CNN chief media analyst welcomed NPR’s lawsuit “hitting back” at the Trump Administration on Tuesday as the outlet argues that removing their federal funding via executive order violates the First Amendment.
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Regardless, a few hours later, Stelter was back, this time on CNN News Central where he was more excited in his depictions of the suit, “NPR did not ask for this fight, but now that they're being attacked by the White House, they are hitting back. And this lawsuit is going to have ramifications possibly for PBS as well, because Trump is trying to strip funding both from NPR as well as its TV counterpart at PBS.”
Stelter did manage to provide a quote from White House spokesman Harrison Fields, “He says, outlets like NPR are, quote, ‘creating media to support a particular political party on the taxpayer's dime. Therefore, the president is exercising his lawful authority to limit funding for NPR and PBS.’”
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