"Immediately afterwards, the White House began a pressure campaign that resulted in the revocation of the contract, Folkenkirk reported: The next day, CPB's board chair and two senior executives met with a top White House budget official who attested to her intense dislike for NPR. The budget official told them CPB didn't have to throw the baby out with the bathwater, according to a deposition from CPB executive Clayton Barsoum submitted as part of NPR's legal filings."
"And the day after that just 48 hours after that board vote CPB reversed itself. CPB executive Kathy Merritt informed NPR's top official over the satellite and distribution service that it had to be spun off: it could not be part of NPR. NPR refused to do so. CPB revised the scope of the contract and solicited new bids. NPR's submission proved unsuccessful."
NPR obtained a legal settlement restoring a multimillion-dollar contract that had been revoked following pressure from the White House. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting had approved a multiyear $36 million extension to distribute NPR and third-party programs, including millions still due under the existing contract. White House officials met with CPB leaders and voiced intense dislike for NPR, after which CPB reversed its approval and demanded that the distribution service be spun off. NPR refused, CPB revised the contract scope and opened new bids, and NPR's bid was rejected. NPR sued, alleging the contract revocation violated its First Amendment rights.
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