Why, NPR - Whatever Happened to 'We Don't Need No Stinkin' Federal Funds'?
The article discusses the shift in public funding for NPR following the election of Donald Trump. It highlights the challenges NPR faced in maintaining its funding amidst conservative criticism. The piece also critiques the perceived bias in public media and the implications of government funding on journalistic integrity.
- ▪NPR has been criticized for its progressive bias and reliance on federal funding.
- ▪Following Trump's election, NPR negotiated a $7 million bailout to maintain funding through local stations.
- ▪Today, NPR receives only about 1% of its operating budget directly from the federal government.
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Why, NPR - Whatever Happened to 'We Don't Need No Stinkin' Federal Funds'? Beege Welborn 4:20 PM | May 21, 2026 AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File A long time ago, before dreams of a second Trump presidency were ever really jelling as a possibility in everyone's mind, we were under assault from the censorious truth guardians and slippery language lizards that those running the Biden administration were installing throughout our government and whose true believers manned the public media bulwarks on the outside.
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