Rep. Dale Strong, R-Monrovia, has introduced legislation that would cease federal funding for National Public Radio.
The bill, entitled No More Funding for NPR Act of 2025, states that after the act is signed no federal funding will be allocated either directly or indirectly for NPR or any successor organization.
“NPR has become nothing more than a mouthpiece for the far left, serving as an extension of the Democratic Party’s communication arm,” Strong said in a statement.
“Hard-earned taxpayer dollars should not be used to fund liberal propaganda. It is past time for Congress to stop subsidizing media that undermines the values and beliefs of everyday Americans.”
For years, NPR and public media have faced threats of funding cuts because conservatives contend the services have a liberal bias.
In 1967, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was founded to provide universal access to telecommunication across the country. CPB is responsible for providing funding to NPR and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Republican presidents have consistently threatened to pull funding for public media but the funding has remained.
However, under President Donald Trump’s latest administration, there is belief that those threats could finally come to fruition.
According to The Guardian, following Trump’s re-election in November NPR member stations were warning that federal funding could actually be cut unlike past administrations.
In April 2024, Trump posted on Truth Social that NPR was a scam and a “liberal disinformation machine.”
“NO MORE FUNDING FOR NPR, A TOTAL SCAM!” Trump wrote. “THEY ARE A LIBERAL DISINFORMATION MACHINE. NOT ONE DOLLAR!!!”
One section of Project 2025 titled, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, details how to defund public, “leftist” media and why doing so is beneficial for the conservative cause.
Alabama Public Radio is one of the member stations of NPR that could be impacted if federal funds were cut. According to APR’s website, funding cuts could result in cost cutting measures being taken to offset lost revenue and severely impact local programming.
Also, without federal funding many rural and underserved communities could lose access to news and information, according to APR.
“In many rural areas, public broadcasting is the only source of free local, national and international news, public affairs and cultural programming – and with such small populations they often rely more heavily on federal funding,” APR’s website reads.
“Without it, these stations would likely be unable to continue to provide local communities with news, information, cultural and educational programming that they currently provide, and could even go off the air altogether.”
