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SAMPLING OF ARTICLES -- DEFUNDING NPR/PBS
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
PBS
December 19, 2024
"A
look at the legal tactics Trump is using against media outlets"
PBS
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
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)
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 26, 2025
"As
Republicans Denounce NPR and PBS, Democrats Mock Hearing"
New York Times (Benjamin Mullin, Michael
Grynbaum)
April 1, 2025
"Cutting
Off NPR and PBS"
April 14, 2025
"White
House to Ask Congress to Claw Back Funding From NPR and PBS"
April 17, 2025
"Stephen
Colbert Defends PBS and NPR Against Trump’s Defunding Plan"
Trish Bendix (trishbendix@gmail.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
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
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April 17, 2025
"Trump
administration will ask Congress to cut funding for NPR and PBS"
Frances Vinall, Scott Nover, Patrick Svitek
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)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
March 27, 2025
"PBS,
NPR Chief on Hot Seat Over Perceived Bias"
Wall
Street Journal (Joe
Flint) Joe.Flint@wsj.com
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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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HERITAGE FOUNDATION
February 5, 2025
"NPR
and PBS' Impending Reckoning with DOGE"
Heritage Foundation (Mike Gonzalez)
April 1, 2025
"NPR
and PBS are Begging for Mercy. They Don't Deserve It"
(Mike Gonzalez)
CATO
April 11, 2025
"End
All Taxpayer Funding of CPB, NPR, PBS"
Michael Chapman
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
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."
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
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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
"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
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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)
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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"
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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
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