A campaign against #NPR's new CEO, ex-#Wikimedia Foundation Katherine Maher, is trying to portray her as "anti-truth" and "anti-First Amendment" by taking quotes out of context from her past talks about Wikimedia. As a longtime Wikipedian, I think I can give a little more context about these statements — but I recognize that the people behind this campaign are, ironically, not looking for the facts.
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it is extremely funny to me that a lot of the people who want to slash or repeal #Section230 are the same people condemning #NPR's Katherine Maher for her past comments they think are "anti-First Amendment"
162 #lies & #distortions in a “news conference”. #NPR’s #FactCheck of #Trump
There were a host of false things that Donald Trump said during his hour-long “news” conference Thurs that have gotten attn.
A team of NPR reporters & editors reviewed the transcript of his “news” conference & found AT LEAST 162 #misstatements, #exaggerations & outright #lies in 64 minutes. That's >2 a minute.
#TrumpLies
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/11/nx-s1-5070566/trump-news-conference
Such a great story! 😍
"Fold paper. Insert lens. This $2 microscope changes how kids see the world"
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/11/24/g-s1-35181/microscope-lens-students-foldscope
"Once assembled the Foldscope is the size of a bookmark. It’s small enough to fit in a pocket and can magnify up to 140 times.
Each unit costs around $2 to make. Foldscopes are offered for free to kids in lower income countries; various upgraded models with extras are sold as well, earning money for the charitable endeavor."
The #Trump admin notified 4 major #news orgs that they would have to give up their dedicated office space at the #Pentagon.
A Dept of #Defense spox said that The #NYT, #NBC News, #NPR & #Politico had to vacate their offices by Feb 14.
Murdoch’s #NewYorkPost will replace The NYT; #FarRight cable channel #OAN will be swapped in for #NBC News; #Breitbart News will be a radio outlet instead of NPR; & the news outlet #HuffPost, owned by BuzzFeed, will switch w/ Politico.
Elvira, (Cassandra Peterson,) wearing a 'Make America Goth Again' hat, donates her Tesla to NPR.
I haven’t worked for #PBS or #NPR, but I’ve collaborated with both to share #science stories.
The talented people there are always thoughtful, curious & kind. They’ve gifted us Mister Rogers, Carl Sagan, Julia Child, LeVar Burton & Elmo. 🌈
It’s appalling to see members of Congress attack them for political points.
Public media funding is complex - so for those of you who are following the news about Trump's executive order to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, this is how CPB works, and how it distributes money to public media stations across the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC485mf9LRM #NPR #PBS #PublicMedia
#NPR & #PublicRadio stations sue #Trump over funding ban
NPR & 3 #Colorado public radio stations filed suit Tues in federal court against the admin over the #ExecutiveOrder purportedly barring the use of Congressionally appropriated funds for #NPR & #PBS.
"It is not always obvious when the government has acted with a retaliatory purpose in violation of the #FirstAmendment. 'But this wolf comes as a wolf,'" states the #legal brief….
#law #Congress #SeparationOfPowers
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/27/nx-s1-5413094/npr-public-radio-lawsuit-trump-funding-ban
📖 📻 **Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?**
🔗 https://www.npr.org/2025/07/12/nx-s1-5454723-e1/does-listening-to-an-audiobook-count-as-reading.
_What do you think?_
#NPR #Reading #Audiobooks #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon
#Image attribution: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AudiobookLibrary.jpg.
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #WorldBeatMusic #AfroojAftab #Toronto #TinyDesk #NPR
Hopefully this will be a timeline cleanser for some today. Just got back from the Toronto International Jazz Festival. Took a chance and went to what ended up being a sold out concert of this artist: Afrooj Aftab. It was a delightful event. What a great voice. The link below is to her Tiny Desk performance on NPR. Enjoy. Direct link: https://youtu.be/ZUYJ8_tBSSQ
https://www.aroojaftab.com/videos/
Edit: direct link
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Conservatives Get the #PBS & #NPR Cuts They’ve Wanted for Decades
The cuts speak to #Trump’s grip on his party but also to the sweeping changes in #media.
They tried under Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush & George W. Bush. Newt Gingrich gave it a go when he controlled the #House, & Bob Dole did, too, when he held power in the #Senate.
But for 5 decades, #Republicans failed time & again to choke off #federal #funding for #PublicBroadcasting.
#censorship #autocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/business/media/npr-pbs-funding-cuts-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare