Overview
- New York Public Radio's Stand With Public Media fundraiser honored Stephen Colbert, Evelyn McGee-Colbert, David Remnick and Darren Walker.
- NYPR reported about $1.7 million raised with the silent auction still open.
- Organizers cited the elimination of roughly $1.1 billion in federal funding as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting winds down.
- Speakers framed the moment as a free-press test, invoking the slogan "You can't defund the truth" and warning about attacks on independent voices.
- The push joins other efforts to support public media, including a recent John Oliver auction, as coverage also notes The Late Show With Stephen Colbert is scheduled to end in May 2026 during Paramount’s sale review at the FCC.