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WH Mocks NPR’s Safety Warning Over Funding Cuts

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has dismissed claims by National Public Radio (NPR) CEO Katherine Maher that the reduction of federal funding to the network could pose a risk to public safety.

Leavitt expressed doubt about the impact of NPR on the nation’s safety, further asserting that the network had become a ‘propaganda voice for the left.’ She cited NPR’s decision to abstain from covering the Hunter Biden laptop scandal before the 2020 elections as an example of partisan bias in a taxpayer-funded organization.

Maher contends that public media play a vital role in the emergency response plans of almost half the states in the country. She warns that limiting types of emergency alerting could result in fewer outlets capable of real-time responses to future natural disasters.

This raises important questions about the role of public media, the allocation of federal funds, and the potential impact on public safety. The significance of this should not be overlooked. It has been reported that this debate is ongoing, and we will continue to follow the developments closely.

American Conservatives

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