Posted on 04/29/2024 9:17:51 PM PDT by chickenlips
A group of Republican senators reached out to National Public Radio (NPR), urging the network to “start a course correction” to shake off a left-wing bias controversy under the leadership of CEO Katherine Maher.
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) led a letter sent to Maher on Monday, highlighting concerns raised by Uri Berliner, a longtime editor at NPR who resigned this month after he stoked fresh scrutiny of the media organization with claims that it “lost America’s trust” with an increasingly leftist bent.
“It is not NPR’s job to tell Americans what to think but to inform them with unbiased facts. Moreover, the internal cultural shifts and management decisions to prioritize ideological narratives do not just undermine your organization’s integrity; they have also alienated a significant portion of your audience,” the senators wrote in the letter.
“As Mr. Berliner points out, this has had tangible effects on NPR’s trust ratings and listener demographics, which have skewed increasingly away from any semblance of a broad, inclusive audience,” they added.
Berliner announced his resignation during a five-day suspension without pay over his critique of NPR. Although he pushed back on calls to defund NPR, Berliner said he could not work in a newsroom after being “disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm” the problems he cited.
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In addition to Cramer, the letter was signed by Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), and Dan Sullivan (R-AK).
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NPR will have a lot of fun telling “GOP Senators” to go F themselves.
a 180 degree turn is hardly a course correction...
I want NPR and PBS abolished.
Weak kneed Uniparty GOPe Senators attempt to gaslight their base with phony baloney press release.
Exactly. The left never surrenders power.
If the GOP is serious, they will force changes in NPR by defunding them completely. No urging. No demanding. No sternly written letters. Defund them 100% and then threaten to sue them if they don’t comply.
and the idea that it is tax free non-profit.
GOP Senators will vote for draconian reductions in Social Security, Medicare, and veterans benefits long before they consider cutting out PBS, NPR, or the billions doled out to left wing social justice groups and universities.
The most pushback you will ever see from a GOP politician, to the daily destruction of the nation, is a sternly worded letter.
If there was any time to implement a “Fairness Doctrine” now would be a good time to start.
The majority of AMERICANS want it abolished, but the libtard entitled set like listening to it.
A complete and total stop to the funding of this leftwing cabal is all that is needed.
If they can survive as a commercial enterprise, then so be it. But, there is absolutely NO REASON to use taxpayer funds to keep this monstrosity alive.
Turn them over to the UN, and boot the UN out of the U.S.
Controversy? They admit they are biased,it cannot be denied!
Yeah, let me know how that works out for ya.
Yeah these men of steal are going to urge NPR to stop being rat propagandists. No doubt that will do it /s
The GOP sends letters, the Dems use corrupt AG's, judges and DOJ officials to jail their opponents. As Rush would say, we're in heap big trouble.
Stop the government funding and let NPR find its own way with advertising and private grants. I would expect NPR to quickly become a broke as CNN.
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