NPR told gay host Ari Shapiro not to attend Pride event — then reversed decision after emails leaked
NPR urged its longtime host, Ari Shapiro, one of its most visible gay employees, not to attend a Pride event – and later reversed the decision after the email leaked to many newsroom staffers and ...
US public broadcasting entity sues FEMA over emergency alert funding freeze
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to PBS and NPR stations, sued the U.S. Federal Emergency ...
NPR Book Unfurls Character-Rich History Of Public Radio, But Doesn’t Spare The “Risk-Averse” Organization
The Triumph and Tumult of NPR," stops well short of the Donald Trump Era but offers a character-rich media story.
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NPR reverses course after errant ‘all staff’ email telling host not to attend ‘Pride’ event
NPR backtracked after telling an openly gay host not to attend a corporate "Pride" event after an email was mistakenly sent to the staff.
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NPR Walks Back Ban on Anchor’s Pride Appearance – After Mass Email Mishap
National Public Radio (NPR) abruptly reversed its decision to ban longtime anchor Ari Shapiro from attending a corporate ...
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NPR and PBS’s Impending Reckoning With DOGE
Public broadcasting’s lobbyists and their television and radio clients huddled in a Washington hotel this week to chart an ...
Republican lawmakers are rallying around a renewed push to defund PBS, NPR
Conservative Washington, D.C., think tank Media Research Center launched a petition calling to defund NPR and PBS. It argued ...
Why NPR Is “Vulnerable” in a New Trump Era
As Elon Musk calls for defunding NPR, ‘On Air’ author Steve Oney talks with VF about the public broadcaster’s evolution, ...
John Kennedy introduces ‘no propaganda act’ to defund NPR and PBS
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) revealed legislation Monday to cut federal funding to NPR and PBS. Kennedy’s “No Propaganda Act” ...
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How NPR escaped a financial crisis with help from friends in high places
In the prologue, excerpted here, Oney explores a pivotal night when NPR narrowly avoided financial implosion, thanks to a ...
The Once and Future Debate Over Public Broadcasting
Liberals and conservatives have debated government support for public broadcasting since the 1967 Public Broadcasting Act was ...
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NPR and PBS’s impending reckoning with DOGE
The noise, however, was a bus rented by the Media Research Center — a rolling billboard with “DEFUND PBS & NPR” splashed on the side. It circled Capitol Hill this week, reminding its ...