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SAMPLING OF ARTICLES -- DEFUNDING NPR/PBS
August 4, 2025
"After
Years of Refusing Reforms, the CPB Accepts Death Over Political
Dishonor"
Jonathan Turley
September 23, 2025
"NJ
PBS to shut down next year following massive funding cuts"
Daily News
February 24, 2025
Uri Berliner: What Congress Should Ask NPR’s Chief
July 17, 2025
"Happy
Independence Day, NPR"
The Free Press (Uri Berliner)
Rescission and reconciliation — a big week ahead for the Senate
June 13, 2025
"NPR
CEO says media has a trust problem | Watch
CNN
June 15, 2025
"Are
NPR and PBS really biased?"
Hidden Agendas by Vox Terra
Reason
February 2017
Why Government Funding Hurts PBS and NPR - Reason.com
Jim
Epstein
February 23, 2017
Funding for Public Broadcasting Is Just 0.01 Percent of the Federal
Budget. It Should Still Be Eliminated
Jim Epstein
2017
"Even
NPR-Loving Liberals Should Applaud Trump's Plan to Kill Federal
Funding for Public Broadcasting"
Jim Epstein
April 13, 2023
End Government Subsidies for NPR
Reason
(Liz Wolfe)
NPR
January 30, 2025
"Trump's
FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS"
NPR (David
Folkenflik)
February 3, 2025 statement
February 7, 2025
"How
conspiracy theories about Politico led Trump to cancel subscriptions"
NPR (Huo Jingnan, Jude Joffe-Block)
February 27, 2025
"We
can't answer audience questions about #DefundNPR
without talking about the larger implications for public media"
NPR (Kelly McBride)
March 26, 2025
"I
enjoy Iowa Public Radio, but NPR's liberal bias complicates things"
Demoines Register (guest column-Greg
Ganske)
March 26, 2025
"Should
NPR, PBS get government funding?"
WHYY -- interviews Berliner, Stelter, Brown
April 15, 2025
"Trump
to halt federal funds for NPR, PBS, other public media"
David Folkenflik, Scott Neuman
"trusted local and national news"
"The
White House is starting the process to eliminate funding for public
media"
Scott Neuman
April 16, 2025
"What
to know about Trump's plan to rescind federal funding from NPR and
PBS"
WBUR News-Boston (Nik DeCosta-Klipa)
ndk@bu.edu
May 2, 2025
Trump seeks to end federal funding for NPR and PBS : NPR
David Folkenflik
May 13, 2025
"NPR’s
editorial enhancements and our commitment to serving the American
public"
NPR
May 13, 2025
"The
near-death of NPR and the birth of the public radio funding model :
The Indicator from Planet Money"
May 12, 2025
"Trump
tried to fire Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members.
Then came DOGE"
Mark
Fowler
May 13, 2025
"New
York State increases funding for public radio stations"
NY
Public Radio post (LaFontaine E Oliver)
May 15, 2025
"Public
media execs ask Congress to defy Trump on funding"
David
Folkenflik
Public media takes its case to Congress and the courts | NPR
Illinois
David Folkenflik
April 22, 2025
U.S. is sliding toward authoritarianism,
hundreds of scholars say : NPR
Frank Langfitt
flangfitt@npr.org
May 13, 2025
A brief history of NPR funding | WRVO Public Media
May 18, 2025
Scholars say the Trump Administration is steering the U.S. towards
autocracy : Up First from NPR : NPR
May 27, 2025
"NPR,
public radio stations sue Trump White House over funding ban"
David Folkenflik
May 27, 2025
"NPR
CEO on lawsuit against Trump administration over funding
cuts : Consider This from NPR"
considerthis@npr.org
"NPR's
president and CEO talks about lawsuit over executive orders"
PBS
December 19, 2024
"A
look at the legal tactics Trump is using against media outlets"
PBS
March 25, 2025
"A
look at the history of public media in the U.S. as Republicans
target federal funding"
"We should note here, independent analyses have found both PBS and
NPR to be among the most objective and reliable news sources in
America."
March 26, 2025
"NPR
and PBS heads face sharp questioning
about federal funding during House
hearing"
PBS News Hour
"In
confrontational hearing, DOGE sets its sights on public media"
Rocky Mountain PBS (Kyle Cooke
kylecooke@rmpbs.org)
April 16, 2025
"Trump
administration plans to ask Congress to defund PBS, NPR"
Hannah Grabenstein
(hannahgrabenstein@gmail.com)
April 17, 2025
"Missed
Opportunities for Public Media at the DOGE hearing"
April 17, 2025
"A
look at the Trump administration’s efforts to slash public media
funding"
William Brangham, Ali Schmitz
"We should note, PBS and NPR have
consistently been rated some of the most trustworthy and reliable
news sources in America.
I mean, that is from surveys of public opinion, as well as
independent analyses of media bias. And also polls have showed that
the audience of public media in America does cover the full
political spectrum of this country."
POYNTER
March 26, 2025
"Republicans
grill NPR and PBS executives about 'biased' coverage
at DOGE subcommittee hearing"
Poynter (Angela Fu) afu@poynter.org
May 2, 2025
"In
his executive order on NPR and PBS, Trump leapfrogs Congress to
target a private organization Poynter"
Angela Fu
ASSOCIATED PRESS
"The AP remains steadfast in its mission to inform the world with accurate,
factual and nonpartisan news—as it has for nearly 180 years."
February 11, 2025
"With
public broadcasters pressured by the Trump administration,
PBS shuts
down its diversity office"
AP (David Bauder)
March 24, 2025
"New
York Times denounces Trump's 'intimidation tactics' against its
Reporters"
AP (David Bauder)
March 26, 2025
"Congressional
Republicans Target PBS, NPR funding in contentious hearing"
AP (David Bauder)
May 1, 2025
"Trump
signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR"
May 2, 2025
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-signs-executive-order-directing-federal-funding-cuts-to-pbs-and-npr
PBS (AP, Lisa Mascaro)
May 2, 2025
"Donald
Trump's Assault On PBS And NPR Takes Another Turn"
(Huffington Post)--AP
NPR sues Trump administration over executive order to cut federal
funding to public media
David Bauder (Albany
Times Union)
REUTERS
March 25, 2025
Trump says he would like to see funding end for NPR, PBS | Reuters
May 30, 2025
PBS sues Trump to reverse funding cuts | Reuters
Jonathan Stempel
NATIONAL REVIEW
February 1, 2025
"FCC
Chair Orders NPR and PBS Orders Investigation that Could Undermine Case for
Public Broadcasting"
Brittany Bernstein
March 26, 2025
"NPR
CEO Admits Outlet was 'Mistaken' in Refusing to Cover Hunter
Biden Laptop Story"
James Lynch
April 2, 2025
"The
Case For Defunding NPR Keeps Getting Stronger"
&
here
Noah Rothman
April 2, 2025
"Unlike
NPR, We Can't Depend on Taxpayer Money"
Philip Klein
April 18, 2025
"Defunding
PBS and NPR Is Long Overdue"
editors
NEW YORK TIMES
March 25, 2025
"PBS
and NPR Prepare for Showdown With Congress"
March 26, 2025
"PBS
and NPR Funding Has Been Threatened Before"
Benjamin Mullin
March 26, 2025
"As
Republicans Denounce NPR and PBS, Democrats Mock Hearing"
New York Times (Benjamin Mullin, Michael
Grynbaum)
As Republicans Denounce NPR and PBS, Democrats Mock Hearing"
April 1, 2025
"Cutting
Off NPR and PBS"
April 14, 2025
"White
House to Ask Congress to Claw Back Funding From NPR and PBS"
Benjamin Mullin, Tony Romm, Jonathan Swan
April 17, 2025
"Stephen
Colbert Defends PBS and NPR Against Trump’s Defunding Plan"
Trish Bendix (trishbendix@gmail.com)
May 2, 2025
"Trump’s
Order to Cut Funding for NPR and PBS Draws Fiery Pushback"
Benjamin Mullin
May 13, 2025
Opinion | A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press
July 14, 2025
Public Broadcasters Brace for Vote on Sharp Funding Cut This Week
Benjamin Mullin
July 15, 2025
"PBS
and NPR’s Last-Ditch Fight to Save Funding"
Benjamin
Mullin
July 16, 2025
"He
Helped Create NPR. Now He May See it Be Defunded."
Benjamin Mullin
July 17, 2025
"Senate
Approves Trump’s Bid to Cancel Foreign Aid and Funds for NPR and PBS
Stations"
Catie Edmonson
catie.edmondson@nytimes.com
July 17, 2025
"How
Every Senator Voted on Bid to Cancel Foreign Aid and Public Media
Funding"
Alicia
Parlapiano
alicia.parlapiano@nytimes.com
NEW YORK POST
Feb 3, 2025
"GOP
Rep Majorie Taylor Greene calls on NPR, PBS to appear for hearings on media
bias"
NY Post (Ryan King)
"Federal
agencies ending Politico's 8M contract..."
NY Post
April 14, 2025
"White
House readies plan for Congress to ax taxpayer funding for NPR, PBS"
Steven Nelson
May 4, 2025
"The
suicide of the press, media double-denial on Joe's decline and other
commentary"
May 6, 2025
"'Big
Bird defense' won't work this time as Trump axes PBS, NPR funding"
Daniel McCarthy mccarthydp@gmail.com
Albany Times Union
May 13, 2025
"PBS,
NPR are far more than just 'Sesame Street' and classical concerts"
Heywood Reynolds
editor@marginaliamagazine.com
WASHINGTON POST
March 26, 2025
"Marjorie
Taylor Greene battles NPR and PBS leaders in House hearing"
Washington Post
Anchorage Daily News
(Laura
Wagner)
May 30, 2023 announcement
--
April 17, 2025
"Trump
administration will ask Congress to cut funding for NPR and PBS"
Frances Vinall, Scott Nover, Patrick Svitek
May 2, 2025
"Trump
signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS"
Frances Vinall
June 3, 2025
"Trump
asks Congress to defund PBS and NPR"
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
February 25, 2025
"Campaign
to defund PBS, NPR heats up, 'Let Soros fund them'"
Washington
Examiner (Paul Bedard)
"NPR
CEO regrets calling Trump a 'racist' and admits Hunter Biden
coverage mistakes"
Washington
Examiner (Lauren Green)
March 28, 2025
"Why
doesn't NPR defund itself"
(Brad Polumbo) -- "Woke
NPR Boss FREAKS Out on live TV (confronted by EMBARASSING past)"
April 17, 2025
"Defunding
NPR and PBS through rescissions is a good start"
Michael
Gonzalez (Heritage Foundation)
W ASHINGTON
TIMES
May 2, 2025
"Trump
orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease federal
funding for NPR and PBS"
kpicket@washingtontimes.com
WALL STREET JOURNAL
March 27, 2025
"PBS,
NPR Chief on Hot Seat Over Perceived Bias"
Wall
Street Journal (Joe
Flint)
Joe.Flint@wsj.com
May 2, 2025
"Trump
Issues Order to Defund U.S. Public Media, Including PBS and NPR"
Joe Flint
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
"NPR
and PBS Face Moment of Truth"
Columbia Journalism Reviw
(Michael Swerdlow)
March 26, 2025
"NPR
and PBS Leaders Face Grilling Before House DOGE Subcommittee"
(Liam
Scott)
liam.scott.joseph@gmail.com
March 31, 2025
"The
Tug-of-War Between Trump and the Press"
Jon Allsop
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE
March 26, 2025
"Ten Questions for Katherine Maher"
Christopher Rufo
CENTER SQUARE & DAILY SIGNAL
January 21, 2025
"It's
time to Defund PBS -- and NPR, Too"
Daily Signal (Carrie
Sheffield)
February 3, 2025
"DOGE
Committee Considers Defunding NPR and PBS
Over 'Systemically Biased Content'"
Daily
Signal (Casey Harper)
March 19, 2025
"NPR
and PBS heads asked to testify before DOGE committee"
Center Square (Casey Harper)
March 26, 2025
"NPR,
PBS defend work as Republicans consider cuts"
Center Square (Casey Harper)
April 21, 2025
"Defunding
NPR and PBS Through Rescissions is a Good Start"
Daily Signal (Mike Gonzalez)
DAILY CALLER
January 31, 2025
"Trump's
FCC Chair Cracks Down On Two of the Worst Actors in Liberal Media"
Daily Caller (Gage Klipper)
"gage@dailycaller.com"
<gage@dailycaller.com>
March 26, 2025
"NPR
President Claimed With A Straight Face Her Outlet Wasn't Biased.
Here's 5
Times NPR Was Shamelessly Political"
Haley Gomez
March 26, 2025
"'It's
Bulls**t': Rep Jasmine Crockett Shrieks At GOP
For Wanting To Cut
NPR, PBS Funding"
Harold Hutchison
March 27, 2025
"Megyn
Kelly Names Freshman Rep 'Stone-Cold Assassin'
After Torching
NPR CEO at Hearing"
Hailey Gomez
May 1, 2025
"NPR,
PBS Raked In Millions More Taxpayer Dollars Than They Indicated On
Returns, Report Shows"
Daily Caller News Foundation
THE HILL
"Five
takeaways from House hearing on NPR, PBS"
The Hill (Dominick Mastrangelo)
April 3, 2025
"Save
NPR and PBS -- but without government money"
Jeffrey
McCall -- opinion contributor
May 14, 2025
"NY
Times publisher warns of ‘anti-press campaign,’ misinformation"
Mastrangelo
May 16, 2025
"Corporation
for Public Broadcasting moves to block Trump firings"
CNN
March 14,
2025
"Trump
baselessly accuses news media
of illegal behavior and 'corruption' in DOJ speech"
CNN (Liam
Reilly)
March 26, 2025
"Marjorie
Taylor Greene attacks NPR and PBS as ‘communist,’ calls for funding
to ‘end’”
CNN (Brian Stelter; Liam Reilly)
"PBS
and NPR are in a once-in-a-generation funding fight. They might well
lose"
Brian Stelter
July 16, 2025
" NPR
CEO on future of public media after Senate moves forward with
Trump-requested cuts",
CNN
"the funding is a waste of taxpayer dolllars a
biased propaganda machine"
"...As far as the accusations that we're biased, I would stand up
and say please show me a story that concerns you because we want to
know and we want to bring that conversation back to our newsroom.
We believe that as a public broadcaster, we do have an obligation to
serve all Americans and we need to make sure that our coverage
reflects the interests and perspective and that we hear from
Americans across the political spectrum. That's impportant to us and
we want to make sure that we live up to that."
July 17, 2025
"PBS
CEO Blasts Senate's 'Devastating' $1.1 Billion Funding Cut: 'Against
the Will of the American People'"
CNN
"...when I look at the range of
offerings on public broadcasting, I can't, I can't make sense of any
argument that we are somehow biased in any way."
VIDEO
July 16, 2025
"PBS
President Paula Kerger Hides Behind Cartoon Tiger When Asked About
Liberal Bias"
Daily Caller (Harold Hutchison)
USA TODAY
March
27, 2025
"'Sesame
Street' in trouble? Marjorie Taylor Greene-led committee wants to
defund NPR, PBS"
USA Today (Miguel Ligoas, Vanessa
Countryman)
"mlegoas@augustachronicle.com"
<mlegoas@augustachronicle.com>
Vcountryman@gannett.com
April 22, 2025
"It’s
Debatable: Should the U.S. Congress defund PBS and NPR?"
LOS ANGELES TIMES
April 1, 2025
"Commentary:
NPR and PBS cater to most Americans,
despite what Marjorie Taylor Greene might believe"
Robert Lloyd robert.lloyd@latimes.com
April 28, 2025
"How
Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC chair, is rattling media giants"
Meg James meg.james@latimes.com
FOX NEWS
March 27, 2025
"NPR,
PBS honchos face tense grilling by GOP lawmakers
over biased
coverage, taxpayer funding"
(Brian Flood, Joseph
Wulfsohn)
(brian.flood@fox.com)
(joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com)
March 27, 2025
"NPR
Fails to Make its case"
Hugh
Hewitt
April 2, 2025
"NPR
hearing puts spotlight on past biased coverage"
Hannah Penreck,
Brian Flood
Hanna.Panreck@fox.com
April 2, 2025
"Roughly
180 NPR member stations could shutter if funding is cut off: Report"
Brian Flood
July 17, 2025
"NPR
CEO challenges critics to 'please show me a story' evidence of bias"
"lindsay.kornick@fox.com"
<lindsay.kornick@fox.com>
AXIOS
January 21, 2025
"Scoop:
Top DOGE Dem is ready for a fight"
Erin Doherty
January 22, 2025
"The
most chaotic new committee in Congress"
Andrew Solender
February 3, 2025
"MTG-led
panel plans hearing to grill NPR and PBS heads"
Erin
Doherty, Andrew Solender
February 4, 2025
"Exclusive:
PBS poll finds broad Trump voter support amid GOP defunding push"
Sara Fischer &
here
February 5, 2025
"DOGE
targets government media subscriptions after MAGA attack"
Axios
February 20, 2025
"Trump's
historic war on traditional media"
Sara Fischer
April 9, 2025
"Axios Founders: Who Broke American Media?"
Honestly. The Free Press -- Bari Weiss
May 2, 2025
"Trump
signs order to cut funding for NPR, PBS"
Rebecca Falconerrebecca.falconer@axios.com
THE
DISPATCH
February 25, 2025
"The
FCC Targets Broadcasters"
(Grayson Logue)
March 3, 2025
"The
Once and Future Debate Over Public Broadcasting"
(Grayson Logue)
THE FREE PRESS
March 25, 2025
“NPR
Should Refuse to Take Federal Funds”
Uri Berliner
FAIR
April 25, 2025
"Cuts
to PBS, NPR Part of Authoritarian Playbook"
Ari Paul
FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
March 27, 2025
"NPR
CEO Falsely Claims She 'Has No Editorial Role'"
(Daniel Greenfield)
March 27, 2025
"Don't
Cry for Elmo. Sesame Street has $559 Million"
(Daniel
Greenfield)
March 30, 2025
"Horowitz
Called Out NPR and PBS Bias Over 30 Years Ago""
(Mark Tapson)
SEMAFOR
newsroom@semafor.com
December 9, 2024
"Weakened
US public broadcasters will fight for their lives in 2025"
Max Tani mtani@semafor.com
THE INDEPENDENT
March 26, 2025
"Fire
Elon, Save Elmo': Democrats mock Republican hysteria,
"
The
Independent (Alex
Woodward)
alex.woodward@the-independent.com
SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA
"NPR
CEO grilled over 'completely inexcusable' network bias"
Sky News Australia (with Josh Hammer-Newsweek)
Edmund Burke Foundation
Fellow
Article
III Foundation
"Occam's
Razor in an Era of Declining Public Trust"
STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS
Jan 24, 2025
"Former
Politico writers accuse outlet of suppressing negative Biden stories"
(Karen Rucker)
Jan 31, 2025
"FCC
chair opens investigation into PBS, NPR sponsorship practices"
Feb 3, 2025
"GOP
Rep Majorie Taylor Greene calls on NPR, PBS to appear for hearings on media
bias"
Feb 5, 2025
"Doge
cancels millions in government payments to left-leaning media outlets"
Feb 7, 2025
"Trump
orders end to government-paid news subscriptions"
VANITY FAIR
March 7, 2025
“Why
NPR Is “Vulnerable” in a New Trump Era”
Natalie Korach)
March 26, 2025
“NPR
and PBS Chiefs Defend Themselves During DOGE Grilling”
(Natalie
Korach)
April 17, 2025
"Ex-NPR
Chief Says Public Media Could Have Better Prepared for a Trump Gutting”
(Natalie
Korach)
May 2, 2025
"Trump's
Push to Defund NPR and PBS Is Actually Terrible for Red States"
(Issie Lapowski)
BLAZE MEDIA
"GOP
torches NPR, PBS for political bias amid public funding scrutiny"
Blaze Media (Candace Hathaway)
March 27, 2025 -- Blaze Media
SALON
"Trump's
hand-picked FCC head Carr launches investigation into NPR and PBS"
Salon (Griffin Eckstein)
March 28,
2025
"NPR
CEO Has Shocking Link to Firm Behind Signal Messenger App"
(Joe
Saunders)
facebook
April 18,
2025
"FCC
Chairman Calls Out Lies About 'Maryland Man' Abrego Garcia"
Bryan Chai
RADIO INK
February 5, 2025
"Musk
Call to Defund NPR; DOGE To Investigate Bias Claims"
Radio Ink
(Cameron Coats)
February 14, 2025
"Senator
rails against NPR 'National Propaganda Radio'"
Radio Ink
(Cameron Coats)
March 27, 2025
"Maher
Defends NPR' Editorial Indepence at DOGE Showdown"
(Cameron Coats)
MEDIAITE
February 3, 2025
"Marjorie
Taylor Greene Calls For Hearings With PBS And NPR"
Alex Griffing
TOWNHALL
March 27, 2025
"NPR
CEO's Testimony on Capitol Hill Yesterday Was a Disaster"
Guy Benson
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
March 29, 2025
"Shellenberger:
PBS is Out of Control..."
"Bill
Maher: NPR is Crazy, Far-Left".
We're Past the Age Where Government Needs to Subsidize News Outlets"
April 8, 2025
"In
Light Of Congressional Testimony, Congress Should Defund NPR, PBS"
Matt Cookson
CURRENT
June 18, 2018
"New
history of public broadcasting to include expanded coverage of podcasts,
digital media"
https://current.org/2018/06/new-history-of-public-broadcasting-to-include-expanded-coverage-of-podcasts-digital-media/
March 26,
2025
"Rep
Greene calls for defunding CPB at end of hearing with pubmedia leaders"
Austin Fuller
austin@current.org
April 1,
2025
"CPB
leaders react to House hearing, federal funding threat"
April 1, 2025
"New
York state senator wants tax credit for pubmedia journalism jobs"
Austin Fuller
April 15, 2025
"APTS responds to report of proposed rescission to CPB
funding"
Austin Fuller
April 29, 2025
"CPB sues Trump over attempted firing of board members"
Austin Fuller
May 2, 2025
"White House proposes eliminating CPB's funding in FY26
budget plan"
Austin Fuller
NEXSTAR.TV
February 10, 2025
"Turning
the spotlight to NPR and public broadcasters
as investigation is ordered"
My Highplains.com (Jack Kessler)
dkessler@nexstar.tv
DAILY MAIL
March 26, 2025
"Former
NPR public editor reveals why WOKE radio station cannot be trusted
as Trump prepares to defund it"
Alex Hammer
newsUS@dailymail.com
March
26, 2025
"Laughter
in Congress as NPR CEO is put on spot
over ratings, lies, and anti-Trump rants"
Alex Hammer
* * *
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CATO
April 11, 2025
"End
All Taxpayer Funding of CPB, NPR, PBS"
Michael Chapman
FEDERALIST
May 2, 2025
"12
Reasons Why NPR And PBS Deserved To Be Defunded"
Brianna Lyman
brianna@dailycaller.com; info@thefederalist.com
THE CONVERSATION
May 2, 2025
"Trump
and many GOP lawmakers want to end all funding for NPR and PBS −
unraveling a US public media system that took a century to build"
Josh Shepperd
"Josh Shepperd is under contract to co-author an update of the history of
public broadcasting for Current,
public media's trade journal, and the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting."
May 6, 2025
"Trump
targets NPR and PBS as public and nonprofit media account for a growing
share of local news coverage"
Matthew Powers
mjpowers@uw.edu
May 8, 2025
"The
attack on public broadcasting is part of a growing threat to press freedom
and democracy"
Lorry-Ann Austin
JONATHAN TURLEY
February 2, 2025
"'End
NPR's taxpayer-funded gravy train"
Fox.com
March 29, 2025
"NPR's
CEO just made the best case yet for defunding NPR"
The Hill
POLITICO
May 16, 2025
"Why
conservatives are finally ready to cut the cord on public broadcasting"
Natalie Fertig
PEW
March
26, 2025
"Americans
more likely to support than oppose continuing federal funding for NPR and
PBS"
Michael Lipka, Katerina
Eva Matsa
FORBES
March 28, 2025
"Will
Trump Defund NPR And PBS? Here's What We Know As Trump Attacks
the Broadcasters"
(Antonio Pequino, IV)
"Big
Number
43%. That is the share of Americans who believe NPR and PBS should
continue receiving federal funding, according to a Pew Research
Center survey.
Meanwhile, 24% of Americans say Congress should remove funding as
33% of U.S. adults remain unsure."
July 19, 2025
"Why
Congress Defunding NPR And PBS Isn’t As Misguided As You Think"
Andy Meek
andrew.e.meek@gmail.com.
AFP
February 10, 2025
"Trump's
war with the U.S. media"
RNZ
March 1, 2025
"Defunding
Media against Defunding"
(Colin Peacock) colin.peacock@rnz.co.nz
April 29, 2025
"Trump,
Pushing To Defund Public Media, Fires Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Board Members"
(NY Sun) Perry Chiaramonte perry.chiaramonte@foxnews.com
--------------------------
February 21, 2025
"PBS
and NPR on edge over FCC letter and Trump budget scrutiny"
LA
Times (Stephen Battaglio)
March 28, 2025
"Timeline: The NPR/PBS Funding Debate"
Racket
News
April 16, 2025
"NPR
And PBS Hit Back At 'Devastating' Trump Plan To Cut Public
Funding"
HuffPost (Graeme
Demianyk)
"Trump's
Censorship Czar Orders NPR and PBS Investigation"
Timothy Karr
April 17, 2025
"Louisiana's
John Kennedy, Trump want to defund PBS and NPR"
NOLA.com
(Mark Ballard) mballard@theadvocate.com
nolanewstips@theadvocate.com
* * *
White House announces cancelling payments
Kyle Becker
kylebeckereditor@gmail.com
April 21, 2025
The Dispatch Podcast
How Democracies Fall and Rise - The Dispatch
Jamie Weinstein -- Hoover Institute --
Stanford U: Larry Diamond
April 21, 2025
Gavin Wax: From Trump's MAGA-phone to FCC official - Newsday
April 21, 2025
"Far-Right Activist Who Vowed “Retribution” Lands Role at the
FCC"
Mother Jones (Stephanie Mencimer)
THE NEW YORKER
May 2, 2025
"Trump
Threatens NPR and PBS"
E. Tammy Kin
BLOOMBERG
"NPR
and PBS Aren’t Threats to Trump. They’re Treasures"
AJ Bauer
CNN's May 6,
2025 e-mail
May 21, 2025
"PBS
Chief Says Trump Defunding Will Close and Sell Local Stations"
Katie Couric interview
"PBS Chief Says Trump Defunding Will Have
Permanent Local Impact:
'Stations Would Likely Be Sold, and That'll Be
the End'"
The Wrap (Sean Burch)
Sean@thewrap.com
lucas.manfredi@thewrap.com
Salon
May 26, 2025
The privatization of media and the death of public interest
May 27, 2025
New York Sun
NPR Claims First Amendment Right to Taxpayer
Money in Lawsuit Challenging Trump Funding Cuts
Contributor
Joseph Curl
josephcurl@gmail.com
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MENU OF WEBPAGES
1.
EVIDENTIARY webpage for CJA's February
18, 2025 Letter
2.
CJA's
Outreach to Press & for Scholarship
3.
Illustrative Press
Reporting
4.
CJA's Follow-Up to the May 8, 2024 Hearing --
"Examining
Accusations of Ideological Bias at NPR,
a Taxpayer Funded Entity"
5
May 14, 2025
"Judge
Hears Arguments In Corporation For Public Broadcasting's Challenge
To Donald Trump's Removal Of Three Board Members"
Deadline (Ted Johnson)
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AXIOS -- PRIOR
April 12, 2023
"Musk
tweets "Defund NPR" after outlet suspends Twitter use"
Sara Fischer
sara@axios.com
April 12, 2023
"PBS
stops tweeting after Musk adds 'government-funded' label"
Sara Fischer
May 7, 2025
"Cut
off federal funding for NPR: President Trump’s order
to end federal funding for NPR, PBS could face legal challenge"
Politifact (Amy
Sherman)
TESTING
March 31, 2020
Conservative Newswork: A Report on the Values and Practices of
Online Journalists on the Right
Columbia
Journalism Review
Accuracy in Media
Accuracy in
Academia
American Center for Journalism
American
Spectator Foundation
The Atlantic
The Blaze
Breitbart News Network
The Bulwark
Commentary
The Daily Beast
Daily Calleer
Daily Caller News Foundation
Daily Signal
Daily Wire
The Federalist
Franklin Center for Government and Public Foundation
Heritage Foundation
MacIver Institute x -- wisc.
Media Research Center
National Journalism Center
National Review
NewsMax
The
Resurgent (The
First)
ideas@thefirsttv.com
Washington Examiner
Washington Free Beacon
Washington Post
Washington Times
Western Center for Journalism
Western Journal
May 21, 2025
Why is Washington in the broadcasting business? | EDITORIAL |
Pahrump Valley Times
click here for
"Defunding
NPR & PBS -- & Firing the CPB's Inspector General, for starters"
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