“You Can’t Defund The Truth”: Stephen Colbert and David Remnick Champion Public Media Amid Funding Cuts at Gala

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting may have been shuttered, but public media isn’t going anywhere.

New York Public Radio on Tuesday night hosted its Stand With Public Media gala, imploring attendees to help fund public media, while honoring CBS Late Show host Stephen Colbert and his wife Evelyn McGee Colbert, outgoing Ford Foundation chief Darren Walker, and New Yorker editor David Remnick.

“Make no mistake, the elimination of federal funding was absolutely meant to bring about an ending: the end of unbiased journalism, without fear or favor. The end of independent voices, who raise a mirror so we can see ourselves more clearly, and the end of mission-driven institutions and individuals who work to protect and advance human dignity,” declared Nypr CEO and executive chair Lafontaine E. Oliver, in a stirring speech to attendees. “But if you’ve been listening to the radio lately, you know what we think about that,…