NPR defends against Trump’s defunding efforts, citing First Amendment rights. The lawsuit reveals media bias and the lack of diverse viewpoints in coverage.
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NationalPublicRadiostartedoutitstypicallypartisanweekbyfilingalawsuitagainstPresidentDonaldTrumpoverhisattemptstodefundNPRandPBS.TheirlawyersarrogantlyarguedthatTrump’sactionsviolatedtheFirstAmendment.Somehow,freedomofspeechrequiresconservativestofundspeechtheyoppose.Trumpvotersmustfundvirulentlyanti-Trump“journalism.”
Surprisingly,themorningandeveningnewscastsofABC,CBSandNBCdidn’treportonthis.Buttheirstreamingchannelsdid.OnthestreamingCBS“DailyReport,”theybroughtonlegalexpertJessicaLevinsontobuttressthefree-speechargument.“TheFirstAmendmentargumentsthatNPRbringsuphere,Ithink,arequitestrong…becausewhat’sinthepublicrecordistheTrumpadministrationsaying,wedon’tlikethecontentofwhatNPRisdisseminating.”
AtleastCBSanchorLindseyReiserquotedfromthePublicBroadcastingActof1967,whichclearlystates
