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VIDEO: PBS and NPR, Versus Their Own Record of Venom and Deceit

June 6th, 2025 1:17 PM

Well, it’s finally happened: the Trump White House has sent a rescissions package to Congress containing $1.1 Billion in cuts to funding for NPR and PBS. Now House Republicans just have to pass it.

Guess Who Google Blots Out in ‘Trump Rescission’ Package Search

June 6th, 2025 12:28 PM

Google excluded right-leaning media outlets from search results about a Trump administration rescission package. MRC researchers found that Google's results favored left-leaning media such as NPR and PBS, omitting conservative sources like Fox News and The Daily Caller. MRC President David Bozell condemned Google for bias, claiming it erases conservative voices. The search results' political…

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'They Would Suffer': Stelter Warns Of PBS And NPR Defunding

June 5th, 2025 2:20 PM

CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter joined The Situation Room on Wednesday morning to freak out over President Trump’s rescission package that asks Congress to revoke funding for PBS and NPR. According to Stelter, not only would such a move cause local affiliates to “suffer as well,” but he also hyped PEN America saying the real reason for the move was about “discouraging real news…

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David Bozell on WMAL Sees Path Forward for Defunding PBS & NPR

June 5th, 2025 11:32 AM

MRC President David Bozell joined WMAL’s "O'Connor & Co." show on  Wednesday morning to break down the latest developments in the push to stop the misuse of taxpayer dollars by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Bozell expressed optimism that defunding will happen. 

NewsBusters Podcast: Can the Republicans Finally Cut Off PBS and NPR?

June 4th, 2025 10:17 PM

On Tuesday, The Trump administration sent its rescission package to Capitol Hill, asking Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in approved spending, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Pelosi or Johnson? Google Fails to Hide PBS’s Favoritism

June 4th, 2025 12:37 PM

Even Google couldn’t mask  PBS's bias when comparing how the outlet treated former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

MRC researchers asked Google’s AI chatbot Gemini on Monday, “Does PBS coverage favor Nancy Pelosi or Mike Johnson?” The chatbot tried to hedge its answer, citing PBS’s purported “commitment to journalistic integrity.” But ultimately, when…

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PBS Warns Concerns About China Will Lead To 'Racial Suspicion Growing'

June 3rd, 2025 2:00 PM

The New Yorker executive editor Michael Luo recently came out with a book chronicling the history of Chinese-Americans, and on Monday, he went on PBS’s Amanpour and Company to talk about it. During his discussion with Walter Isaacson, Luo would warn that talking about China as a threat in a foreign policy context could lead to the growth of “racial suspicion.”

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LGBT-PBS Cues Up Leftist RAGE at Trump's 'Horrific' Anti-Trans Actions

June 2nd, 2025 1:40 PM

It's June, so it’s natural that PBS would kick off “Pride Month” by broadcasting a completely one-sided interview condemning Trump’s “horrific” actions directed at the T in LGBT.

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POLL RESULTS: Worst Media Take of the Week Winner!

June 2nd, 2025 12:54 PM

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Google, Wikipedia Run Cover for THIS NPR Reporting Failure

June 2nd, 2025 10:59 AM

Did Google just use leftist Wikipedia to cover for news outlets that are due for a reckoning?

MRC researchers asked Google Search on Thursday whether NPR and PBS hid the Hunter Biden laptop story. At the top of the two searches, Google’s artificial intelligence weighed in with an emphatic no, citing none other than…

PBS's Amanpour: Harvard Victim of Trump McCarthyism, Watch Me and See!

June 1st, 2025 10:23 PM

President Trump’s moves against Harvard University for discrimination have spread horror among the liberal elite, including those on publicly funded television. Christiane Amanpour, host of Amanpour & Co.., talked to Harvard professor Steven Levitsky, coauthor of How Democracies Die. (Hint: He’s talking about Trump.) A full 21 minutes of the Friday show was devoted to…

FLASHBACK: Journos Hijack College Graduations to Push Liberal Agenda

June 1st, 2025 9:58 AM

From the files of the Media Research Center and NewsBusters, here are a few of the most obnoxious examples of liberal media personalities commandeering commencement ceremonies to inflict their agenda on graduates and their families.

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Brooks Invokes Pol Pot, Mao, Stalin To Mark Musk's Departure From DOGE

May 31st, 2025 9:48 AM

New York Times columnist David Brooks did the not-so-clever trick of insisting he wasn’t saying what he was indeed saying on Friday’s edition of PBS News Hour as he reflected back on Elon Musk’s time at DOGE by comparing him to Pol Pot, Mao Zedong, and Joseph Stalin.

PBS Follows NPR and Sues Trump to Defend Its 'Independence' (Bias)!

May 30th, 2025 5:25 PM

On Friday, PBS followed NPR’s lead and sued President Trump over his executive order telling the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding PBS and NPR. PBS filed suit -- along side Lakeland PBS, which operates PBS stations in Bemidji and Brainerd, Minnesota -- "to safeguard public television's editorial independence," which is code for decades of liberal bias.