Stelter equates defunding PBS/NPR with a "crackdown." They haven't stopped being biased partisans for one second. "But I think the bigger picture here is the important part. The president is trying lots of different ways to CRACK DOWN on the American press, whether that's defunding PBS and NPR, whether it's trying to reshape the press pool, whether that's trying to delegitimize news coverage.
"We cover it all the time in many different ways. He's trying to replace real reporters with fawning partisan media personalities who cosplay as news, who asked him flattering questions but don't hold him accountable. And we see that happening on a daily basis."