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NPR’s Ratings Compared to Other Major U.S. News Sources
Recent independent bias surveys show that
NPR is consistently rated as leaning left, placing it in the same general range as other public broadcasters and some mainstream outlets, but with a more progressive tilt than many commercial news organizations.
Maher appeared as a guest on
CNN Wednesday, trying to make the case why, in the age of streaming and a plethora of media outlets, NPR and PBS should continue to be funded, in part, through the Treasury.
Republicans have rightly labeled both outlets liberal propagandists.
“As far as the accusations that we’re biased, I would stand up and say, ‘Please show me a story that concerns you,’” Maher proclaimed in response.
The conservative X account Libs of TikTok obliged with some jaw-dropping examples.
They included the headlines: "Kamala Harris already faces racism and sexism from Trump and Republicans," "'There Is No Neutral': 'Nice White People' Can Still Be Complicit In A Racist Society;" and "How racism became a marketing tool for country music."
Libs of TikTok also
quoted managing editor
Terence Samuel explaining why NPR would not be covering the Hunter Biden laptop story when it broke before the 2020 election. "We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don’t want to waste the listeners’ and readers’ time on stories that are just pure distractions," he said.