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Not everyone was celebrating the 245th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this weekend. Particularly unenthusiastic were four prominent media outlets, who delivered decidedly downbeat assessments of the significance of American independence and its symbols. The New York Times published a report on the…

UPDATED, 9:33 PM: Ex-Fox News Host Ed Henry filed two more defamation lawsuits today in US District Court in New York, naming National Public Radio’s David Folkenflik and CNN’s Alisyn Camerota and Brian Stelter (as well as their CNN parent, Turner Broadcasting) for their allegedly defamatory commentary and reporting…

President Donald Trump’s proposed new budget again calls for all but eliminating funding for public media, but it’s highly unlikely that will happen. This is the fourth year in a row the White House has called for slashing funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to public TV…

President Donald Trump praised Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for testy remarks to NPR host and reporter Mary Louise Kelly, telling him, “I think you did a good job on her, actually.” At a White House ceremony with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump noted the presence of Pompeo and said, “That was very…

An NPR reporter who had been scheduled to travel on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s trip to Europe and Central Asia this week was removed from the press pool, an action that a journalists’ group claims is retaliation against the network over NPR hosts Mary Louise Kelly’s recent interview with Pompeo. Shaun Tandon…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday accused NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly of violating “basic rules of journalism and decency” regarding a contentious interview and its aftermath. On Friday, Pompeo abruptly ended his interview with Kelly after she pressed him on why he had not specifically defended former U.S…

No one in the music business was asking “Where’s the beef?” this week. It was right out in the open, as Taylor Swift/Big Machine, Lizzo vs. Postmates, and Sharon Osbourne vs. Bob Lefsetz squared off against each other over various issues. Using the power of social media to shame, make a point, and generally launch…

National Public Radio, Hulu & A24 and Columbia Records/Sony Music will be this year's recipients of chonoring producers who realistically portray union talent from misrepresented or underrepresented groups. The awards will be presented Friday at the union's biennial convention at the Beverly Hilton. NPR won the Belva…

Cokie Roberts, the ABC News and NPR journalist, will be remembered at a reception on Friday and a funeral mass on Saturday, both of which will be open to the public. The reception will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET at the National Press Club, located in downtown D.C. A funeral Mass will be said on Saturday at 10…

EXCLUSIVE: The popular radio show/podcast Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! is headed to television. NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment’s Wilshire Studios has teamed with Storied Media Group to develop a TV series based on the long-running NPR program. Hosted by Peter Sagal, NPR’s weekly news-themed radio panel show Wait Wait…Don…

David Edelstein, a New York Magazine film critic and contributor to NPR’s Fresh Air, will no longer be a part of the radio show after he was criticized for insensitive comments made in the wake of Bernardo Bertolucci’s death earlier this week. Edelstein said in a Facebook post Monday about the Italian director’s 1972 L…

EXCLUSIVE: Days after Seth MacFarlane’s outrage over Fox News host Tucker Carlson's suggestion that viewers should discount any other media besides Fox News ignited the Internet, the Family Guy creator is acting on it with a $2 million donation to NPR and $500,000 to Los Angeles' NPR membership station, KPCC, the top…