Public Broadcasting

O'Donnell Gushes Over 'Truth-Telling Mission Of National Public Radio'
If you were to sell your car and donate the money to charity, there are plenty of worthy organizations you could choose to support. However, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell had one less worthy organization in mind during Tuesday’s edition of The Last Word: NPR.

NPR: 'Scholars Say U.S. Is Swiftly Heading Toward Authoritarianism'
National Public Radio’s “roving national correspondent” Frank Langfitt uncovered the least surprising story of the week: Liberal professors think Trump is a tyrant. The actual headline for the Tuesday morning text report read “Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism.” It’s laughable to portray left-wing campus professors as agents of democracy and freedom, but…

PBS Marks Earth Day With 'Environmental Justice' Scare-Mongering
Taxpayer-funded PBS marked Earth Day with typical liberal scare-mongering on its news programs, hosting a Washington Post “environmental health” journalist who sounded more like an environmental health activist on a quest for so-called environmental justice, followed by a radical environmentalist, with no dissenting guests and few if any challenging questions posed. First up on Sunday…

Coalition Provides Three-Pronged Plan to Compel NPR, PBS Audits
A coalition of nearly two dozen conservative organizations is asking legislators to implement a three-pronged effort to compel PBS, NPR and their cash cow, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), to submit to formal, independent audits and release the results.

NYT Hack David Brooks Burps Up Call for ‘Civic Uprising’ Against Trump
The New York Times insufferable pontificator-in-chief David Brooks is calling for a revolution against President Donald Trump over his economic populism and government bloat-gutting agenda.

PBS's Marx-Quoting 'Conservative' Urges Strikes To Protest Trump
If there were still any questions that PBS is a liberal network in need of defunding, Friday’s News Hour removed any remaining doubts. In a wild segment, host William Brangham preferred the words of the “nonpartisan” League of Women Voters over an anti-Trump law professor who stated the country is not in a constitutional crisis. Meanwhile, New York Times columnist and…

NPR Airs Money Pitch from CEO: 'We Don't Hate Anyone In Public Media'
Wednesday night sounded like "Protect My Public Media" night on NPR and PBS. NPR's All Things Considered put on their CEO Katherine Maher for what was basically seven-minute pledge drive for federal funding. She unveiled another unintentional laugh line. Asked about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene saying they'd have to "hate us on your own dime," Maher claimed "We don't hate anyone in…

PBS News Segment Defends Taxpayer Funding, Dismisses Bias Criticism!
Wednesday’s PBS News Hour covered the Trump administration’s efforts to cut taxpayer funding for PBS and National Public Radio. PBS didn’t present its critics beyond generalities, while anchor Amna Nawaz and reporter William Brangham took the opportunity to lobby for themselves. Anchor Amna Nawaz: As we have been reporting, the Trump administration wants to cut the federal funds that…

Late Night DNC: Colbert Goes to Bat for PBS, Gushes Over Liz Warren
The Wednesday edition of CBS’s The Late Show was defined by host Stephen Colbert giving two odes to liberal budget priorities. First, Colbert insisted that PBS documentaries on transgender people in Ohio bowling leagues are of vital importance before marveling at Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s “righteous anger” at President Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE.

PBS Ignores Murder by Illegal in Favor of Sad Deportation Coverage
Tuesday evening’s PBS News Hour, guest hosted by reporter William Brangham, opened with a full nine-minute segment on the “mistaken” deportation of El Salvadoran illegal immigrant (misleadingly named “Maryland man” by the press) Kilmar Abrego Garcia by reporter Laura Barron-Lopez. Yet that same news outlet -- including in the mix PBS News Weekend -- has spent 0 seconds (the…

PBS Hosts 'Zionist' to Defend Protesters, Call Trump Danger to Jews
Monday’s edition of Amanpour & Co., which airs on PBS and CNN International, was hosted by regular show fill-in Bianna Golodryga, who is probably even more bluntly liberal than the formidable Christiane Amanpour herself. The opener teased the upcoming interview with Kenneth Stern, self-styled anti-semitism expert at the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, with his hostile thoughts…

Stelter: Trump Wants To Defund NPR, PBS For 'Simply Covering The News'
For the Tax Day edition of CNN’s Inside Politics on Tuesday, media correspondent Brian Stelter joined host Dana Bash to allege that President Trump wants to defund PBS and NPR for “simply covering the news.” If Stelter really believes that then he has a funny definition of what is newsworthy.

Stewart Tries To Suggest Defunding NPR and PBS Is Authoritarian
Jon Stewart devoted his Monday monologue on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show to accusing President Trump of being an authoritarian. However, some of Stewart’s examples of authoritarianism, such as protecting women’s sports and defunding public broadcasting, were woefully unimpressive. Additionally, Stewart alleged Trump had bungled “the authoritarian bargain” that requires competence…

PBS's David Brooks Condemns GOP: 'Adultery, Abuse, Cruelty, Grift'
In The Atlantic magazine, David Brooks penned a harsh 4,500-word epithet of an essay, “Everything We Once Believed In.” The online headline: “I Should Have Seen This Coming -- When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.”