Both PBS and National Public Radio are cadging for change, even before President Trump’s executive order cutting taxpayer funds to PBS and NPR through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
But NPR has gone out a bit further on the ledge since then, their tone becoming increasingly aggressive, even apocalyptic, as demonstrated by three recent donation banners that have flown on NPR’s websites and social media platforms:
■ This one is self-congratulatory but not obviously offensive to the sensibilities. The full text:
Public media is under threat.
President Trump recently issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to public media organizations across the country.
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