Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls for Hearings With PBS and NPR Leadership Over ‘Systemically Biased Content’
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) subcommittee issued a letter on Monday and called for the heads of both NPR and PBS to testify before the House Oversight Committee over what the GOP-led body claimed is “blatantly ideological and partisan coverage.”
“The Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (Subcommittee) is planning a hearing on federally funded radio and television, including its systemically biased content. The Subcommittee is concerned by Public Broadcasting Service’s (PBS) blatantly ideological and partisan coverage and looks forward to your participation in our upcoming hearing,” read the letter sent to Paula Kerge, the CEO of PBS.
“The Subcommittee seeks to better understand PBS’s position on providing Americans with accurate information. Please provide the Subcommittee with your availability to testify,” the letter continued.
“Recently, PBS implied that Mr. Elon Musk made a fascist salute while addressing an inaugural celebration hours after President Donald Trump was sworn into office. The characterization was clearly false. According to the Anti-Defamation League, a group that focuses on combating antisemitism,” added the letter.
The committee also sent a letter to Katherine Maher, the CEO of NPR, and asked for her to testify as well and claimed that the outlet refused to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story.
Greene, who chairs the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, also posted to X, writing:
PBS and NPR receive the tax dollars of hard-working Americans to stay on the air.
Their coverage should serve every single American, not just a narrow slice of like-minded individuals and ideological interest groups.
Notably, NPR refused to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story in an attempt to protect then-candidate Joe Biden leading up to the 2020 presidential election.
Just hours after President Trump was sworn in for the second time, PBS falsely implied that @elonmusk made a fascist salute at the President’s inaugural rally.
This kind of one-sided reporting, which attacks over half the country to protect and promote its own political interests, doesn’t deserve a single cent of American taxpayers’ money.
“I look forward to bringing the president of each of these so-called “media” outlets before my brand-new DOGE Subcommittee to explain to me—and to the American people—why they deserve to continue receiving public funding. To me, it looks like a great place for @DOGE to save some extra $,” Greene concluded.
Last week, Brendan Carr, the Trump-allied chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, sent a letter to the heads of NPR and PBS announcing an investigation into the public outlets for airing sponsorships, a longtime practice.
Both Greene’s hearings and Carr’s investigation come amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing criticism of NPR and PBS. “NO MORE FUNDING FOR NPR, A TOTAL SCAM! EDITOR SAID THEY HAVE NO REPUBLICANS, AND IS ONLY USED TO ‘DAMAGE TRUMP,’” Trump fumed on his Truth Social platform last April. “THEY ARE A LIBERAL DISINFORMATION MACHINE. NOT ONE DOLLAR!!!”
