David Folkenflik

New York

Media Correspondent at NPR

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Partisan battle lines form over Trump's plan to defund NPR, PBS - Editor and Publisher

2 days ago | editorandpublisher.com | Deirdre Walsh |David Folkenflik

Posted Thursday, June 5, 2025 10:12 am As GOP congressional leaders are vowing to move full steam ahead to approve President Trump's request to eliminate all federal funding for public media for the next two years, a group of 29 Senate Democrats are warning the broadcast outlets should be “protected, not decimated.” In a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, these senators argue the proposed clawback of money for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) “would have detrimental...
PBS and Minnesota public TV station sue Trump White House

1 week ago | kuow.org | David Folkenflik

President Trump issued an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television stations to withhold funds from PBS. On Friday, PBS — led by Paula Kerger (right) — and Lakeland PBS of Minnesota sued.
PBS and Minnesota public TV station sue Trump White House

1 week ago | laist.com | David Folkenflik

Only 7% of LAist readers currently donate to fund our journalism. Help raise that number, so our nonprofit newsroom stays strong in the face of federal cuts. Donate now. PBS and a public television station in rural Minnesota filed suit on Friday against President Trump over his executive order demanding that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting kill all funding for the network.
Jen Psaki, Biden's former press secretary, rises at MSNBC

2 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | David Folkenflik

SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities. Visit CTPublic.org/latino for more stories and resources. For updates, sign up for the SOMOS CONNECTICUT newsletter at ctpublic.org/newsletters.
Jen Psaki, Biden's former press secretary, rises at MSNBC

2 weeks ago | wesa.fm | David Folkenflik

For Joe Biden's first two years as president, Jen Psaki was his press secretary. Now she's joined MSNBC's primetime ranks as questions swirl around her former boss' health.
Trump tried to shutter Radio Free Europe. The EU threw it a lifeline

2 weeks ago | opb.org | David Folkenflik

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas attends the EU-Ukraine Association Council at the European Council building in Brussels April 9, 2025. The European Union has stepped in to provide Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty an infusion of millions of dollars to keep functioning as the international broadcaster battles the Trump administration to release funds Congress has already designated for it.
Voice of America's prospects appear grim after appeals court order

2 weeks ago | wfae.org | David Folkenflik

A federal appeals court on Thursday dashed the hopes of journalists and free-press advocacy groups seeking to stave off the near-total dismantlement of Voice of America by the Trump White House. The administration, led by senior adviser Kari Lake, has iced almost the entire workforce. It has laid off hundreds of contract employees and put permanent workers on indefinite leave, citing a March 14 executive order from Trump. Last month, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Royce C.
Public media takes its case to Congress and the courts

3 weeks ago | nprillinois.org | David Folkenflik |Sean Crawford

Public broadcasters from across the country, including NPR Illinois, descended on Capitol Hill Thursday in hopes of convincing lawmakers to preserve their federal funding despite pressure from President Trump and his allies. Money from the federal government accounts for fully half the annual budgets of some local public television and radio stations.
The Fox-to-Trump Funnel sweeps up Jeanine Pirro of 'The Five'

4 weeks ago | wusf.org | David Folkenflik

On the eve of President Trump's inauguration, Fox News star Jeanine Pirro stood on the stage at a party in his honor, his son Donald Trump Jr. by her side. A Trump official responsible for hiring raised Pirro's arm aloft and told the crowd, "Very soon, we have a big announcement for another big hire!"Pirro mouthed the words "No, no," and soon issued a statement through Fox that she "will not be joining the administration," though she helped to rally Trump's fans at the event.
Behind '60 Minutes' executive producer's departure: Trump's lawsuit against CBS

1 month ago | wmra.org | David Folkenflik |Scott Simon

The departure of "60 Minutes" executive producer Bill Owens comes as the news program's corporate owner is trying to sell it off, and amid President Trump's lawsuit against CBS.