National Public Radio (NPR) is again in the crosshairs of a federal administration bent on defunding the organization, and public broadcasters in general. And again, Americans are in danger of losing a rich and vital resource for local news broadcasting. It’s a reality that stings all the more in a landscape dominated by hyper-partisan commercial media. There is much at stake for a free and fair exchange of viewpoints.

Congress in July ratified President Trump’s rescissions package that included a provision to claw back $1.1 billion previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the body responsible for providing more than $500 million in grants to NPR, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and their partners across the nation. On Friday, CPB announced plans to end

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