President Trump upset the Left on Tuesday morning by summarily dismissing three board members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting appointed by President Biden. In response, CPB and the dismissed board members sued the Trump administration, insisting the CPB is a private corporation immune from such dismissals.
This underlines the bizarre nature of the CPB, and how PBS and NPR tout it like an oxymoron: “A private corporation funded by the American people.”
The system is designed to be unaccountable to Congress or the president, to preserve their so-called “independence.” CPB typically sees itself as a “heat shield” against anyone questioning the bias of NPR and PBS programming.
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 said it’s “to afford maximum protection from extraneous interference and control.” Most CPB board members, whether Republican or…
