Democratic Rep. On Defunding NPR: ‘We Should Be Fair And Balanced’ And Defund Fox News
Congressman Jim McGovern says if Republicans are serious about defunding NPR–instead of focusing their time on more pressing matters–he says “we should be fair and balanced in the way we do it,” and take funding away from Fox News as well.
In a speech on the House floor, Rep. McGovern, of Massachusetts, says cutting funding for NPR over its content is a “lousy” way to make decisions, but “if my Republican friends insist on going down this road,” he said, Fox News should be included as well. McGovern said Fox “continued to employ several prospective Republican candidates” giving them “hours and hours of free airtime.” The representative said federal funds should not be used for advertising on Fox.
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