PBS is shutting down its diversity office, becoming the latest in a string of public and private entities to make similar decisions in the wake of anti-DEI executive orders from President Trump.

During a time of pressure on public broadcasters, PBS says that it is shutting down its office of diversity, equity and inclusion and firing the two executives who staffed it.

PBS fired two diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) executives and scrapped the department after Bari Weiss’ online publication Free Press was tipped off that the broadcaster was ignoring President Trump’s executive order eliminating the controversial initiative.

PBS responded to President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for the shutdown of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices in the federal government.

PBS is closing an office dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, following Donald Trump’s series of executive orders targeting such programs. The announcement comes amid the prospect that public television funding will be targeted by the current administration and Republicans in Congress.

In another dispiriting bit of news, which says nothing about our backsliding democracy, PBS has closed its DEI office to comply with President Trump’s recent executive orders. Ever angry about the idea of a diverse workforce or,

PBS is closing its diversity, equity, and inclusion office in order to comply with President Donald Trump's recent executive order terminating DEI in the federal workforce. The New York Times first reported the news on Monday.

PBS had created its diversity, equity and inclusion team in 2021 after receiving criticism from independent filmmakers.