The leaders of NPR and PBS are set to be grilled on Capitol Hill as the newly formed Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), demands answers on why taxpayer dollars continue to fund these far-left media outlets.
Letters sent to NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS President Paula Kerger on Monday morning accused the outlets of producing blatantly biased content while still receiving millions in federal funding.
The move signals a direct challenge to what conservatives have long criticized as taxpayer-funded propaganda for the left.
In her letter to Maher, Rep. Greene highlighted NPR’s refusal to cover the Hunter Biden laptop scandal in 2020, citing the outlet’s now-infamous statement:
“We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don’t want to waste the listeners’ and readers’ time on stories that are just pure distractions.”
That so-called “distraction” was later verified as true—but NPR’s suppression of the story conveniently protected Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.
NPR’s senior editor, Uri Berliner, resigned from his position last year after he was suspended for attacking the network’s biased coverage, particularly concerning its coverage of the Hunter Biden laptop story.
NPR is a liberal organization. Everyone knows this. What you may not know is that after Trump won the 2016 election, they went from liberal to full-on activist with a mission to damage Trump as much as possible.
Even more damning are Maher’s own words from 2022 while leading Wikipedia, where she suggested that “reverence for the truth might be a distraction.”
Watch the speech below:
NPR’s new CEO: “Our reverence for the truth might be a distraction getting in the way of finding common ground & getting things done.”
This gets to the heart of the cultural divide in the modern West: whether you believe truth is a priority or a hindrancepic.twitter.com/Pkwy5kkNWy
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) April 17, 2024
Elon Musk immediately called for the defunding of National Public Radio after the video resurfaces.
“Should your tax dollars really be paying for an organization run by people who think the truth is a “distraction”?”
Should your tax dollars really be paying for an organization run by people who think the truth is a “distraction”? https://t.co/W79tcJJLxu
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 12, 2024
Meanwhile, PBS isn’t escaping scrutiny. Greene’s letter to PBS President Kerger called out the network’s egregious bias, including a recent false claim that Elon Musk made a “fascist salute.”
Billionaire Elon Musk gave what appeared to be a fascist salute Monday while making a speech at the post-inauguration celebration for President Donald Trump at the Capital One Arena.
“Some elections are important, some are not. But this one, this one really mattered and I just… pic.twitter.com/K8Fo0sdozL
— PBS News (@NewsHour) January 20, 2025
The DOGE subcommittee is expected to grill PBS leadership over whether their coverage truly serves the entire public or merely caters to a leftist audience.
PBS AND NPR CALLED TO FACE DOGE SUBCOMMITTEE
PBS and NPR receive the tax dollars of hard-working Americans to stay on the air.
Their coverage should serve every single American, not just a narrow slice of like-minded individuals and ideological interest groups.
Notably,… pic.twitter.com/m2qAkGpzMo
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) February 3, 2025
Rep. William Timmons also issued a statement expressing his support for MTG’s decision to summon the far-left news outlets.
“Rep. I fully support Rep. MTG’s call for the CEO’s of NPR and PBS to testify before the GOP Oversight DOGE subcommittee. Taxpayer-funded media must answer for their bias and lack of accountability. The American people deserve transparency!”
Elon Musk also praised Rep. MTG’s action.
Excellent action by @RepMTG! https://t.co/h8DPjDLo0f
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 3, 2025
