DOGE Goes After NPR, PBS

Today the DOGE Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing, chaired by Marjorie Taylor Greene, on government funding of PBS and NPR. The heads of those organizations, Paula Kerger and Katherine Maher respectively, testified. Republicans on the subcommittee attacked the witnesses for the obvious bias of their organizations–for example, the fact that NPR has 87 registered Democrats in its news room, and zero registered Republicans. What are the odds?

Here is Jim Jordan questioning Maher:

Also Brendan Gill. Ms. Maher is one of those people–all of them liberals, seemingly–who often tweet things they don’t mean. Seems odd:

An absolute clinic from @realBrandonGill here. pic.twitter.com/tEA0CAwhT0

— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) March 26, 2025

Finally, Pat Fallon:

REP FALLON: “In 2020, NPR branded Hunter Biden’s laptop story a ‘waste of time.’ Do you know how many times NPR interviewed Adam Schiff about the Russia Collusion hoax?”

NPR CEO: “Idk.”

REP FALLON: “25 times. How many times did NPR interview Chairman Comer about the Biden… pic.twitter.com/EoOGHAZrPW

— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) March 26, 2025

Obviously, NPR and PBS are Democratic Party operations that exist to drive liberal narratives that are helpful to the party. The saddest thing about NPR is that many immigrants listen to it, under the misguided impression that it has some sort of credibility and they will thereby learn about America.

No serious person denies the political slant of these organizations, so how do the Democrats respond to calls to cut their funding? By talking about Big Bird, of course. As always. Thus, from The Hill, another Democratic Party outlet: “Dems use Elmo, Big Bird to mock GOP questioning.”

Conservatives have been trying to stop government funding of these left-wing propaganda outlets for several decades now. Will it finally happen? I hope so, but I’m not holding my breath.