The National Public Radio (NPR) and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president’s executive order to cut federal funding for public broadcasting.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s order against NPR and fellow public broadcaster PBS earlier this month barring the use of Congressionally appropriated funds violated the First Amendment, it said.
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The NPR CEO, Katherine Maher, said in a statement that ” the intent could not be more clear as the Executive Order aims to punish NPR for the content of news and other programming the President dislikes.”
“This is retaliatory, viewpoint-based discrimination in violation of the First Amendment,” the statement reads.
Aspen Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, and KSUT Public Radio also joined the lawsuit, according to the statement.
Although the representative for the White House could not be immediately reached for comment.
