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NPR did what so many large company media organizations have refused to do. The nationwide public radio broadcaster stood as much as Donald Trump.
NPR noticed proper by Trump’s govt motion and referred to as it out for all the nation to see. Trump isn’t chopping funding to NPR to eradicate “waste, fraud, and abuse. Trump reduce funding to NPR for political causes.
The AP reported:
Retaliation is Trump’s plain goal, the lawsuit argues. It was filed in federal court docket in Washington by NPR and three Colorado entities — Colorado Public Radio, Aspen Public Radio and KUTE, Inc., chosen to point out the system’s range in city and rural areas.
“By basing its directives on the substance of NPR’s programming, the manager order seeks to power NPR to adapt its journalistic requirements and editorial selections to the preferences of the federal government whether it is to proceed to obtain federal funding,” Katherine Maher, NPR’s CEO, mentioned Tuesday.
Trump is making an attempt to stress NPR into changing into Trump-friendly propaganda.
