The fight of the fascist leader of the USA for the dismantling of public radios, according to the government, « a giant piece of rot and a drag on American taxpayers », takes a serious rebuke.
Several federal judges are opposing the dismantling of several public media and calling for the resumption of subsidies suspended by the administration in mid-March.
In addition to Voice of Amercia, these include Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN), an information platform for the Middle East. The judge was not seized with the cases of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, whose dismantling was cancelled by the Trump administration after another court ruling in March.
On the other hand, donations flow into several Public Radios. For instance, New York Public Radio has saved a program that was facing cancellation after more than 40 years on its station. WNYC has run a fund-raising campaign in the last few weeks that raised $1.5 million for the new music program New Sounds, which has a particularly influential hold on New York’s new music universe.
