Really since 1995—no wait, since 1981; basically, every time Republicans come into power they push this agenda
![Partial clip of New York Times article from April 16, 1981: “National Public Radio at 10: Excellent but in Danger,” three months after Ronald Reagan took office with a newly Republican Senate (and a somewhat pliable Democratic House) Relevant excerpt: “When the Reagan Administration released its proposed budget cuts last month, Frank Man[k]iewicz, the president of NPR, said that if the cuts were approved by Congress, NPR would be forced to cancel all of its national programs immediately. The victims, he said, would include ‘All Things Considered’ and ‘Morning Edition,’ the two daily NPR news programs that recently received the duPont-Columbia Award, regarded as the highest prize for excellence in broadcast journalism.“ Note: The byline for the article belongs to Tony Schwartz, who would go on to ghostwrite “The Art of the Deal” for Donald Trump just a few years later.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h2crspwvima3jofhppfpdcd6/bafkreihr5zsg44gqw6wh5s54c3jvoj2e7cc33iuhgfw6ahwu67nykfrtiy@jpeg)
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Really since 1995—no wait, since 1981; basically, every time Republicans come into power they push this agenda
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