A big hearing on the Hill took place yesterday involving the heads of NPR and PBS, both of which are publicly funded.
The U.S. taxpayers spend approximately $535 million annually on NPR and PBS through federal funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Over the last decade, taxpayers have spent about $5.35 billion on these outlets.
NPR and PBS are propagandistic outlets that have huge listenership. In 2022, NPR — which is just trash stacked atop trash — had roughly 23.5 million average weekly listeners for its terrestrial broadcast programming.
NPR is a Left-wing agitprop organization that puts out modulated voices with well-produced music, segments, and sounds very easy to listen to. But it turns out that it’s just Noam Chomsky propaganda.
Meanwhile, PBS NewsHour attracted about 882,000 viewers on average in 2022, which means that about 57 million viewers tuned into PBS content during any given month in 2022.
These are large numbers. Sixty-seven percent of all households in the United States, over 160 million people, tune into PBS member stations over the course of a year. They’re sponsored by you, and they are producing Left-wing propaganda.
The hearings were led by subcommittee Chair Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who grilled NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS President Paula Kerger, suggesting that they were both presiding over publicly-funded news organizations that hate the Right-wing, which is absolutely 100% true.
GOP Rep. James Comer (R-KY) said, “People who listen to NPR are totally misinformed. I have a problem with that, because you get federal funding.” That, of course, is completely true.
NPR had no excuse for this and was unable to explain why they’re so biased to the Left. They couldn’t explain why they should receive taxpayer dollars if, in fact, they are only a propaganda outlet for the Democratic Party, which is also completely true.
Katherine Maher was asked about her editorial board, which involves 87 people. The number of Republicans on that editorial board? Zero. Zero.
Rep. William Timmons (R-S.C.) asked Maher, “How does that work to give us the perception that you’re doing your job of actually delivering unbiased information?”
“Well, I would agree with you that that number is a concern if it is accurate,” Maher replied. “I do believe that we need to have journalists who represent the full breadth of American society so that we can report well for all Americans.”
The problem is, she doesn’t believe that. If she truly believed that, she would have done something about it. 87 to 0 is not exactly an even-handed examination of the news.
If you want to be an opinion journalism outlet like we are here at The Daily Wire and admit your biases openly, do it. We also receive zero taxpayer dollars.
We are not living off your taxpayer dollars. We have advertisers, subscribers, and members, but that is not the case at NPR, who does receive taxpayer dollars, which is why Maher was on the Hill being grilled.
She wound up being humiliated by Representative Brandon Gill (R-TX) in an amazing exchange.
Gill grilled her about her own political beliefs and openly lying about them on the floor of Congress.
Gill: Do you believe that America is addicted to white supremacy?
Maher: I believe that I tweeted that and as I’ve said earlier I believe much of my thinking has evolved over the last half-decade.
Gill: It has evolved. Why did you tweet that?
Maher: I don’t recall the exact context, sir, so I wouldn’t be able to say.
Gill: Ok. Do you believe that America believes in black plunder and white democracy?
Maher: I don’t believe that, sir.
Gill: You tweeted that in reference to a book you were reading at the time, apparently, “The Case For Reparations.”
Maher: I don’t think I’ve ever read that book, sir.
Gill: You tweeted about it. You said you took a day off to fully read “The Case For Reparations.” You put that on Twitter in January of 2020.
Maher: Apologies. I don’t recall that I did. I have no doubt that your tweet there is correct, but I don’t recall.
Gill: Do you believe that white people inherently feel superior to other races?
Maher: I do not.
Gill: You don’t? You tweeted something to that effect. You said, “I grew up feeling superior. Ha, how white of me.” Why did you tweet that?
Maher: I think I was probably reflecting on what it was to be to grow up in an environment where I had lots of advantages.
Gill: It sounds like you’re saying that white people feel superior.
Maher: I don’t believe that anybody feels that way, sir. I was just reflecting on my own experiences.
Gill: You think that white people should pay reparations?
Maher: I have never said that, sir.
Gill: Yes, you did. You said it in January 2020. You tweeted, “Yes, the north. Yes, all of us. Yes, America. Yes, our original collective sin and unpaid debt. Yes, reparations. Yes, on this day.”
Maher: I don’t believe that was a reference to fiscal reparations, sir.
Gill: What kind of reparations was it a reference to?
Maher: I think it was just a reference to the idea that we all owe much to the people who came before us.
Gill: That’s a bizarre way to frame what you tweeted. Ok, how much reparations have you personally paid?
Maher: Sir, I don’t believe that I’ve ever paid reparations.
Gill: Ok, just for everybody else.
Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) also went after Maher: “Let me ask you, why did you call President Trump a fascist and a deranged racist sociopath in 2020?”
Maher responded, “Congressman, I appreciate the opportunity to address this,” she answered. “I regret those tweets. I would not tweet them again today. They represented a time where I was reflecting on something that I believe that the president had said rather than who he is. I don’t presume that anyone is a racist.” “You don’t believe anyone is a racist?” Burchett questioned. Maher clarified, “I don’t start by presuming anyone is a racist.”
That’s weird because she has made statements along those lines. This is entirely the game that NPR has been playing for actual decades. They say something that is overtly to the Left, and then when called on it, they say, “Well, I didn’t mean that,” or “You’re just missing the context.”
Why is it that every single error NPR has ever made is in one direction, including NPR’s decision not to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story in the run up to the 2020 election? NPR overtly said they would not cover that story because they did not think it was of importance.
That was insane since there was a ton of information on there that was of high importance to American voters.
Meanwhile, PBS CEO Paula Kerger claimed, “There is nothing more American than PBS. … Our job at PBS is to support our stations so that local stations can serve their communities. We’ve been proudly fulfilling our mission for nearly 60 years, using the public airwaves and other technologies to help educate, engage, and inspire the American people.”
What they have also done is promote an enormous amount of Left-wing propaganda over the years.
This confrontation with PBS and NPR is a win for President Trump because all of this is now being exposed to daylight.
The fact that we are talking about getting rid of exorbitant spending in these areas is exceptionally important.
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A big hearing on the Hill took place yesterday involving the heads of NPR and PBS, both of which are publicly funded.
The U.S. taxpayers spend approximately $535 million annually on NPR and PBS through federal funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Over the last decade, taxpayers have spent about $5.35 billion on these outlets.
NPR and PBS are propagandistic outlets that have huge listenership. In 2022, NPR — which is just trash stacked atop trash — had roughly 23.5 million average weekly listeners for its terrestrial broadcast programming.
NPR is a Left-wing agitprop organization that puts out modulated voices with well-produced music, segments, and sounds very easy to listen to. But it turns out that it’s just Noam Chomsky propaganda.
Meanwhile, PBS NewsHour attracted about 882,000 viewers on average in 2022, which means that about 57 million viewers tuned into PBS content during any given month in 2022.
These are large numbers. Sixty-seven percent of all households in the United States, over 160 million people, tune into PBS member stations over the course of a year. They’re sponsored by you, and they are producing Left-wing propaganda.
The hearings were led by subcommittee Chair Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who grilled NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS President Paula Kerger, suggesting that they were both presiding over publicly-funded news organizations that hate the Right-wing, which is absolutely 100% true.
GOP Rep. James Comer (R-KY) said, “People who listen to NPR are totally misinformed. I have a problem with that, because you get federal funding.” That, of course, is completely true.
NPR had no excuse for this and was unable to explain why they’re so biased to the Left. They couldn’t explain why they should receive taxpayer dollars if, in fact, they are only a propaganda outlet for the Democratic Party, which is also completely true.
Katherine Maher was asked about her editorial board, which involves 87 people. The number of Republicans on that editorial board? Zero. Zero.
Rep. William Timmons (R-S.C.) asked Maher, “How does that work to give us the perception that you’re doing your job of actually delivering unbiased information?”
“Well, I would agree with you that that number is a concern if it is accurate,” Maher replied. “I do believe that we need to have journalists who represent the full breadth of American society so that we can report well for all Americans.”
The problem is, she doesn’t believe that. If she truly believed that, she would have done something about it. 87 to 0 is not exactly an even-handed examination of the news.
If you want to be an opinion journalism outlet like we are here at The Daily Wire and admit your biases openly, do it. We also receive zero taxpayer dollars.
We are not living off your taxpayer dollars. We have advertisers, subscribers, and members, but that is not the case at NPR, who does receive taxpayer dollars, which is why Maher was on the Hill being grilled.
She wound up being humiliated by Representative Brandon Gill (R-TX) in an amazing exchange.
Gill grilled her about her own political beliefs and openly lying about them on the floor of Congress.
Gill: Do you believe that America is addicted to white supremacy?
Maher: I believe that I tweeted that and as I’ve said earlier I believe much of my thinking has evolved over the last half-decade.
Gill: It has evolved. Why did you tweet that?
Maher: I don’t recall the exact context, sir, so I wouldn’t be able to say.
Gill: Ok. Do you believe that America believes in black plunder and white democracy?
Maher: I don’t believe that, sir.
Gill: You tweeted that in reference to a book you were reading at the time, apparently, “The Case For Reparations.”
Maher: I don’t think I’ve ever read that book, sir.
Gill: You tweeted about it. You said you took a day off to fully read “The Case For Reparations.” You put that on Twitter in January of 2020.
Maher: Apologies. I don’t recall that I did. I have no doubt that your tweet there is correct, but I don’t recall.
Gill: Do you believe that white people inherently feel superior to other races?
Maher: I do not.
Gill: You don’t? You tweeted something to that effect. You said, “I grew up feeling superior. Ha, how white of me.” Why did you tweet that?
Maher: I think I was probably reflecting on what it was to be to grow up in an environment where I had lots of advantages.
Gill: It sounds like you’re saying that white people feel superior.
Maher: I don’t believe that anybody feels that way, sir. I was just reflecting on my own experiences.
Gill: You think that white people should pay reparations?
Maher: I have never said that, sir.
Gill: Yes, you did. You said it in January 2020. You tweeted, “Yes, the north. Yes, all of us. Yes, America. Yes, our original collective sin and unpaid debt. Yes, reparations. Yes, on this day.”
Maher: I don’t believe that was a reference to fiscal reparations, sir.
Gill: What kind of reparations was it a reference to?
Maher: I think it was just a reference to the idea that we all owe much to the people who came before us.
Gill: That’s a bizarre way to frame what you tweeted. Ok, how much reparations have you personally paid?
Maher: Sir, I don’t believe that I’ve ever paid reparations.
Gill: Ok, just for everybody else.
Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) also went after Maher: “Let me ask you, why did you call President Trump a fascist and a deranged racist sociopath in 2020?”
Maher responded, “Congressman, I appreciate the opportunity to address this,” she answered. “I regret those tweets. I would not tweet them again today. They represented a time where I was reflecting on something that I believe that the president had said rather than who he is. I don’t presume that anyone is a racist.” “You don’t believe anyone is a racist?” Burchett questioned. Maher clarified, “I don’t start by presuming anyone is a racist.”
That’s weird because she has made statements along those lines. This is entirely the game that NPR has been playing for actual decades. They say something that is overtly to the Left, and then when called on it, they say, “Well, I didn’t mean that,” or “You’re just missing the context.”
Why is it that every single error NPR has ever made is in one direction, including NPR’s decision not to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story in the run up to the 2020 election? NPR overtly said they would not cover that story because they did not think it was of importance.
That was insane since there was a ton of information on there that was of high importance to American voters.
Meanwhile, PBS CEO Paula Kerger claimed, “There is nothing more American than PBS. … Our job at PBS is to support our stations so that local stations can serve their communities. We’ve been proudly fulfilling our mission for nearly 60 years, using the public airwaves and other technologies to help educate, engage, and inspire the American people.”
What they have also done is promote an enormous amount of Left-wing propaganda over the years.
This confrontation with PBS and NPR is a win for President Trump because all of this is now being exposed to daylight.
The fact that we are talking about getting rid of exorbitant spending in these areas is exceptionally important.
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