Lake to Newsmax: NPR’s Days Numbered After Funding Cut

Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, told Newsmax on Friday that NPR cannot survive without taxpayer support due to what she calls a deeply partisan bias.

She said NPR may be coming to an end with the formal elimination of its federal funding, a move pushed by President Donald Trump and approved by Congress this week.

“NPR’s days are probably numbered if the government and the taxpayer aren’t footing the bill,” Lake said on “Finnerty.”

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