To remove In 1983 there was a hit song named after “Radio Free Europe”, inspired by Federly Funded News Service, which helped spread American ideals abroad. Now, the struggling organization, which states that the Trump administration has stopped millions of people in funding, which the Congress applied, hoping that there can be a little help of rock and rolls.
The iconic rock band responded to his call: they are now giving a remix to their 45 -year -old Smash, making all the income directly to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. It is being released on digital and vinyl, Four other ram rarenesses,
RAM’s Michael Stipe on Answer Call for Help
The band’s former frontman Michael Stipe told Anthony Mason, a senior culture correspondent of CBS News, “We love journalism. We love freedom of speech. And we love the world.
Stepe stated that now is a good time to return to the song “Celebrate Real Radio Free Europe”. More than 1,300 journalists work for a non-profit organization.
In March, the Trump administration suddenly frozen broadly Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in funds given $ 75 million Congress by Congress for financial year 2025.
“Yes, stop them,” Elon Musk Xe In early February. “1. Europe is no longer independent (is not counting the bureaucracy). Hello. 2. No one listens to them anymore. 3. It has left the fundamentalist, who is talking to themselves while torching the $ 1b/year of our taxpayer’s money.”
Steve Capus, an experienced CBS News, who has been president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty since January 2024, stated that there was “no warning” about funding freeze. He says that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is now running on declining reserves.
Capus told Mason, “There was a complete lack of communication about the implications of this decision.”
“We don’t have much time left”
Originally on short-wave radio, Radio Free Europe was launched in the Egyptian administration, beyond the iron curtain. Today, in Prague and from the Satellite Bureau from its headquarters, it is broadcast in 23 countries in 27 languages.
Capus said, “So many countries and so many autocrats have ordered the silenting of independent media. If we leave, we are giving Russia a big gift to China, Iran,” Capus said.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has already had to fake journalists and went to courts to issue their funding.
Capus said, “We don’t have much time left. So we have to take such strict action.”
When REM received a call to help the drum support, the stipe did not hesitate.
The artist said, “This is important for democracy and is important in the fight against totalitarianism.”
This is unlikely to solve all the financial problems of the organization, but Capus said it helps with morale.
“You know that, a morale boost is welcome these days,” he said.
This week, a federal judge Ordered The Trump administration applied to about $ 12.2 million to “immediately disable”, which the Congress applied by the Congress to cover the expenditure of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for the month of April. Trump administration is Appeal for court verdict That they have to release April funding in radio free Europe. CBS News reached the Trump administration for comments, but has not heard back yet.
Anthony mason