She singled out the WNET childrens showLets Learnfor featuring a drag queen on a show in 2021.
PBS has said that the show was not funded or distributed by the internet.
Garcia brought up Bert and Ernie onSesame Street.
NPR’s Katherine Maher and PBS' Paula Kerger at House hearing on public broadcasting funding.Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Now these two guys actually live together.
Theyre supportive of each other.
Now that might be triggering to our chairwoman and some on those on this committee.
Ms. Kerger, are Bert and Ernie part of an extreme homosexual agenda?
No, Kerger answered.
Elon Musk and Marjorie Taylor Greene are trying to defund Sesame Street and dismantle PBS and NPR.
Not on our watch.Fire Elon Musk, and Save Elmo.pic.twitter.com/BQQUwnuYby
Republicans have targeted public media before.
In an interview with NPR, Kerger said, This could be a perfect storm.
Thats why this moment does feel different.
Theres nothing more American than PBS, she said.
“There’s nothing more American than PBS.
She also said that there was a strong firewall between the newsroom and anything I do.
He later left the connection.
