PBS and a Northern Minnesota public television station filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Friday over Trump’s order withdrawing federal funding from the 330-station public television system. Earlier last week, NPR filed a similar lawsuit. Both NPR and PBS are challenging Trump’s claims of anti-conservative bias.
This comes as The Intercept reports PBS station WNET has removed at least three episodes of the show “Let’s Learn” that featured a drag artist and a transgender character and that discuss trans identity. In March, right-wing Republicans attacked PBS during a heated congressional testimony for featuring drag performers on its shows.