Defund NPR and PBS. They Aren't Just Biased—They're Tax-Funded Activism.
Hey there friends! Below are the videos and articles I referenced in preparation for this week’s video commentary. Enjoy!
Summary of the executive order signed by the president, aimed at eliminating all direct and indirect taxpayer subsidies to NPR and PBS to the maximum extent allowed by law.
NPR Should Be Axed Because it's Anti-Thought, Not Anti-Trump - Matt Taibbi at Racket News
Why NPR and PBS Should Stop Taking Government Money - Trevor Burrus at the Cato Institue
Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't - David Folkenflik at NPR
NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media’ - David Folkenflik at NPR
'Is Elmo Now Or Has He Ever Been A Member Of The Communist Party?': Garcia Mocks GOP Attacks On PBS
May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications
'How Much Reparations Have You Personally Paid?': Rep. Gill Confronts NPR CEO With Her Past Tweets
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene Accuses PBS CEO Of Lying Under Oath, Plays Video To Back Up Claim
What Wikipedia Teaches Us About Balancing Truth and Beliefs | Katherine Maher | TED
NPR’s Planet Money covers my “Fear the Boom and Bust” rap video launch
I owe the Planet Money team a debt of gratitude for helping put my free market work on the map.
I think Katherine Maher's congressional testimony was very illuminating. Of course the legacy media would rather no one pay too much attention to this kind of thing. Look away, please. What about DOGE?! Look at what Trump tweeted! Just ignore the values and priorities of most of the influential people and institutions in our country, please.
https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/katherine-maher
We have the same problem in New Zealand. Out MSM is hopelessly woke, biased and driven by narratives, advocacy journalism and sensationalism-driven clickbait, with the publicly funded television and radio stations being amongst the worst.
In spite of the declining subscription, viewer and listener number as well as NZ having the worst decline in trust in media globally (as I understand) the current NZ Government hasn't done anything meaningful to address this.
It was particularly bad under the Government lead by PM Ardern, where a public interest journalism fund was set up with certain conditions to be met as to stated positions on various topics. Failure to adhere to these 'guidelines' would result in funding ending.
Given the timing of the funding at the time of the Covid outbreak and behaviour of these publicly supported outlets to uncritically report on the left-wing Govt and its policies and consequently report almost solely in a critical way on the current centre-right Govt since 2023, publicly funded broadcasting - especially of news and current affairs, has had its day.