Trump’s Executive Order on Public Media Is Here. Plus, the Murdoch’s Real Succession Drama

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🗓️ 3 May 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Government transparency for me, but not for thee; messy Murdoch family drama.

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0:00.0	It's a very biased view, and I'd be honored to see it end.
0:06.0	The president's long-anticipated executive order about the future of public broadcasting was delivered this week.
0:13.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:17.0	And I'm Michael Lohenger. While the Trump administration boasts about its transparency, it's getting
0:23.0	harder for reporters to access public records. It's been terrible for requests. Even the president,
0:30.1	when he was the former president, tried to use FOIA and found it cumbersome. Welcome to the struggle.
0:36.9	Donald Trump, welcome.
0:38.9	Also, a real succession drama
0:41.1	is unfolding for Rupert Murdoch
0:43.2	and his media empire.
0:45.2	He wants to, from the grave,
0:47.8	manipulate and govern
0:49.5	not just his media outlets,
0:51.7	but the politics of the countries
0:53.7	where they are most influential.
0:55.8	It's all coming up after this.
1:00.0	From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media. I'm Michael Lohinger.
1:05.2	And I'm Brooke Gladstone. So, a bit of late breaking news, upon news, upon news.
1:11.8	There's no topping this White House for filling the air with shiny objects,
1:16.9	gleaming shards of things it means to break to make America great again, I guess.
1:23.3	Public broadcasting is just one of so many things, but obviously, OTP has a dog in this fight.
1:30.1	So, late Thursday evening, President Trump signed an executive order expressing his desire to end federal funding to NPR and PBS.
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