PBS weekend newscasts shut down due to funding cuts, replaced by single-topic programs

The Associated Press ^ | January 12, 2026 | BY DAVID BAUDER

[Oldeconomybuyer]

PBS will premiere separate programs on science and foreign affairs next weekend after shutting the doors on its Saturday and Sunday breaking newscasts because of the federal government’s cut of $1.1 billion in funding to public broadcasting.

The Republican-controlled Congress, responding to President Donald Trump’s wishes, eliminated funding for PBS and NPR in July. The president has complained about news programming on public broadcasting being biased against conservatives.

[albie]

So sad…-sarc

[wetgundog]

They could stream Fox News.

[dfwgator]

And nobody noticed.

[xp38]

I apologize but I’m still not tired of winning

[Steely Tom]

Surely a tragedy of unprecedented proportions.

[DouglasKC]

This is like a dream come true.

[matt04]

Oh no, anyway…

[CFW]

“Single-topic” programs?

Let me guess the topic. OrangeManBad?

[50sDad]

Grandstanding.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

AP wrote "The president has complained about news programming on public broadcasting being biased against conservatives."

They are slipping. They normally would have written "The president has complained about news programming on public broadcasting being biased against conservatives but that has been completely and thoroughly debunked and is a flat-out, bald-faced Trumpian lie."

[chuck allen]

Sure is.

[catnipman]

“because of the federal government’s cut of $1.1 billion in funding to public broadcasting.z”

gee, i remember when they claimed Fed money was just a tiny fraction of the total, and that gazillions of dollars were pouring in, well enough to make up the loss and then some ...

i guess that all was just two more lies at top of the pyramid of lies that “public” broadcasting has been spewing for decades ... the two LAST official lies for that matter ...

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I feel sorry for PBS employees. But being a greeter at Walmart is actually a very nice job for someone without any marketable skills.

[cgbg]

“separate programs on science”

This episode brought to you by your friends at Pfizer. Remember to follow the Mengele science.

Lol.

[cgbg]

Yup—you caught the lefties lying again.

They never quit the con.

[jerod]

They should just sell the news division of PBS to the Democrat party... It’s already essentially a propaganda arm of the Democrat party.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Good. State-sponsored media has no place in a republic.

[jroehl]

Remember “Adventures in Good Music” with Karl Haas on PBS radio 1970 to 2007. That was great radio!

[03A3]

gee, i remember when they claimed Fed money was just a tiny fraction of the total, and that gazillions of dollars were pouring in, well enough to make up the loss and then some ...

This was my first thought as well. I suspect a lot of their budget came from the NGO's that no longer exist.