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Head of NPR confessed she regrets calling Trump a 'deranged racist sociopath'
On Wednesday, the House DOGE subcommittee held a hearing to hold "public" broadcasting accountable for not serving the entire public that helps pay their bills. Under a barrage of Republican questions, NPR CEO Katherine Maher admitted it was a "mistake" for NPR to dismiss the Hunter Biden laptop story, expressed regret about vicious anti-Trump tweets before she came to NPR, and agreed it wouid be disturbing if reports were true that there were no Republicans in NPR newsroom.
How much coverage did this rock’em-sock’em hearing receive on ABC, CBS, and NBC? Nothing. Zero. Not on the evening news. Not on the morning programs the day after.
It’s not like the broadcast networks weren’t covering hearings. They all led their newscasts with "Signalgate," the Trump administration discussing a military strike on the Houthis on the private encrypted app Signal, but letting in leftist journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, editor of The Atlantic. Goldberg is the host of the weekly PBS show "Washington Week with the Atlantic."
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BROADCAST BIAS: NPR, PBS bosses defend outlandish spin, ABC, NBC, CBS have a crazy reaction
Public media firms answered for their bias at the House DOGE subcommittee. NPR boss Maher said she regrets calling Trump a 'deranged racist sociopath.' ABC, CBS and NBC reacted strangely.