Taxpayer-subsidized National Public Radio, along with three Colorado affiliates, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday morning to stop President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at cutting its funding.
Colorado Public Radio, Aspen Public Radio, and KSUT joined NPR as litigants in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge Trump’s order.
Trump’s executive order on May 1 instructed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease federal funding” for NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service.
“Unlike in 1967, when the CPB was established, today, the media landscape is filled with abundant, diverse, and innovative news options,” Trump’s order says. “Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence.”
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