PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CANCELLED ALL FUNDING FOR NPR NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

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Opinion by:  E. Eugene Webb PhD   

For years I was a regular listener to NPR and then there began a gradual but steady drift to the left. 

Then there are accusations that NPR programming has become more "woke" or left-leaning, particularly regarding its coverage of certain social and political issues. This perception has been fueled by criticism from both within NPR, such as from former journalist Uri Berliner, and from external sources, including Republican lawmakers and right-wing media outlets. The accusations often cite NPR's focus on diversity, including diversifying its staff and sources, and its perceived bias towards liberal viewpoints.

Here is the Executive Order from President Trump.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1.  Purpose.  National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) receive taxpayer funds through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).  Unlike in 1967, when the CPB was established, today the media landscape is filled with abundant, diverse, and innovative news options.  Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence. 

At the very least, Americans have the right to expect that if their tax dollars fund public broadcasting at all, they fund only fair, accurate, unbiased, and nonpartisan news coverage.  No media outlet has a constitutional right to taxpayer subsidies, and the Government is entitled to determine which categories of activities to subsidize.  The CPB’s governing statute reflects principles of impartiality:  the CPB may not “contribute to or otherwise support any political party.”  47 U.S.C. 396(f)(3); see also id. 396(e)(2). 

The CPB fails to abide by these principles to the extent it subsidizes NPR and PBS.  Which viewpoints NPR and PBS promote does not matter.  What does matter is that neither entity presents a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens. 

I therefore instruct the CPB Board of Directors (CPB Board) and all executive departments and agencies (agencies) to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS. 

To Read the entire Executive Order click here: Subsidization of Biased Media

For a look at NPR Bias click here: Media Bias/Fact Check

From CATO Institute click here: April 23, 2024 2:40PM NPR Should Not Be Subsidized by Taxpayers

This will be an interesting discussion as NPR and all their related affiliates begin to attack the President's executive order.

I am sure there is a growing number of leftist judges lining up to hear these cases and issuing injunctions attempting to cause the funding to continue.

The so-called public media operations of colleges and universities around the United States do tend to be populated by liberal academics, managed and run to appeal to both the woke agenda and the political left.

If that is truly the PBS/NPR market, then they should be more than willing to step up and provide the funding.

The Corporation for Public broadcasting for too long funded a liberal pipeline to the public, our college students, and our children.

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