{"id":114753,"date":"2024-04-15T19:34:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T18:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1683348"},"modified":"2024-04-15T19:34:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T18:34:31","slug":"what-is-the-defund-npr-movement-and-what-caused-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/15\/what-is-the-defund-npr-movement-and-what-caused-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the \u2018defund NPR\u2019 movement and what caused it?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Regardless of where you grew up in the States, you\u2019ve heard a National Public Radio<\/a><\/strong> segment in your life. Through the endless corn fields of Nebraska to the shining seas of the coasts, more than 1000 public radio stations fall under the umbrella of NPR.<\/p>\n

Operating independently of any government or corporation, the network has a duty to report unbiased news \u2013 a duty some on the right are saying the syndicate is failing to uphold. NPR has been accused of being unbiased since the early 2000s, but the 2016 election put the station on many conservative’s list of \u201cuntrustworthy\u201d news outlets. And now, an insider report on the network\u2019s hiring practices is fueling the conversation yet again.<\/p>\n

Why do people want to Defund NPR?<\/h2>\n
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NPR has been fielding accusations of bias for years. The network has been fielding accusations of liberal lean since the 70s, though the calls have been getting louder since the \u201890s \u2013 only recently has that manifested into a national call for the network to lose its funding.<\/p>\n

The Corporations for Public Broadcasting (CBP), which dispenses the funds for public programming, first cataloged the movement in 2021. The page<\/a>, which features a single listener submitted note declares, \u201cWe are fed up! NPR does not deserve federal funding,\u201d before dissolving into a rant about the \u201canti-American network.\u201d<\/p>\n

The unhinged submission might sound like something your drunk uncle would say during an uncomfortable family dinner, but it does mirror a somewhat less vitriolic feeling that many Americans outside of the liberal lean have been feeling \u2013 including some of those involved in the organization itself.<\/p>\n

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A thought for Tax Day: NPR, like any other media outlet, is free to publish propaganda and display overwhelming left-wing bias. However, they are NOT entitled to our money. <\/p>\n

Defund NPR.<\/p>\n

— Christina Pushaw \"\ud83d\udc0a\" \"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" (@ChristinaPushaw) April 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n