months ...

Garcia began by asking PBS CEO Paula Kerger about Elmo’s political ideology while displaying an image of the puppet. “The American people want to know is Elmo now, or has he ever been ...

Robert Garcia, D-Calif., also had a peculiar defense for NPR and PBS, asking PBS President Paula Kerger, "Is Elmo now or has he ever been a member of the Communist Party of the United States?" ...

We are told that public broadcasting is essential. They cover stories that for-profit newsrooms don’t. Over my career, I’ve had several friends who’ve worked in both public and private broadcasting.

For decades, shows like Sesame Street practically raised many kids. Today, not even Elmo is safe from the nation's culture wars and shifting media landscape.

“NPR and PBS have increasingly become radical left-wing ... “The American people want to know is Elmo now, or has he ever been a member of the Communist Party of the United States?

Staff Writer Matt Sorce argues against the DOGE cuts aimed at Elmo and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Sadly, Messrs. Elmo, Monster, and Bird were nowhere to be seen on Capitol Hill today. They would not have fit in, anyway, as the proceedings in a crowded basement-level hearing room of the Capitol ...

PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger and NPR President ... and political theater to hold a hearing to go after the likes of Elmo and Cookie Monster and Arthur the aardvark,” Lynch said.