“Defund NPR. It should survive on its own,” is the call from Tesla CEO and Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk as the House Subcommittee on DOGE requests the presence of NPR CEO Katherine Maher on Capitol Hill over claims of biased news coverage.
Musk made the statement in an X post on Tuesday, the day after Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced she will conduct a hearing in March to examine claims that NPR and PBS ignored stories unfavorable to the Biden administration and promote partisan narratives.
Greene argues that as recipients of taxpayer funding, both organizations must provide objective reporting. The inquiry follows criticism from former NPR senior editor Uri Berliner, who accused the network of catering solely to liberal audiences.
