Katherine Maher

This is about the First Amendment. It is our responsibility as a media organization, when the principle of the free press is challenged, to challenge back.

This is about the First Amendment. It is our responsibility as a media organization, when the principle of the free press is challenged, to challenge back.

This is about the First Amendment. It is our responsibility as a media organization, when the principle of the free press is challenged, to challenge back.

After the break, I'm Catherine Marr, and I'm the president and CEO of NPR.

After the break, I'm Catherine Marr, and I'm the president and CEO of NPR.

After the break, I'm Catherine Marr, and I'm the president and CEO of NPR.

So it's really important for folks to have the understanding that we chose not to do this over the funding issue. Funding is for stations. Funding is very important for local stations, and I'm happy to talk about that. We chose to do this because it is a First Amendment issue.

So it's really important for folks to have the understanding that we chose not to do this over the funding issue. Funding is for stations. Funding is very important for local stations, and I'm happy to talk about that. We chose to do this because it is a First Amendment issue.

So it's really important for folks to have the understanding that we chose not to do this over the funding issue. Funding is for stations. Funding is very important for local stations, and I'm happy to talk about that. We chose to do this because it is a First Amendment issue.

And what I mean by that is the executive order very clearly engages in what is called viewpoint discrimination, which is to say that The president has stated that NPR and PBS should not receive federal funding because he disagrees with our programming and our editorial choices in terms of the story selection that we cover or the way that we cover the news.

And what I mean by that is the executive order very clearly engages in what is called viewpoint discrimination, which is to say that The president has stated that NPR and PBS should not receive federal funding because he disagrees with our programming and our editorial choices in terms of the story selection that we cover or the way that we cover the news.

And what I mean by that is the executive order very clearly engages in what is called viewpoint discrimination, which is to say that The president has stated that NPR and PBS should not receive federal funding because he disagrees with our programming and our editorial choices in terms of the story selection that we cover or the way that we cover the news.

And therefore has said that federal funding shouldn't go to us because he accuses us of being unfair and biased. That is a matter of viewpoint discrimination. It is the action of withdrawing federal funding is retaliatory. And so this is a First Amendment issue.

And therefore has said that federal funding shouldn't go to us because he accuses us of being unfair and biased. That is a matter of viewpoint discrimination. It is the action of withdrawing federal funding is retaliatory. And so this is a First Amendment issue.

And therefore has said that federal funding shouldn't go to us because he accuses us of being unfair and biased. That is a matter of viewpoint discrimination. It is the action of withdrawing federal funding is retaliatory. And so this is a First Amendment issue.

Well, that is at odds with what we see in our data around who listens to NPR and who comes to our website and who downloads our podcasts. As we look at the data of our audience, we see that it roughly matches the spread across the nation in terms of political belief. And so our audience is roughly...

Well, that is at odds with what we see in our data around who listens to NPR and who comes to our website and who downloads our podcasts. As we look at the data of our audience, we see that it roughly matches the spread across the nation in terms of political belief. And so our audience is roughly...

Well, that is at odds with what we see in our data around who listens to NPR and who comes to our website and who downloads our podcasts. As we look at the data of our audience, we see that it roughly matches the spread across the nation in terms of political belief. And so our audience is roughly...

a third self-identified as conservative, a third self-identified as independent or centrist, and a third self-identified as liberal or left, which is more or less the American demographic in terms of political belief.

a third self-identified as conservative, a third self-identified as independent or centrist, and a third self-identified as liberal or left, which is more or less the American demographic in terms of political belief.