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| PBS and NPR heads asked to testify before DOGE committee |
| 2025-03-20 |
| [THECENTERSQUARE] The House Subcommittee for the Department of Government Efficiency is calling the leadership of National Public Radio, a news operations that receives taxpayer funding, to testify before Congress, it said Wednesday. Go ahead, refuse to testify The House subcommittee was created to operate similarly to DOGE, the Trump Administration's federal effort to cut waste, fraud and abuse in the government. NPR is under scrutiny for its left-leaning political coverage while receiving taxpayer funding. The hearing is expected March 26, and the leadership of the Public Broadcasting System has also been asked to testify. ''I want to hear why NPR and PBS think they should ever again receive a single cent from the American taxpayer,'' U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who leads the DOGE Subcommittee, said. Defenders of the groups point out that most of their funding is not from the government and that they offer a public service. PBS said it receives about $500 million a year from Congress. Katherine Maher, CEO and president of NPR, and Paula Kerger, CEO of PBS, were personally asked to testify at the hearing, which has been called ''Anti-American Airwaves: Holding the Heads of NPR and PBS Accountable.'' The hearing comes as Trump seeks to make cuts to government agencies and contracts across the federal government, leaving no institution safe from possible defunding. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 1 suggested Welfare Fraud fix. - Require every single mother ID provide a list of possible dad's for any child covered. Then ID and make the DAD pay his child support fair share. As a Taxpayer, why am I having to cover the costs for his multiple Sperm Donations. Also require the voter plantations and Section 8 users adhere to strict tenant control policies. In other words, the Baby Daddy should pay his part of the RENT and not stay free. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-03-20 14:18 |
| #6 ^ "Operators are standing by" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2025-03-20 14:00 |
| #5 During the hearing Congress should take a break and have the PBS folks ask for a small monthly contribution of just $31 a month |
| Posted by: Airandee 2025-03-20 13:46 |
| #4 I believe Super Hose is right about the funding. Probably 10% direct, 85% filtered, and 5% true believers. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-03-20 13:09 |
| #3 The Drill Down: DOGE Going After Welfare Fraud |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-03-20 10:05 |
| #2 SIMPLE LOGIC APPLIES When any MEDIA - NEWS or Social Media accepts the DC Swamp $$$$M's. It loses impartiality. Why? Because DC given that $$$$ to buy allegiance. Knowing the takers always be wanting to get more $$$$ and the various DC protections that come with it. eg. Facebook censoring real technical data at the direct request of the Biden Controllers. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-03-20 07:40 |
| #1 I have heard that NPR is only funded 10% by the feds. I bet the number is higher if you count the money going from the Feds through leftist NGOs to NPR. I would be satisfied to just turn the money spigot off to both of them including the pass throughs. No need to shut them down directly. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-03-20 04:15 |