Defund NPR.

Caroline Downey explains the new scandal that NPR has brought upon themselves with the recent hire of Katherine Maher to be their CEO. Maher has a long history of bringing a leftist culture war agenda to every role that she has held, and now she wants to do it with a government-funded news outlet.
CHAPTERS:
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0:00-1:26 Who is Katherine Maher?
1:26-2:42 What She Did to Wikipedia
2:42-5:20 NPR's Bias Exposed
5:20-5:50 The Only Solution Is to Defund

[@55Reever]

Defund NPR

[@ebog4841]

DEFUND NPR

[@Attmay]

Defund and refund. They owe us every dime back with interest.

[@itzhakbentov6572]

The CEO is a CIA operative

[@janibeg3247]

NPR has been extreme left for over a dozen years.

[@empoweryou1]

Ever since the McNeil/Lehr news hour ended.

[@pitchforkparty]

Not sure how "left" it is when it benefits the corporate state.

[@slappy8941]

​@@pitchforkpartyBecause the left _is_ the corporate State.

[@petesmith6434]

More like 40 years!

[@charlesspringer4709]

Basically the arrival of Bill Moyers is a good marker. And playing lots of Canadian activist environmentalism. It was already pretty darn pink in the 1960's.

[@tomtommyl805]

There is no reason for the taxpayer to fund this. They can go get adverts like anyone else if they got off their lazy asses.

[@empoweryou1]

Yep, and to your point, they already do have some advertisers. Also, NPR can't argue the tax dollars received of (~11% of their annual budget)is minimal on one hand and also claim they'll not survive without it.

[@JoeHeine]

Stealing from white men to fund hate of white men…. Yeah, time to put NPR to bed

[@DRAKKENFIRE22]

The government should not own or influence journalism. When they do, it is basically propaganda. NPR doesn’t need to be defunded…it needs to be abolished.

[@jeffanderson8165]

Respectfully, I wouldn't say, "Abolished;" I would say defunded, though. I would say so in the conviction that, were it to have to rely on commercial funding, it would go broke unless it received funding from some outside source, such as Soros. (Then again, with what Soros has done, in my opinion, he needs to be regarded as being as much of a threat to the United States as Osama bin Laden was, and should be dealt with in a similar manner.)

[@shoopoop21]

@@jeffanderson8165 infiltrator hands typed this post.

[@MuleysAndBushcraft]

I’m glad the need to defund, reject, and actively oppose NPR is getting fresh attention, but getting rid of NPR is decades overdue.

[@tomtommyl805]

Don't really want them to be "gotten rid of". JUST stop paying this with my tax money !!

[@danielshayder8875]

Isn’t it about time NPR sinks or swims on its own?

[@marwar819]

I dumped NPR a long time ago. Yes!! Defund. Maher is not a leader, she is a group thinker for money.

[@harrywilson945]

Definitely needs to end this crzy taxpayer funding of a propaganda machine

[@mikescarlett3186]

Yes npr needs to be defunded. And that woke woman is toxic as hell.

[@chrisreich40]

The original justification for public broadcasting now known as NPR, was an economic stimulus to encourage the sales of televisions with UHF reception capability, and for the sales of FM radios. Mission accomplished, long, long ago. Furthermore, congress has banned the spreading of propaganda to the American public by law. Congress should have defunded NPR long ago for violating this law. The time is overdue to defund public broadcasting from public funds.

[@jeffyounger8092]

It also provided arts and educational broadcasting as an alternative to the commercial offerings of the Big 3 networks. Cable, and later the internet-based streaming services, have rendered NPR/PBS redundant, and little more than a plaything for latte sipping liberals to condescend to the great unwashed. Pull the plug already. NOR claims (falsely) that they only get 1% of their funding from taxpayers, so it shouldn’t really matter, right?

[@edwardt4283]

WELCOME TO THE BLM REPORT!!!

[@user-wu5ig9be9x]

NPR = Pravda

[@matt4887]

Imagine a news company with 87 Republicans and 0 democrats trying to call themselves unbiased. Viewpoint diversity matters.

Imagine the left went so far left there's nothing left.

[@davidrosenthal5795]

Ummmm I agree but Fox is 6,000-2 to the right lol 😂

[@sandler800]

It's called fox. But yes, pretty much every other one is the opposite.

[@UNDERDOG18UNDERDOG18]

@@davidrosenthal5795 Fox isn’t taxpayer funded though. Huge difference and the point you missed completely.

[@barryhessel6078]

​@@sandler800but why isn't tax dollars funding Fox.

[@pitchforkparty]

People forget that NPR censored Noam Chomsky.

[@Ypykaiayyymfr]

It seems she has a problem with facts and truth and common sense, definitely give her the boot

[@likemy]

what's her relationship with her dad like... 🤔

[@kauffrau6764]

North America didn’t colonize - we WERE the colonies! Duh…

[@notsocrates9529]

And our ancestors were the victors, they didn't "steal" anything. They fought battles and won through superior technology, tactics and were better at violence then their foes.

[@Attmay]

Douglas Murray alone makes me long for a new British empire.

The colonizers are the DEI groups taking over fr ideology imo.

[@shoopoop21]

@@notsocrates9529 That's not what made it right. What made it right was that everyone was playing the same game. The american tribals were conquering and obliterating each other in an excited medium for thousands of years before a single ham sandwich came across the pond. The tribals complaining today, and back then are utterly devoid of reason. They want to call this or that their "sacred land" because they've lived there for one generation, like we don't immediately see this cowardly, sympathy abusing BS for what it is, and that it _doesn't_ inflict a bloodthirsty rage on any noble human being for someone to try and fool them in such a manipulative way.

[@thebluelunarmonkey]

The euphemisms need to stop: progressive, left-wing, woke. Call it what it is: cultural marxism. This is not classical economic marxism, but what mostly developed since the 1960s involving oppressor/oppressed, critical theory, queer theory, mismashed with postmodern thought that there is no objective truth. As for NPR, public funding should be replaced by DNC funding, as well as their message "NPR is funded in part by public funds" with "NPR is partly funded by the DNC"

[@garyweglarz]

Another proud graduate of the Joseph Gobbels' school of "social change." ("TRUTH!? We don't need no stink'n "truth!'")

[@jeffanderson8165]

I believe his quote was that if you repeat something often enough, people will believe it to be true. Could be applied to such things as Trump's "False Narrative" about the election being stolen (it's *UNPROVEN* because no case was ever seen by a court).

[@SimonASNG]

The Twitter "State funded media" thing was hilarious because it made them so mad, but it was so obviously true (they do get state funding in a way that they absolutely could not deny). But worse than being state funded, they are politically biased.

[@emmeayoub]

It seems that Katherine Maher thinks she owns NPR. Shame on CEO Katherine Maher for her one sided view.

[@DoubleplusUngoodthinkful]

I think NPR is a great place for her. There's no chance of her corrupting Conservatives because there aren't any listening. This is where she gets put out to pasture. I'm not saying don't defund. I don't believe in state media in the first place. But this is the most harmless job she has ever had.

[@Wichitan]

If you read a Wiki article about slime molds, you'll probably get a fairly balanced scholarly article. But if you look up an article on just about any so-called right wing figure, you'll find an article that was written by a staunch leftist. Where she's coming off with this narrative about 'white males' in Wiki has not been my experience. Leftists have ruled the Wiki roost largely since the turn of the century (I actually thought about being a Wiki editor at one point...but that didn't last long). And what the woke typically decry as 'white privilege' completely misses the fact that whites make up 60-percent of the US population. So systemically, it makes sense that whites would play a larger role in society. Just as blacks play the majority role in African societies. This is not racism, it's physics. Just remember what Malcolm said about white liberals...

[@144Donn]

She is REALLY caught up with herself!

[@MrElliotc02]

You might mention that her mother, represents Darien CT in the state senate. Her father worked for Goldman Sachs. Any thoughts?

[@harryrosenthal4818]

This is remarkable only that it has taken 15 years for you to notice. Diversity is not an issue when it comes to a diversity of viewpoints , there is none. It highlights the inherent weakness of all government structures , they can be used to partisan ends. This destroys the credibility of both the press ( NPR news ) and the government agency that stipulated these biases .

[@jamespeterson4125]

Gee, did you just figure this out?

[@empoweryou1]

Some real questions for NPR's new CEO come to mind that she should be required to answer: Why have the attempts by NPR to embrace DEI within their workforce failed to attract an audience as diverse as they claim to represent? Why do listener/viewer levels continue to drop? Why should NPR continue to receive tax dollars from all citizens when they refuse to report fair, balanced, and accurate news that represent all Americans? Why does it appear that NPR embraces diversity of skin color, sexual preference and minority status but not diversity of thought? Given that approximately half of the voters in the country are conservative, shouldn't NPR make a more concerted effort to create a workplace within their ranks that represents a more accurate percentage of conservative ideology? And of course: Do you embrace racism against white people? Are you antisemitic? Do you believe that Israel has a right to exist as a country, in it's current location?

[@gooser__43]

Defund NPR and PBS!

[@markscholz1219]

Thank you for exposing this.

[@lonzo61]

Amen to this. I listened to NPR for years, even thought they were a bit to the left of my politics. I used to support them until I could no longer tolerate their grotesque move even further left. Their WOKE agenda is evident in too much of their reporting. And this woman exemplifies what is so wrong with this, what a friend once referred to as, National Socialist Radio. That was about fifteen years ago. I would now call it National WOKE Radio. It's really awful. WOKE has caused me to move to the middle left. It's a much better place to be.

[@mtacoustic1]

How did extreme liberalism get termed 'progressive'? More like 'regressive'!

[@johncremeans969]

I force myself to listen to NPR it makes me so angry and gets me going in the morning.

[@jayhache5609]

It was the ‘George Floyd death’, not the ‘George Floyd killing’. Language is important.

[@scottmUTCS]

Most of Wikipedia's editors claim to be liberal, not conservative.

[@TheUnhousedWanderer]

I used to listen to NPR many years ago while in prison. It used to provide information. Now it provides opinions and half truths

[@richardkev3077]

Raging Progressive = Regressive

[@Rawstock92]

We don’t need state funded media … but I’m not in a party and I don’t want to pay for either party’s (church’s) marketing - yours or theirs.

[@nightowl1337]

She is Aunt. Rukus

[@t23001]

NPR has always been left leaning in its news, opinion, and outside documentary purchasing. It needs to be restructured to add conservative and libertarian executives, editors, and reporters. NPR falls into the category of “Government Sponsored Enterprise” like Fannie Mae and the TVA.

[@barryhessel6078]

The government should at least give equal funding to a conservative program.

[@jaypercival431]

Defund PBS also.

[@torreypine]

You may find this an ad hominem but I absolutely love the way the blues side of your dress disappears into the blue-lit background to your left. It is a visual delight!

[@ericmaher4756]

Rewrite is the new burning books.

[@dinahnicest6525]

In 2000, every other day they had Bush stump speeches, and on the days in between, they covered Gore, but they never aired any of his speeches. They put their spin on what they chose to cover. Bush however, got to put his own spin on what he chose to say. By JANUARY 2016, I got so tired of hearing Trump's name within the first minute of turning the radio on, that I resolved to keep the radio off until after Nov. Sanders campaign was never even mentioned. Like all major corporations, the top guns who run the show have long been right wing Republicans. Propaganda doesn't work if it's obvious, so of course, they need to throw in a few liberal sounding tidbits in order to appear critical or objective. Even now, they're less than critical of an insurrectionist/ rapist who openly declared his intent to be a "dictator on day one." If NPR really was leftist it would have been defunded long ago.

[@leagueofotters2774]

She states that seeking the truth and trying to convince others of the truth may not be a good place to start........all while trying to convince others of THAT.....which is her perceived truth. Hmmm.

[@bobhope5114]

What do we need to do to get this done....what precisely?

[@gooser__43]

Lawyers and contact your Senators and congressional representative.

[@cateclism316]

I remember hearing NPR back in the 1980s...it was always biased.

[@steventhibert9531]

And their is no underground left wing state my ass.

[@alanzaleski7160]

Defund npr. I wonder if this exempt person could find a job outside her special spere of influence.

[@johnmack8795]

That said, I could forgive NPR almost everything if it would (1) cancel pledge drives, and cancel "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me."

[@user-oe8vv8cb1t]

GET RID OF IT !

[@MikesVideos2009]

Agree. Get rid of her or defund.

[@cj57]

Same with some pbs channels

[@Attmay]

Defund them all. Private sector rights are absolutely in the face of growing public sector tyranny and imperialism. Even in the 70s, people joked that PBS was just everything wrong with commercial television, but with a British accent. Technology has created new venues for all the types of shows PBS used to have. It is just as obsolete as the boomer dinosaur networks at this point.

[@lecleland1]

Shut it all down.

[@frankcessna7345]

I’ve been hearing “defund” NPR since 1993?

[@jameslee5237]

Call her what she is - Marxist, not “progressive”

[@markvandoren3387]

National Propaganda Radio (NPR) needs to go.

[@user-cm3kw4lh2t]

SO FULL OF HERSELF....YUK!

[@richardtaylor2361]

No tax base for npr. let the public pay for through ads just like all other media. with the internet options available today there is no need for this format. If it was the old educational programs, cooking gardening, music actual news, from other parts of the country I would still support it but all it's all politics. let them make their audience pay.

[@kaitai5900]

She is insane.

[@bidenator9760]

Everything you listed is not the problem. The real problem is NPR's overt support for terrorism (i.e., Hamas).

[@bidenator9760]

And as much as NPR is not credible, this is rich coming from National Review, a right-wing cesspool.

[@yellowdough2001]

That thing representing NPR has a scary deep voice? Lia / Bill?

[@tazanteflight8670]

NPR = NPC

[@user-gf3lw5pi4t]

I used to listen ,but now it hurts my ears

[@kingtubbyleeperry]

It is clear that some people benefit hugely from DEI, including this woman. Little talent, but because of their gender or skin color they get jobs and money way above their experience and performance.

[@ronhamm]

As far as Kay is concerned, you can’t fix stupid!

[@KevinMDowney]

NPR has been left-wing forever, no?

[@kronk358]

I dont understand how people like this arent ashamed to speak this crap publicly

[@slappy8941]

She wears a tiny hat, so...

[@garyhooper1820]

I no longer follow npr . The one sided HATE does not set at all with me .

[@jamestregler1584]

Gave up on n p r when the liberal goo leaking out my radio klassed with my floor 😢

[@enigmanemo9352]

NPR just got worse and worse. It became depressing to listen to during Trump years. They phased out all the shows that weren't political.

[@Matt-qx3ne]

It’s really sad. I used to listen to NPR all the time. The Tiny Desk concerts have introduced me to some great artists. Yes, it’s always been left-leaning, but the outlet has gone insane over the past 5 years or so. I tried listening again recently, and the content made me cringe immediately. My tax dollars should not be used for this divisive nonsense.

[@cedricwilford]

What a ghoul.

[@terrymcchesney383]

Needed to be defunded years ago, and this gal is out of her mind....

[@massacmongo995]

If you have any sense you've been aware of the bias for years .

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

Idiocracy

[@CuestaHDTV]

You are not hard enough on Maher and NPR.

[@JoeHeine]

The final Karen has appeared

[@TheUnhousedWanderer]

I thought that was the chick from Zack and Miri

[@fishfuxors]

Stop using my tax dollars to pay for that shit.

[@bettersteps]

I stopped listening to NPR years ago. It was so obviously a left leaning anti-Trump propaganda machine that I could listen no longer. No regrets.

[@williamoverton7775]

I've got a better idea, just chapter it into private markets. all fifty states have a state university, in theory each of these universities should produce their own channels that are only broadcast in their state. if texas PBS/NPR said the opposite of what NY channels say. that's fine. NY has good PBS movies. KY has cheap poorly made ones. both crews are paid by administrators and no one cares. each of the 50 states has it's own NPR/PBS programmers for public investment in art industry scales.

[@ripleyleuzarder630]

Bill Maher's twin sister in law?

[@scottschmidt4872]

I used to listen to NPR. I did like alot of the stories and interviews. I stopped listening when Obama started his second term. Got to left.

[@oceania2385]

Hate to to admit, but I admire leftist effortless use of highly specialized vocabulary. The confident B.S. that flows effortlessly out of this lady is impressive.

[@rodsgier]

A lifetime of practice ( indoctrination).

[@pascalouellette8516]

Maher is an absolute loony...

[@urbanegorilla6005]

Why is it so often a she?

[@trieger50]

click click boom

[@lassataest5604]

They are NOT taxpayer supported. It's between 10 to 15%. Get it right if your going to talk about it. NPR has clearly went downhill and yes they are disgustingly progressive, but they still have some of the best programs on the radio. I do have to turn them off at times.

[@erikford1463]

Relax, NPR will tell you what to think.

[@gracegrace2107]

All this makes National Review mid-wit at best.,

[@tbwatch88]

you need to have a word with wardrobe. wow. ghastly.

[@martykimble9999]

Defund!

[@DuneRatt]

New Pravda Rebirth

[@emperoremperor2481]

relax

[@Nlang1969]

The brown shirt democrat dark ages are here

[@steverigney7017]

I know, haters. NPR reports FACTS and uses BIG words…