Firebrand Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene demanded that NPR and PBS bigs appear before her House DOGE subcommittee to field questions about their “systemically biased content.”  NPR and PBS is liberal and anti-Trump

     The Republican congresswoman, 50, highlighted the hefty federal funding that the two alleged liberal media outlets receive and groused about their coverage of various hot-button political flashpoints.  “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,” Greene wrote on X.  “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,” she said of a planned meeting next month.

    Federal funding for NPR and PBS largely goes through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is poised to receive $535 million from the government in fiscal year 2025, according to its budget.  NPR estimates that around 1% of its budget comes from the federal funding it receives from CPB and other government entities.  But in reality, the actual funding is likely larger because NPR also gets money from local radio stations that receive Uncle Sam’s backing and are often required to use a portion of their CPB funding to license public radio programs.  Some estimates peg the real amount of NPR funding coming from the feds at around 17%. NPR signaled a willingness to comply with Greene’s demands. 

     “We welcome the opportunity to discuss the critical role of public media in delivering impartial, fact-based news and reporting to the American public,” the media outlet told The Post in a statement.  “We constantly strive to hold ourselves to the highest standards of journalism,” NPR said.  The Peach State rep took the outlet to task over its initial refusal to cover the bombshell Hunter Biden laptop story that The Post exposed in October 2020. She recounted how NPR correspondent Uri Berliner publicly criticized the outlet over its refusal and claimed, “There’s an unspoken consensus about the stories we should pursue and how they should be framed.” Berliner resigned last year in response to criticism he weathered from NPR CEO Katherine Maher. The ordeal triggered an outcry from Republicans on Capitol Hill.  It is not immediately apparent how much federal funding PBS receives. The CPB doles out about $397 million for TV grants and $132 million for radio.