{"id":10308,"date":"2024-04-21T14:18:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T14:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=10308"},"modified":"2024-04-21T14:23:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T14:23:50","slug":"multiple-bills-introduced-in-congress-to-defund-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=10308","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Bills Introduced in Congress to Defund NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/multiple-bills-introduced-in-congress-to-defund-npr\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Several U.S. House Republicans introduced multiple pieces of legislation to defund National Public Radio following new allegations of \u201cleftist propaganda\u201d from the taxpayer-funded news source.<\/p>\n

House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good, R-Va., Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., introduced similar legislation to prohibit federal funding for NPR, including barring local public radio stations from utilizing money from federal grants to \u201cpurchase content or pay dues to NPR.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the years, Republicans have made multiple attempts to defund NPR, citing similar complaints. The latest outrage follows an editorial<\/a> from former NPR Editor Uri Berliner, who criticized the news source claiming it had “lost America’s trust.”<\/p>\n

Berliner criticized NPR\u2019s coverage of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the COVID-19 lab leak theory and of Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop as examples of the outlet\u2019s left-leaning bias. He described \u201cthe most damaging development at NPR: the absence of viewpoint diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Banks took aim at NPR\u2019s new Chief Executive Officer Katherine Maher, who has expressed criticism of the First Amendment in efforts to combat \u201cmisinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNPR\u2019s new CEO is a radical, left-wing activist who doesn\u2019t believe in free speech or objective journalism. Hoosiers shouldn\u2019t be writing her paychecks. Katherine Maher isn\u2019t qualified to teach an introductory journalism class, much less capable of responsibly spending millions of American tax dollars,\u201d said Banks.<\/p>\n

The Indiana congressman continued by describing the news outlet as a \u201cliberal looney bin\u201d under prior leadership, drawing attention to a systemic problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to pull the plug on this national embarrassment. Congress must stop spending other people\u2019s hard-earned money on low grade propaganda,\u201d Banks lamented.<\/p>\n

Good was a bit more reserved in his take-down of the news outlet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is bad enough that so many media outlets push their slanted views instead of reporting the news, but it is even more egregious for hardworking taxpayers to be forced to pay for it. National Public Radio has a track record of promoting anti-American narratives on the taxpayer dime,\u201d Good said in a news release. \u201cMy legislation would ensure no taxpayer dollars are used to fund the woke, leftist propaganda of National Public Radio.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tenney, a former newspaper owner and publisher, accused NPR of using taxpayer funds to \u201cmanipulate\u201d and promote a political agenda controlled by \u201cleft-wing activists.\u201d<\/p>\n

“I understand the importance of non-partisan, balanced media coverage, and have seen first-hand the left-wing bias in our news media. These disturbing reports out of NPR confirm what many have known for a long time: NPR is using American taxpayer dollars to manipulate the news and lie to the American people on behalf of a political agenda. It\u2019s past time the American people stop footing the bill for NPR, and the partisan, left-wing activists that control it,” Tenney said in a news release.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers cited the political make-up of the NPR\u2019s D.C. news team, which they say includes 87 registered Democrats and no registered Republicans.<\/p>\n

The Center Square uncovered records showing that Maher exclusively donated to Democratic political candidates<\/a> before her role at NPR. Her largest donation of $1,500 was given to Virginia Congressman Tom Perriello in 2017, and most frequently donated to Virginia state Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy, in the amounts of $25 over nine times.<\/p>\n

Good underscored the original purpose for the publicly funded news outlet, which he says was \u201ccreated to be an educational news source and to \u2018speak with many voices.\u2019\u201d He added that NPR has now become \u201ca primary outlet for advancing biased and radical media coverage of political and social issues.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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