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Musk Eyes Feds Defunding NPR

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, whose connection with President-elect Donald Trump may result in him leading a government efficiency effort (see 2411080033), said Tuesday the federal government should consider ending funding for NPR. Top GOP lawmakers raised concerns earlier this year…

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about continued federal NPR funding in response to claims of pro-Democratic bias at the broadcast network (see 2405070044). Musk’s defunding call cited a 2021 video clip of now-NPR CEO Katherine Maher saying “our reverence for the truth might have become a bit of a distraction that is preventing us from finding consensus and getting important things done.” Maher didn’t become NPR CEO until March this year. Musk asked “should your tax dollars really be paying for an organization run by people who think the truth is a ‘distraction’?”