Heritage Foundation Fellow Rips NPR & PBS Bias to Congress

Critique of Public Media Funding

• 🎯 Mike Gonzalez of the Heritage Foundation argues that NPR and PBS have violated public trust due to egregious bias and should be defunded.
• 💡 He states that journalists can keep prejudices in check if they want to, making the coercion of taxpayer money for biased outlets an even more serious obligation.
• 💰 The current funding arrangement is described as an unfair, regressive tax and an obnoxious wealth transfer from working families to the affluent.

Political Bias in Public Broadcasting

• ⚠️ Gonzalez cites research and veteran accounts, including NPR's firing of Juan Williams and vilification of Yuri Berliner, to demonstrate a pattern of progressive orthodoxy and denigration of conservative views.
• 📈 He points to NPR's coverage veering toward efforts to topple the Trump presidency and its embrace of the false Russia collusion claim.
• 🚫 The transcript highlights NPR's refusal to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story and its justification of looting, distorting journalism to further a political agenda.
• 🗣️ The appointment of Katherine Maher as NPR CEO is questioned due to her record of progressive comments and disdain for free expression.

Public Media's Evolving Role

• 📉 Public broadcasting was created with the promise of being educational, but with thousands of competitors online, it has become, as George Will says, "migal and purposeless."
• 📱 The argument that public media is essential for weather emergencies and local news is challenged, noting high mobile phone and internet penetration even in isolated areas.
• ❓ The core argument against public media is that it's laughable to believe the government can fund an entity that is supposed to keep the government in check.
• 🚫 Gonzalez urges Congress not to try to mend public broadcasting but to end it.