Katherine Maher, the CEO of National Public Radio, recently did an interview on PBS during which she made the absurd claim that NPR is a non-partisan news organization.
She also tried to make the case that Trump is infringing on NPR’s First Amendment rights, which is absurd.
For years, we have been told that federal funding makes up a small part of NPR’s budget. If that is true, why are they in such a panic over the idea of losing it? Can’t liberal donors make up the difference easily?
FOX News reports:
NPR CEO rips Trump order to defund as ‘retaliation,’ insists media outlet is ‘non-partisan’
In an interview on “PBS NewsHour,” the NPR boss trashed Trump’s executive order to “cease Federal funding for NPR,” calling it “viewpoint discrimination” and saying that Trump is just taking it out on NPR because it goes against his views.
“And so, it is a textbook example of viewpoint discrimination from a First Amendment standpoint,” she said, adding, “Essentially, by blocking funding to NPR and PBS, it is a form of retaliation against our organizations for airing editorial programming that the president might disagree with.”…
Maher responded to the critiques, declaring, “Well, first of all, I respond by saying we’re a non-partisan news organization. We seek to be able to provide a range of different viewpoints in terms of who we bring on air, the stories that we tell.”
“My view is that is a mischaracterization of our work. We do not seek to favor any political party at all. We seek to ensure that Americans have a wide range of perspectives available to them,” she added.
Here’s the video:
NPR Chief Katherine Maher: Trump defunding Executive Order is “retaliation” — violates the First Amendment due to “viewpoint discrimination.”
“We’re a non-partisan news organization.”
No one is buying that lie, no matter how many times they tell it. Defund. pic.twitter.com/FiYGst39TH
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) May 29, 2025
Does she remember how NPR refused to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story?
Why haven’t you seen any stories from NPR about the NY Post’s Hunter Biden story? Read more in this week’s newsletter➡️ https://t.co/CJesPgmGvo pic.twitter.com/jAi7PnpbZf
— NPR Public Editor (@NPRpubliceditor) October 22, 2020
If liberals want to fund NPR, let them do it themselves. They do not deserve tax dollars.
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