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May 29
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NPR’s CEO on the Fight Over Public Media

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
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In May, President Trump signed an executive order cutting off federal funding for public broadcasters, including NPR and PBS. In his order, Trump said “neither entity presents a fair, accurate or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.” WSJ’s Joe Flint breaks down the decades-long fight over public media, and NPR’s CEO Katherine Maher exp ... Show More
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