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Apr 14, 2025 White House published a release attacking NPR and PBS as spreading 'radical, woke propaganda' Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
Government use of an official platform to delegitimize public broadcasters signals intent to defund and discredit independent media.
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- White House issues release attacking NPR and PBS editorial content and bias — The White House published a release titled "The NPR, PBS Grift Has Ripped Us Off for Too Long" on April 14, 2025, characterizing NPR and PBS as spreading "radical, woke propaganda" and listing editorial decisions and coverage patterns it claims demonstrate liberal bias. The release cites specific stories from both networks spanning 2015–2024, alleges newsroom partisan imbalance, and references studies claiming negative coverage of Republicans and positive coverage of Democrats. No new policy action or directive is announced in the document itself.
- White House published article attacking NPR and PBS as "radical, woke propaganda" — The White House website published an article titled "The NPR, PBS Grift Has Ripped Us Off for Too Long," accusing the public broadcasters of spreading "radical, woke propaganda disguised as 'news.'" The article cited examples including a 2024 documentary about reparations, a 2020 Sesame Street town hall on racism, and a 2020 podcast on fat-phobia. The attack represents government hostility toward public media.
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Week 13 – 2025-04-12–2025-04-18
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