{"id":2416310,"date":"2025-03-27T07:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/takedown-of-the-century-npr-chief-ends-up-charbroiled-after-scorching-questions-about-past-tweets-from-mtg-rep-gill\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T07:39:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:39:55","slug":"npr-chief-faces-intense-scrutiny-over-past-tweets-from-mtg-and-rep-gill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-chief-faces-intense-scrutiny-over-past-tweets-from-mtg-and-rep-gill\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR Chief Faces Intense Scrutiny Over Past Tweets from MTG and Rep. Gill"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fnpr-chief-faces-intense-scrutiny-over-past-tweets-from-mtg-and-rep-gill%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=2416310&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>Katherine Maher, the CEO of NPR, recently testified before a congressional committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/third-woman-accuses-cuomo-of-making-unwanted-advances\/\" title=\"Third Woman Accuses Cuomo of Making Unwanted Advances\">facing intense scrutiny<\/a> from lawmakers about her controversial statements and beliefs. During her testimony, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene challenged Maher on her previous comments regarding censorship, free speech, and misinformation, pointing out discrepancies between her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-fcc-nominee-sits-on-board-of-group-that-opposes-anti-sex-trafficking-efforts\/\" title=\"Biden FCC Nominee Sits on Board of Group That Opposes Anti-Sex Trafficking Efforts\">past social media posts<\/a> and her current assertions. Maher maintained a calm demeanor despite the confrontational questions, wich included inquiries about her views on white supremacy and media responsibility. As the hearing progressed, Maher\u2019s inability to recall specific statements led to accusations of incompetence or dishonesty, particularly as her prior comments seemed at odds with her testimony. The hearing highlighted concerns about NPR&#8217;s funding and perspective, suggesting a growing discontent with public broadcasting in the context of political and ideological biases. the event underscored the contentious relationship between public media and government oversight, and the challenges faced by leaders in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">navigating public opinion amidst heightened political scrutiny<\/a>.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_5)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_6)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_7)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, NPR head Katherine Maher thought that she was walking into the summer of 2020 when she testified before Congress, while simultaneously seeming to have no memory of what she&rsquo;d said up to and during that&nbsp;<em>annus horribilis<\/em> for America.<\/p>\n<p>Maher, in case you hadn&rsquo;t heard, was one of two heads of our nation&rsquo;s public broadcasters appearing before the House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency on Wednesday. That said subcommittee is chaired by Georgia GOP Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-go-defense-marjorie-taylor-greenes-questioning-fauci-turns-explosive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a>, which should have indicated to her what she was walking into and how she should have been prepared to act and answer.<\/p>\n<p>But nope: Maher walked in with the serene smile of the bewoked, a wonderful white progressive savior ready to tell politicians how NPR is a good use of their tax dollars. That smile didn&rsquo;t erode from her face even as her memory seemed to fade quite quickly.<\/p>\n<p>See, Maher is a controversial choice not just because of what she&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/reinvestigating-woke-nprs-absurd-trigger-warning-declaration-independence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">done at NPR<\/a> &mdash; although the network hasn&rsquo;t gotten any more balanced since she took over in March 2024 &mdash; but due to her statements before she took the role. She was previously the CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation, best known for its role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alert-ex-wikipedia-co-founder-says-site-hijacked-us-intelligence-info-warfare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overseeing Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In that role and in others, she&rsquo;s made controversial statements about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jasmine-crockett-shows-doesnt-understand-first-amendment-hearing-meltdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Amendment<\/a> being inconvenient and about a number of woke causes including the propriety of looting (she didn&rsquo;t exactly sound opposed) and the case for reparations (very much for) and supported the deplatforming of then-President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-gop-rep-confronts-npr-ceo-call-pres-trump-fascist-deranged-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion in these terms: &ldquo;Must be satisfying to deplatform fascists. Even more satisfying? Not platforming them in the first place.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Must be satisfying to deplatform fascists. Even more satisfying? Not platforming them in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katherine Maher (@krmaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmaher\/status\/1347714613920419840?\">January 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Greene ran through this in a 10-minute opening statement about Maher&rsquo;s qualifications for the role before asking about her deplatforming views: &ldquo;Who do you think should be charged with cracking down on so-called bad information? Is it NPR? Is it the government? Is it you?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Again, bewoked serene-smiled white progressive lady still thought she was going to turn this into a training session: &ldquo;Congresswoman, madam chair, thank you so much for the opportunity to address this, I know &ndash;&ldquo;<\/p>\n<p>Alas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-crowd-gasps-mtg-brings-cheatle-timeline-front-entire-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greene<\/a> wanted answers, not reframing: &ldquo;Is it up to you and NPR to crack down on bad information or decide the truth? Answer the question, yes or no, Ms. Maher.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Absolutely not,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m a very strong believer in free speech. &hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Your public statements say otherwise, Ms. Maher,&rdquo; Greene responded. Yeah, you don&rsquo;t say.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WVyWZ659rzY?si=d3K-vMth3ZtqwUyY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Greene then asked about prior comments she&rsquo;d made about COVID and the 2020 elections in which &ldquo;you said you censored information &lsquo;through conversations with government.&rsquo; Which governments were those, Ms. Maher? The Biden administration? Yes or no.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Madam chair, Wikipedia never censored any information,&rdquo; Maher claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Funny, that&rsquo;s not what she claimed during an interview with the Atlantic Council in June 2021, where she stated the Wikimedia Foundation &ldquo;took a very active approach to disinformation and misinformation,&rdquo; including &ldquo;through conversations with government,&rdquo; during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/thomas-sowell-wisdom-2010-explains-experts-bungled-covid-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID pandemic<\/a> and the 2020 elections:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y-JRPJnVvOU?si=tEXBv3DIrO-lU55E&amp;start=1613\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In case you haven&rsquo;t been paying attention to politics these past few years, &ldquo;a very active approach to disinformation and misinformation&rdquo; is to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/look-back-facebooks-censorship-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censorship<\/a>&rdquo; what &ldquo;rightsizing&rdquo; is to &ldquo;layoffs&rdquo;: a pleasant-sounding euphemism for the selfsame thing. And the quotes were right there in the question!<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These are your public statements, Ms. Maher,&rdquo; Greene continued.<\/p>\n<p>Greene then moved on to Texas GOP Rep. Brandon Gill, who grilled Maher about her statements in further detail and inquired whether she agreed or disagreed with them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you believe that America is addicted to white supremacy?&rdquo; Maher said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Um, I believe that I tweeted that, and I &mdash; as I&rsquo;ve said earlier, I believe much of my thinking has evolved over the last half decade,&rdquo; Maher said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why she tweeted that: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t recall the exact context.&rdquo; Which is funny, because I read at least five articles before her testimony that linked to exactly the thread which should have informed her of the context:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Either this is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wikipedia?\">@Wikipedia<\/a> or this is incomprehensible and I can&rsquo;t decide which. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AS9XsXKotM\">https:\/\/t.co\/AS9XsXKotM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katherine Maher (@krmaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmaher\/status\/1266415751256129536?\">May 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">(The nice thing is I&rsquo;m a woman so VC Twitter will ignore me entirely. So! America is addicted to white supremacy and that&rsquo;s the real issue.)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katherine Maher (@krmaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmaher\/status\/1266418852352548864?\">May 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If I can find this five times over and she can&rsquo;t remember it &mdash; but she wrote it &mdash; what does that say about her?<\/p>\n<p>OK, then. Back to Gill: &ldquo;Do you believe that America believes in black plunder and white democracy?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t believe that, sir,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/npr-proves-senior-editor-admitted-truth-outlet-correct-suspending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a> chief executive responded.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s funny, because &mdash; would you believe it? &mdash; those same half-dozen or so articles I read before her testimony showed me that, at one time, she seemed to believe that!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I grew up feeling superior (hah, how white of me) because I was from New England and my part of the country didn&rsquo;t have slaves, or so I&rsquo;d been taught.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katherine Maher (@krmaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmaher\/status\/1219380331326910465?\">January 20, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Not only that, her thread about New England and slavery ended with an endorsement of reparations:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yes, the North, yes all of us, yes America. Yes, our original collective sin and unpaid debt. Yes, reparations. Yes, on this day.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katherine Maher (@krmaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmaher\/status\/1219380413837316102?\">January 20, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I apologize, I don&rsquo;t recall that I did,&rdquo; she said. Which is funny, since the internet seems to recall quite well.<\/p>\n<p>And it went on, as you might imagine:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yZjK7OdVi6U?si=H5xb7l-rM_tawl0P\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The basic back-and-forth could be summarized thusly:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Gill:&nbsp;<\/strong>Did you ever believe [ridiculous thing X]?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Maher:&nbsp;<\/strong>I&rsquo;ve never believed that, no.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Gill:&nbsp;<\/strong>Well, see here, you pretty much said [ridiculous thing X]. I can show you the tweet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Maher:&nbsp;<\/strong>I don&rsquo;t recall ever saying that. I trust that you found something that might indicate that I did, but I&rsquo;ve evolved over the past half-decade, or maybe 11 months. Can I phone a friend? Buy a vowel?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So in other words, she&rsquo;s incompetent, dishonest, or both. And this is just her own words, not her actions &mdash; which include, among other things, actively ignoring the lack of viewpoint diversity at her network and then treating a reporter who called them out in a piece for The Free Press, Uri Berliner, as a dissident in the Soviet Politburo would be. (He&rsquo;s no longer at NPR, shocker of shockers.)<\/p>\n<p>It also doesn&rsquo;t take into account this question, which Rep. Gill posted later in the day:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One more question for you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmaher?\">@krmaher<\/a>: how many of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-jamie-raskin-wants-to-tax-your-guns-if-he-cant-ban-them\/\" title=\"Congressman Jamie Raskin Wants To Tax Your Guns If He Can\u2019t Ban Them\">tax dollars paid<\/a> for your army of lawyers at the hearing today? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NPR?\">@NPR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6eRWDlmCdw\">pic.twitter.com\/6eRWDlmCdw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Congressman Brandon Gill (@RepBrandonGill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBrandonGill\/status\/1905022562439938215?\">March 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I can answer that question for Gill: Not an inconsiderable amount. Or, I can answer it the way Maher might have: Absolutely none, although I cannot recall, and their fees might have evolved over the past half-hour, congressman.<\/p>\n<p>The point is that Wednesday was a lousy day for NPR, particularly with an unreconstructed wokeista from the Summer of Floyd at the helm of the broadcaster and DOGE&rsquo;s cannons trained at its federal funding. 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Maher insisted that it wasn&#8217;t their role but expressed strong support for free speech\u2014contradicting some past statements that suggested otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Greene further questioned Maher&#8217;s comments about COVID-19 censorship linked to government discussions during elections; however, Maher denied any censorship occurred despite previously stating that Wikipedia actively addressed misinformation through such conversations.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange continued with Rep. Brandon Gill challenging Maher&#8217;s views on race-related issues she had tweeted about in previous years. 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