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   On 2025-05-06, Ubiquitous  wrote:   
   > OOn Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order defunding NPR   
   > and PBS — two taxpayer-subsidized “news” organizations that have   
   consistently   
   > published propaganda.   
   >   
   > The order proclaims that “Government funding of news media in this   
   > environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the   
   > appearance of journalistic independence.”   
   >   
   > “At the very least, Americans have the right to expect that if their tax   
   > dollars fund public broadcasting at all, they fund only fair, accurate,   
   > unbiased, and nonpartisan news coverage,” the order continues. “No media   
   > outlet has a constitutional right to taxpayer subsidies, and the Government   
   > is entitled to determine which categories of activities to subsidize.”   
   >   
   > Here are 12 reasons why NPR and PBS News deserved to be stripped of taxpayer   
   > funds.   
   >   
   > 1. NPR Refused To Cover Hunter Biden’s Laptop   
   > Perhaps the most egregious example of why NPR should be defunded — and   
   should   
   > have been five years ago — is their refusal to cover the Hunter Biden laptop   
   > scandal in the lead up to the 2020 election.   
   >   
   > “We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories,   
   and   
   > we don’t want to waste listeners’ and readers’ time on stories that are   
   just   
   > pure distractions,” NPR Managing Editor for News Terence Samuel said in a   
   > statement back in October 2020. A newsletter published by NPR Public Editor   
   > Kelly McBride claimed “there are many, many red flags in that New York Post   
   > investigation.”   
   >   
   > Following NPR’s announcement that they wouldn’t do journalism,   
   “#defundNPR”   
   > trended on then-Twitter, The Federalist’s Jordan Boyd reported.   
   >   
   > Well, five years later, NPR has finally been defunded.   
   >   
   > 2. 100% Of NPR’s ‘Editorial Positions’ Are Held By Registered Democrats   
   > NPR editor Uri Berliner previously reported that voting records showed “87   
   > registered Democrats working in editorial positions and zero Republicans.”   
   >   
   > NPR’s Katherine Maher admitted it was a “concern” during a March   
   > Congressional hearing that all 87 positions are held by registered Democrats.   
   >   
   > As Rep. William Timmons (R-S.C.) said in a post on X, “NPR’s blatant   
   partisan   
   > imbalance is unacceptable — taxpayers should not be forced to foot the bill   
   > for a one-sided echo chamber.”   
   >   
   > 3. NPR Spread Tear Gas Hoax   
   > As pointed out by The Federalist’s Elections Editor Elle Purnell, NPR   
   > “falsely claimed demonstrators outside the White House were tear-gassed by   
   > U.S. Park Police” in June 2020.   
   >   
   > “Park Police Tear Gas Peaceful Protesters To Clear Way For Trump Church   
   > Photo-Op,” one NPR headline stated. A post on Twitter from NPR Politics   
   > stated: “Police in Washington, D.C., used tear gas and rubber bullets on   
   > peaceful protesters to clear them away from St. John’s Church, which   
   suffered   
   > a small fire.” (The “small fire” being an apparent act of arson).   
   >   
   > But the “peaceful” protesters actually threw “projectiles, including   
   bricks,   
   > frozen water bottles and caustic liquids,” according to acting Park Police   
   > Chief Gregory T. Monahan. Monahan also stated Park Police did not use tear   
   > gas but rather smoke canisters, which as noted by Purnell, “lack the   
   irritant   
   > used in tear gas.”   
   >   
   > 4. NPR Editor Promoted Defense Of Looting   
   > NPR assistant editor Natalie Escobar promoted a book in 2020 titled “In   
   > Defense of Looting,” as highlighted by Purnell. The book, authored by Vicky   
   > Osterweil, argues — according to a summary from Escobar — “that looting   
   is a   
   > powerful tool to bring about real, lasting change in society.”   
   >   
   > 5. Country Music Is A ‘Symbol of Racism’   
   > Purnell also pointed out how NPR’s Britany Luse hosted a podcast episode in   
   > August of 2023 titled “How racism became a marketing tool for country   
   music.”   
   >   
   > “[I]s racism what it takes for country music to go number one?” Luse   
   posited.   
   > “I wanted to know how country music became this symbol of racism and why   
   > country music fans are flocking to stars … who are peddling racist rhetoric   
   > today.”   
   >   
   > 6. NPR Said Declaration of Independence Is ‘Offensive’   
   > NPR’s antipathy toward the Declaration of Independence has been on full   
   > display for years.   
   >   
   > On July 8, 2022, NPR added an “Editor’s note” to a 2019 “NPR Tradition”   
   of   
   > reading the Declaration of Independence that said: “This story quotes the   
   > U.S. Declaration of Independence — a document that contains offensive   
   > language about Native Americans, including a racial slur.”   
   >   
   > That same year, Host of NPR’s Morning Edition Leila Fadel announced NPR   
   would   
   > “break with tradition” and instead of reading the Declaration of   
   Independence   
   > would examine “what equality means and has meant in this document.”   
   >   
   > 7. NPR Apologized For Calling Illegal Aliens ‘Illegal’   
   > “Sorry, that was a mistake,” NPR said in response to a now-deleted tweet.   
   > “NPR’s policy is not to characterize people as ‘illegal.’ We slip up from   
   > time to time, but we’ll keep working hard to get it right.”   
   >   
   > (They got it right the first time).   
   >   
   > 8. If You Use The Wrong Skin Color Emoji You Could Be Racist   
   > At least that’s what NPR’s Alejandra Marquez Janse, Patrick Jarenwattanon   
   and   
   > Asma Khalid suggested in a 2022 article titled: “Which skin color emoji   
   > should you use? The answer can be more complex than you think.”   
   >   
   > 9. PBS Dedicated An Entire Documentary To Reparations   
   > PBS released a documentary in 2024 titled “The Cost of Inheritance” that   
   > “explores the complex issue of reparations in the U.S. using a thoughtful   
   > approach to history, historical injustices, systemic inequities, and critical   
   > dialogue on racial reconciliation.”   
   >   
   > The documentary claims to “inspire understanding of the scope and rationale   
   > of the reparations debate.”   
   >   
   > 10. PBS White House Reporter Called Trump Mt. Rushmore Address A Love Letter   
   > To ‘White Resentment’   
   > Trump delivered an address in front of Mount Rushmore in 2020 highlighting   
   > America’s rich history and greatness. But PBS White House correspondent   
   > Yamiche Alcindor claimed Trump was spreading the “lie” that the nation   
   > “treated men and women equally, that we founded this country just by our own   
   > wits” and that “we’re seeing a celebration of America’s independence on   
   land   
   > that was stolen from Native Americans.”   
   >   
   > And, as reported by Media Research Center, Alcindor questioned “what part of   
   > America” and what “period” is Trump referring to when he says “Make   
   America   
   > Great Again.”   
   >   
      
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