1. United States
2. Fla.
3. Letter

The House of Representatives recently voted to rescind $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting, threatening organizations like NPR and PBS that provide educational and informational programming across the country. This decision risks censoring trusted sources of objective, fact-based reporting that are essential for a well-informed citizenry and healthy democracy. Public media outlets operate with minimal bias, fostering civic engagement and upholding principles of free press and free speech fundamental to our society. Defunding these invaluable resources would deprive communities of access to high-quality programming, undermining the free flow of information that our democratic system depends on. Protect public broadcasting from politically-motivated cuts that could enable censorship and imperil our open democratic discourse.