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Watch live: House oversight DOGE subcommittee questions NPR, PBS CEOs

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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, chairwoman of the House Oversight DOGE (Delivering on Government Efficiency) subcommittee, has invited NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger to address alleged bias in coverage. Watch the subcommittee hearing live beginning at 10 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 26.

Filmmaker Ken Burns has produced and directed historical documentaries for more than 30 years. In March, 140 documentary filmmakers signed <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/03/31/982706363/filmmakers-call-out-pbs-for-a-lack-of-diversity-over-reliance-on-ken-burns">a letter</a> to PBS executives, suggesting the service may provide an unfair level of support to white creators.

PBS And Ken Burns Vow To Do Better On Diversity But Critics Aren't Convinced

Eric Deggans

PBS has announced $11 million in grants to boost diversity among documentary filmmakers months after an open letter accused the service of unfairly favoring white creators.

<em>Arthur</em> first aired on PBS KIDS in 1996.

'Arthur,' The Longest-Running Kids Animated Series In History, Is Ending

Andrew Limbong

The beloved PBS Kids show will wrap in early 2022 after its 25th and final season.

Jim Lehrer joined PBS in the 1970s and went on to moderate 12 presidential debates and write some 20 novels, three memoirs and several plays.

Jim Lehrer, Longtime PBS Anchor, Dies At 85

Elizabeth Blair

Lehrer chronicled such weighty events as John F. Kennedy's assassination and the 1973 Senate Watergate hearings. For years, he and lifelong friend Robert MacNeil co-anchored The MacNeil/Lehrer Report.