Taxpayers are stepping up public funding for National Public Radio (NPR), according to a new study from DailyMail.com/TIPP.
investigation Asked Respondents asked, “Do you agree or disagree that NPR should lose taxpayer funding because of its political bias?”
Overall, 44% agree that NPR should be defunded, while 26% disagree. A further 31% are still unsure.
Victory: We turned public opinion squarely against NPR, with voters supporting the repeal of taxpayer funding by an 18-point margin. If conservatives win in the fall, they will strip NPR of its $100 million annual subsidy. pic.twitter.com/UnwGjQmcoL
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) May 13, 2024
The investigation comes weeks after veteran NPR editor and reporter Uli Berliner resigned from the station after publishing an op-ed denouncing the station’s left-wing bias. published In Free Press:
This is really terrible for NPR. https://t.co/vO17QEb2tL
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 9, 2024
He claimed in the article that the newsroom employs 87 registered Democrats in editorial positions, but zero Republicans in the same positions at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. . Had made Despite leaning to the left myself.
As Breitbart News reported:
“[P]”Politicians were erasing the curiosity and independence that should have driven our work,” he explained. His concerns came to a head when he told management that NPR, which presents news stories as unbiased in 2021, had a problem with bias within its network.
He was subsequently suspended from NPR without pay and submitted his resignation in April.
“I am leaving NPR, a great American institution where I have worked for 25 years,” Berliner posted at the time.
“I respect the integrity of my colleagues and want NPR to thrive and do important journalism,” he continued. He added, “I can’t work in a newsroom where the very NPR issues I cited in my Free Press essay are disrespected by a divisive new CEO.”
My resignation letter to the NPR CEO @kmaher pic.twitter.com/0hafVbcZAK
— Uli Berliner (@uberliner) April 17, 2024
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is one of them. push In support of former President Donald Trump’s own feelings toward the organization, he decided to cut funding to NPR.
“Mainstream media is bent on bending to the left and destroying powerful conservatives, and NPR is leading the charge,” Blackburn said. Said Fox News.
“It makes no sense that the American people should be forced to fund left-wing groups whose propaganda efforts deny the voices of half the country. NPR should not receive our tax dollars.” she added.
President Trump also called it a “complete fraud!” and called for “no more funding to NPR.”
“The editor said they have no Republicans and are only being used to ‘damage Trump.'” Trump I have written During April. “They are liberal information machines. They don’t have a single dollar!!!”
