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NPR CEO Katherine Maher on GOP Attacks, Editorial Criticisms & Digital Evolution

NPR CEO Katherine Maher on GOP Attacks, Editorial Criticisms & Digital Evolution

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For the past five decades, every Republican president except Gerald
Ford has tried to cut funding for public media. But NPR and PBS
have never dealt with a moment like this, where the Trump
administration is attacking them from every possible angle. A
recent executive order demanded the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting (or CPB) and executive agencies halt all funding for
NPR and PBS; the FCC is investigating their corporate underwriting;
and this week, the House is expected to take up a rescissions
package that would claw back federal funding for the CPB. Katherine
Maher, the CEO of NPR, is fighting back. On May 27th, NPR and three
Colorado member stations filed a suit challenging the president’s
executive order. (PBS followed suit a few days later.) Suing the
president is, obviously, an uncomfortable position for a media
organization which has to cover him. But according to Maher, NPR is
doing its patriotic duty to defend the First Amendment. Kara and
Maher discuss the potential effects the defunding would have on
NPR, its member stations, and the communities that it serves;
criticisms aimed at NPR and Maher, from both conservatives, on one
hand, and some journalists, on the other; and her approach to
innovation at NPR. Questions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com
or find us on Instagram, TikTok, and Bluesky @onwithkaraswisher.
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