The War On News

A record of government actions against journalism and fact-based reporting, from the first press laws to today

Glossary

Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 3 sources.

A private, nonprofit corporation chartered by Congress in 1967 to distribute federal funding to public radio and television stations, including through NPR and PBS member stations. CPB does not itself produce programming; it funds the public broadcasting system.

Sources

  1. Trump's attacks on press freedom escalate: NPR, PBS funding cuts explained archived copyACLU, 2025-05-02. Source record
  2. Executive Order 14290Wikipedia. Source record
  3. Corporation for Public Broadcasting archived copyWikipedia. Source record