Three Key Takeaways:
- Donald Trump exposed NPR’s left-leaning bias and the misuse of taxpayer funds in a viral Congressional hearing.
- NPR’s listener base has drastically declined due to its increasingly one-sided coverage, particularly on controversial issues like transgender care.
- The shift in media consumption, with Americans turning to podcasts and independent outlets, has made taxpayer-funded programs like NPR and PBS outdated and unnecessary.
The Left’s media empire is crumbling before their eyes.
Taxpayers are finally catching on to the game.
And Democrats turned red with rage after Donald Trump exposed this ugly truth about NPR.
NPR CEO Katherine Maher grilled by Republicans
NPR CEO Katherine Maher was called to testify before Congress in a hearing titled “Anti-American Airwaves: Accountability for the Heads of NPR and PBS.”
Republicans finally had their chance to question the leader of what has essentially become a propaganda arm of the Democrat Party.
Maher, with her platinum blonde bob and polished demeanor, seemed uncomfortable answering for how NPR has abused the public’s trust for years.
The hearing quickly went viral when Representative Gill questioned Maher about Marxist influences at the taxpayer-funded media organization.
Watch my colleague @RepBrandonGill expose @NPR CEO Katherine Maher as an activist who runs the Taxpayer-funded network as the propaganda arm of the radical Left.
Good work, sir.
Gill: Do you believe that America is addicted to white supremacy?
Maher: I believe that I tweeted… pic.twitter.com/13auc4udxl
— Rep. Scott Perry (@RepScottPerry) March 27, 2025
“A revolution was well overdue. It had to come from the Right because the Left has become too comfortable in its wealth and privilege,” wrote journalist Sasha Stone, a former NPR loyalist who has grown disillusioned with the network.
NPR’s listener base has collapsed
Long before Maher was hired, NPR was hemorrhaging listeners.
Even die-hard Democrats have noticed the extreme shift in programming.
“My sister, a die-hard Democrat, joked with me in 2020 that she had to stop listening because every episode seemed to be about a ‘transgender migrant crossing the border for an abortion in Texas,'” Stone revealed.
The network that once claimed to represent “All Things Considered” now considers only one narrow viewpoint – the far-left perspective that dominates elite institutions.
One-sided coverage of controversial issues
NPR’s coverage of transgender issues perfectly illustrates why the network no longer deserves taxpayer funding.
A search of their archives reveals hundreds of stories promoting transgender ideology with headlines like:
“What happens when a Chicago hospital bows to federal pressure on trans care for teens”
“Minnesota is a refuge for trans health care. Here’s how doctors are meeting the need”
“New research finds trans teens have high satisfaction with gender care”
Yet when searching for “detransition,” only two stories appear – both still framed to support the transgender narrative.
The network has completely ignored whistleblowers like Jamie Reed, who has traveled state-to-state testifying about the dangers of “gender-affirming care” for minors.
NPR also failed to cover brave Democrat Representative Jonah Wheeler of New Hampshire, who faced intense backlash from his own party after voting to protect women’s sports.
“Why did they never give kids a fighting chance? Why did they never have the backs of their parents? Don’t they matter? Aren’t they part of ‘all things considered’?” Stone asked.
Using the hearing to fundraise
Instead of reflecting on legitimate criticism, NPR is using this Congressional hearing as a fundraising opportunity.
“Give us money, they say, because you’re partly why we’re in this mess. We did it for you, our last remaining listeners who still use the radio and still love NPR,” Stone noted.
This is the ultimate grift – take taxpayer money, promote one political viewpoint, then ask for donations by claiming to be victims when called out.
The media landscape has changed
NPR has failed to adapt to the modern media environment.
“With no way to make the jump to the podcast and video age, NPR became like the Bates Motel in Hitchcock’s Psycho. This once well-trafficked institution fell into obscurity because once they built the interstate, or internet, no one knew how to find it,” Stone wrote.
The days of controlling the narrative through a handful of media gatekeepers are over. Americans now have access to diverse viewpoints and no longer need taxpayer-funded media outlets that push a single ideology.
The case for defunding
Taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to subsidize media that caters to one political viewpoint.
“Go ahead and worship as you please, say the American people, but not on our dime,” Stone concluded.
NPR and PBS may have once served an important purpose in American media, but they’ve betrayed their mission of objectivity and fairness.
In the age of podcasts, streaming, and independent media, these networks have become expensive luxuries that most Americans neither watch, listen to, nor trust.
President Trump recognized this reality long ago when he proposed cutting federal funding for these networks. He understood that taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to fund what has essentially become a wing of the Democrat Party’s communication operation.
The 2024 election was a triumph of the people, a revolution made possible by Donald Trump’s alliance with tech leaders like Elon Musk who are committed to free speech.
Americans have spoken clearly – they want their country back from the elite institutions that have been captured by far-left ideology.
