National Public Radio is laying off ten percent of its workforce, due mainly to a fall in ad revenue.

Conservatives have long called for the defunding of NPR, because of its obvious bias against Republicans, a bias that is carried out repeatedly and with taxpayer dollars.

If liberals want to fund NPR, let them do it with their own money, not tax dollars.

Deadline reports:

NPR To Lay Off About 10% Of Current Staff As Financial Outlook Has “Darkened Considerably”

NPR plans to lay off about 10% of its current staff due to the soft ad market and a drop in revenue from corporate sponsors, as well as uncertainties in the global economy overall.

In a memo to staff, NPR CEO John Lansing wrote that “our financial outlook has darkened considerably in recent weeks. At a time when we are doing some of our most ambitious and essential work, the global economy remains uncertain.”

NPR had announced a hiring freeze last year as part of a plan to cut costs amid a $20 million falloff in sponsorship revenue. But for fiscal year 2023, that shortfall is now projected to be at least $30 million, Lansing wrote.

“The cuts we have already made to our budget will not be enough,” Lansing wrote.

NPR’s David Folkenflik, who first reported on the layoffs, wrote that the layoffs impact at least 100 people. NPR also is cutting many of its open positions.

NPR is the latest media outlet to announce layoffs, with the Washington Post, Gannett, NBC News and CNN also trimming staffs recently.

“Unlike the challenges we faced during the worst of the pandemic, we project increasing costs and no sign of a quick revenue rebound,” Lansing wrote. “We must make adjustments to what we control, and that is our spending.”

As you may recall, when the Hunter Biden laptop story broke before the 2020 election, NPR refused to cover the story, calling it a distraction.

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— NPR Public Editor (@NPRpubliceditor) October 22, 2020

NPR deserves to fail. It is beyond reforming and should be defunded.

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A Catholic bookstore in Jacksonville, Florida, filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday challenging a city law that requires it to speak against its beliefs and to silence its religious views to remain in business.

The Queen of Angels Catholic Bookstore sells books, crucifixes, and other Catholic resources.

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), who is representing the bookstore, explained in a statement that “in everything it does, Queen of Angels and its owner Christie DeTrude strive to honor God and promote their Catholic beliefs, including through the store’s website and YouTube channel. The bookstore serves all customers and gladly sells its products to anybody but DeTrude and her bookstore staff cannot speak messages that violate their faith.”

The city passed a Human Rights Ordinance in 2017 that added sexual orientation and gender identity to the civil rights law.

“Thus, they affirm that men and women are different and cannot use pronouns or titles that don’t align with a customer’s sex,” the statement continued. “DeTrude also wants to explain this policy and her Catholic beliefs about gender and sexuality in her store and on the store’s website. However, doing so is illegal under Jacksonville’s Human Rights Ordinance, which forbids communications that could lead someone to feel ‘unwelcome’ based on various protected traits. The law threatens Queen of Angels with unlimited fines and damages if it doesn’t comply.”

The lawsuit was filed on Ash Wednesday in protest.

“Free speech is for everyone. Americans should be free to say what they believe without fear of government punishment,” said ADF Legal Counsel Rachel Csutoros. “Christie, owner of Queen of Angels Catholic Bookstore, gladly serves everyone, but she can’t speak messages that go against her religious beliefs. Yet Jacksonville is illegally mandating Queen of Angels abandon its religious beliefs—the very faith that motivates the store to open its doors to customers every day.”

The 52-page lawsuit states that “in effect, the law requires this Catholic bookstore to stop being fully Catholic.”

“Christie established Queen of Angels bookstore to serve the Jacksonville community and to share her Catholic beliefs, but city officials threaten her with unlimited fines if she does so,” said ADF Senior Counsel Hal Frampton. “This case is the latest example of government officials across the country using radical ideology to cancel those who disagree. Punishing someone because of their views not only runs afoul of the First Amendment, but it also has devastating consequences for free speech, working professionals, women, and children.”

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