NPR CEO Katherine Maher, Who Once Said ‘America Is Addicted to White Supremacy,’ Now Says NPR Needs Federal Funding To Support ‘Rural Communities’

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NPR CEO Katherine Maher, who once called America "addicted to white supremacy," is warning that looming federal funding cuts to her left-wing broadcast organization will disproportionately hurt rural communities. "The primary impact of this potential rescission is going to hurt communities where they need support most, which are rural stations—stations that serve communities that do not have access to other forms of local news, emergency reporting, emergency alerting," Maher told CBS News on