{"id":2406372,"date":"2025-02-25T09:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T14:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-to-defund-pbs-npr-heats-up-let-soros-fund-them-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T09:57:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T14:57:04","slug":"campaign-to-defund-pbs-npr-heats-up-let-soros-fund-them-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-to-defund-pbs-npr-heats-up-let-soros-fund-them-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign to defund PBS, NPR heats up, \u2018Let Soros fund\u2019 them &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcampaign-to-defund-pbs-npr-heats-up-let-soros-fund-them-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2406372&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A campaign to defund National Public Radio (NPR) \u2063and the Public Broadcasting\u200c Service (PBS)\u200b is intensifying \u2063in Congress,\u200b coinciding with investigations by the Federal Communications\u2062 Commission \u2062and Elon Musk&#8217;s Department of \u2063Government Efficiency into the financial expenditures of these media outlets, which are perceived\u2062 as left-leaning. The Media Research Center (MRC), a conservative watchdog organization, has launched a public relations initiative that includes a mobile billboard driving around \u2062Capitol Hill to advocate for defunding these organizations. The MRC argues that taxpayer money is being misused \u2062to support programming that is &#8220;anti-American and anti-conservative.&#8221; They\u2063 claim that many Americans,\u2062 especially conservative and religious citizens, are unfairly portrayed in PBS and NPR \u2063programming.Recent efforts by the \u2063MRC focus on persuading Republican lawmakers to cut funding for the Corporation \u200bfor Public Broadcasting. The piece also highlights the GOP&#8217;s increasing scrutiny on these \u200dmedia outlets and congressional actions\u2064 that may lead to a potential bill \u2064for their defunding.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Campaign to defund PBS, NPR heats up, &lsquo;Let Soros fund&rsquo; them<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1999182\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A long-simmering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/patriotism-unity\/3288098\/end-the-corporation-for-public-broadcasting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">effort to defund<\/a> National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service is heating up on Capitol Hill just as the Federal Communications Commission and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>&lsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency are looking into how tax dollars are spent at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-wildly-distorts-state-bills-banning-critical-race-theory-claims-republicans-want-to-stop-teaching-slavery-and-racism\/\" title=\"New York Times Wildly Distorts State Bills Banning Critical Race Theory, Claims Republicans Want To Stop Teaching Slavery And Racism\">left-leaning media outlets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Media Research Center, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wikipedia-blacklists-conservative-sources-in-favor-of-left-wing-bias-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Wikipedia blacklists ... sources in favor of left-wing bias - Washington Examiner\">conservative news watchdog<\/a>, today launched a PR effort to draw attention to the &ldquo;anti-American and anti-conservative programming&rdquo; on the outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign features a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">digital mobile billboard driven<\/a> on roads around the Capitol and House and Senate office buildings calling for defunding. The van will be on the roads through Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A van similar to this is driving around the Capitol today, pushing for defunding NPR and PBS. Photo courtesy Media Research Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MRC told Secrets, &ldquo;Republicans have control of Congress and the White House, and Trump&rsquo;s DOGE are looking at slashing funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that funds PBS and NPR&rsquo;s hours and hours of anti-American and anti-conservative programming for a dwindling audience of wealthy liberal elites. Republicans and religious Americans are routinely attacked by PBS and NPR and American taxpayers shouldn&rsquo;t have to pay for it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The organization, which Secrets teams with to highlight the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3328721\/liberal-media-scream-mike-johnson-cuts-off-cbs-bedwetting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Liberal Media Scream<\/a> of the week, has led the effort to strip taxpayer funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS, and NPR for years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsbusters.org\/author\/tim-graham\" title=\"\">Tim Graham,<\/a> the executive editor of MRC&rsquo;s NewsBuster news service, has headed that effort with revealing stories and congressional testimony detailing the liberal bent of those new services.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/tim-graham\/2025\/02\/21\/column-npr-national-public-relations-war-trump\" title=\"\">recent column<\/a> from Graham was headlined, &ldquo;NPR Is National Public Relations for the War on Trump.&rdquo; In it, he quoted leftist hosts and guests blasting Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Over half a billion American taxpayer dollars are wasted on PBS and NPR.<\/p>\n<p>MRC NewsBusters&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimJGraham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TimJGraham<\/a> explains the top 5 reasons these propaganda outlets need to be defunded ASAP.<\/p>\n<p>Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eyZLTSrrv4\">https:\/\/t.co\/eyZLTSrrv4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S8w11eXL3E\">pic.twitter.com\/S8w11eXL3E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MRC NewsBusters (@newsbusters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newsbusters\/status\/1887170779466612776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For decades, conservatives have been forced to send our tax dollars to Washington so that PBS and NPR can smear us as horrible bigots and racists who want to starve children,&rdquo; he told Secrets today. &ldquo;Now is the time for Republicans to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end this abuse. Let George Soros and Rob Reiner and the like fund PBS and NPR,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Liberals have forever embraced NPR and PBS. Last week, singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/02\/17\/entertainment\/sheryl-crow-sells-tesla-and-donates-money-to-npr\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sheryl Crow,<\/a> angered with President Donald Trump and Musk, sold her Musk-made Tesla and promised to donate the money to NPR.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the public media outlets fund a small proportion of their budgets with tax dollars, conservatives said it isn&rsquo;t fair that their tax dollars be used to belittle their beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>Said Graham, &ldquo;If the government were shoveling money to Fox News, you know the left would say it was unfair to them. But for them, it&rsquo;s never unfair to take government money to push their talking points.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After Trump took office, new FCC chief Brendan Carr said he would look into PBS and NPR spending. Musk, meanwhile, is looking at all government spending and NPR has put a target on its back with multiple negative stories about his efforts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who chairs the House DOGE subcommittee, is planning a hearing that is likely to lead to a GOP bill to defund the outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The MRC effort could get a boost now that its founder, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3298081\/media-watchdog-bozell-to-oversee-voice-of-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">L. Brent Bozell III,<\/a> has been nominated to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the parent agency of the Voice of America and other federally owned international broadcasters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1999182\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1999182\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campaign to defund PBS, NPR intensifies; &#8216;Let Soros fund them<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2406373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/NPR-Defund-MRC-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51043,6513,51044,16561],"class_list":["post-2406372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-defundpbs","tag-funding","tag-georgesoros","tag-npr"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/NPR-Defund-MRC-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406372"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406377,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406372\/revisions\/2406377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}