PBS and NPR essential media for Democracy

I want to express deep concern over the executive order directing funding cuts to PBS and NPR. These noncommercial media outlets provide an essential public service through their trusted, high-quality journalism and educational programming. They play a vital role in our democracy by delivering fact-based reporting and analysis free from corporate influence. Defunding public media would undermine this crucial source of information that millions of Americans rely on. I urge you to protect federal funding for PBS and NPR to preserve their ability to fulfill their public service mission of informing, educating, and enlightening society. Their excellent journalism is too invaluable to be compromised or lost.