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NPR & PBS REPORTING OF DEFUNDING ISSUE

 

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

April 22, 2025
U.S. is sliding toward authoritarianism, hundreds of scholars say : NPR
Frank Langfitt flangfitt@npr.org 

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

Public media execs ask Congress to defy Trump on funding : NPR

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"

June 4, 2025
"Trump plan to defund NPR & PBS divides Republicans and Democrats"
Dierdre Walsh, David Folkenflik

August 1, 2025
"CPB to shut down after public media loses federal funding"
Scott Neuman, Frank Langfitt


PBS

May 8, 2024
"WATCH: House committee holds hearing on media bias after allegations by former NPR editor"

 

NEWS HOUR

December 19, 2024
"A look at the legal tactics Trump is using against media outlets"
News Hour:  Geoff Bennett, Matt Bennett --
interview Clay Calvert -- American Enterprise Institute

March 25, 2025
"A look at the history of public media in the U.S. as Republicans target federal funding"

News Hour:  William Brangham, Sam Lane

"We should note here, independent analyses have found both PBS and NPR
to be among the most objective and reliable news sources in America."

interviews with VIctor Picard, Allison Perlman

at 5min46:  PBS NPR --
"Among least biased Knight Foundation/Gallup (2018)"
PBS "3rd most trusted  YouGov (2024)"

"Perceived Accuracy and Bias in the News Media  
YouGov (2024)

March 26, 2025
"NPR and PBS heads face sharp questioning about federal funding during House hearing"
News Hour William Brangham, Eliot Barnhart

April 16, 2025
"A look at the Trump administration’s efforts to slash public media funding"
News Hour -- William Brangham

Branham:  "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 county.

Nawaz:  Also worth noting, for example, on this program, we regularly invite and host conservative and Republican voices."

April 29, 2025
"PBS CEO weighs in on the potential impact of cutting public media funding"
News Hour  Amna Nawaz

May 2, 2025
"A look at Trump’s executive order targeting public media funding""
News Hour -- William Brangham, Amna Nawaz

"Last month, the president wrote this — quote — "Republicans must defund and totally disassociate themselves from NPR and PBS,
the radical left monsters that so badly hurt our country."

We should say, as we have before, the heads of PBS and NPR reject that categorization.
But, again, this executive order tries to zero out funding for those organizations."

June 2, 2025
"Congress expects Trump request to cut funding already approved as big bill faces hurdles"
News Hour  (Lisa Desjardins, Amna Nawaz)


May 27, 2025
"NPR CEO discusses suing Trump administration over order targeting funding"
News Hour -- Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant

July 14, 2025
"Republicans face deadline to claw back funding for foreign aid and public media"
News Hour -- Lisa Desjardins

July 16, 2025
"Rural public media at risk as Congress moves toward funding cut"
News Hour -- William Brangham   full episode

 

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March 26, 2025
"In confrontational hearing, DOGE sets its sights on public media"
Rocky Mountain PBS (Kyle Cooke  kylecooke@rmpbs.org)

April 17, 2025
"Missed Opportunities for Public Media at the DOGE hearing"

April 16, 2025
"Trump administration plans to ask Congress to defund PBS, NPR"
Hannah Grabenstein  (hannahgrabenstein@gmail.com)

May 2, 2025
"PBS chief slams Trump’s executive order aiming to cut federal funding for PBS and NPR as unlawful"
AP -- David Bauder
"Public broadcasting has been threatened frequently by Republican leaders in the past,
but the local ties have largely enabled them to escape cutbacks —
egislators don’t want to be seen as responsible for shutting down stations in their districts."

May 30, 2025
"PBS suing Trump administration over defunding, three days after NPR filed similar case"
AP -- David Bauder

 

 

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April 6, 2005
"First Ombudsmen Named to Critique Public TV, Radio"
PBS News Hour

June 23, 2005
"CPB Names New President; House Restores Funding | PBS News

 

 

 

PEW

March 26, 2025
"Americans more likely to support than oppose continuing federal funding for NPR and PBS"
Michael Lipka, Katerina Eva Matsa

 

 

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

 

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