A GOP-led House panel is considering changes to National Public Radio's (NPR) funding formula following allegations of liberal bias in its reporting. The scrutiny intensified after an article by NPR editor Uri Berliner, which criticized the outlet's left-leaning tendencies, went viral. During a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing, experts and some Republicans proposed either defunding NPR or decentralizing its funding to give more control to local stations. The debate also highlighted the absence of NPR CEO at the hearing, which drew criticism and further fueled discussions on the organization's funding and bias.
Her absence Wednesday did not stop the committee from considering changes to NPR’s federal funding formula, pitched by critics and experts who say the station uses taxpayer funding to bash Republicans. https://t.co/rrsLnDBW3Y
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Republicans and Democrats fought over taxpayer funding for National Public Radio (#NPR) during a congressional hearing with the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. https://t.co/9ZdEjnmhGp
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At a House hearing on "NPR bias", Republicans criticize NPR CEO's absence but some praise local stations, and witnesses call for decentralizing or defunding NPR (@tjfalk / Current) https://t.co/2Oik9KZgCU https://t.co/w9RLQYdk8B
“Why isn’t she there?” @UBerliner asks of his former boss’s failure to appear before Congress to testify about whether NPR’s reporting is “fair and objective.” @EliLake on Katherine Maher’s “pledge drive” no-show: https://t.co/BNGdcuDaZV
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Congress should eliminate or change the rules for taxpayer funding to National Public Radio because it reports news with a significant liberal bias, experts told the House on Wednesday. https://t.co/CJCFuUxrTj
Mr. Berliner’s article triggered calls to yank NPR’s public funding or alter the funding formula to provide local public radio with more control over its coverage. https://t.co/moDw4q4ifw
House mulls fixes to taxpayer-funded NPR’s liberal slant https://t.co/IT84JifG0e https://t.co/OuzFJYwDHe
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The GOP-led panel scheduled the hearing after NPR editor Uri Berliner detailed the outlet's lurch to the left in a viral article posted on The Free Press. https://t.co/moDw4q4ifw