PBS Chief Paula Kerger Dismisses Trump's Claims of 'Bias' After Executive Order Targeting Network
Source: MEDIAite
May 27th, 2025, 9:53 am
PBS CEO Paula Kerger told Katie Couric she doesn’t fully comprehend why her network is accused of a left-wing bias following President Donald Trump’s executive order barring appropriated public funds.
Kerger recently joined Couric for a sit-down interview in Washington, D.C. during which she pushed back against Trump’s claims of “bias” against her network. In a May 1 executive order, Trump ordered that public funds bound for PBS and NPR be withheld.
“What does matter is that neither entity presents a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens,” the president said. “I therefore instruct the CPB Board of Directors (CPB Board) and all executive departments and agencies (agencies) to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS.”
In her sit-down with Couric, Kerger said she does not know what the “issues” are that Trump and others have with PBS, and Couric laid some of them out, citing coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic and Hunter Biden, the controversial son of former President Joe Biden.
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Full headline: PBS Chief Paula Kerger Dismisses Trump’s Claims of ‘Bias’ After Executive Order Targeting Network: ‘There Isn’t Much to Talk About’
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