“Democrat propaganda”: Marjorie Taylor Greene plans to team up with Musk to defund NPR. She accused the public radio network of doing “nothing for the American people.”
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/24/democrat-propaganda-marjorie-taylor-greene-plans-to-team-up-with-musk-to-defund-npr/
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Welcome to Idiocracy.
Soon, Fox News will be the only approved news source, and they’ll receive government funding. All competing news sources will be gradually suppressed.
defund? didn’t we already deal with this the last Trump emanation? the gov barely gives them money … but I bet the gov gives to other things they wish not mention
this is so dumb. Every gop administration says they are going to ‘defund npr.’
Npr is mostly funded by member donations. The federal money dissappearing wouldn’t shut it down.
And anyone that thinks it’s ‘democratic propaganda’ doesn’t listen to npr.
Yeah, but eggs are expensive.
And what would you say you do for the American people, Marge?
I blame Dems for not preemptively making a law to stop Republicans from doing all this terrible stuff. /s
Pretty funny since NPR has tried so hard this past election season to appear unbiased, to the point where they were sane washing Trumps behavior.
And of course MAGA will still view them as a “leftist threat” that needs destroyed. Proof that comprising with these people is not an option.
You give these people an inch and they will take a mile.
The party of free speech sure loves to limit free speech!
I can tell she doesn’t listen to NPR. They were one of the most frustrating programs to skip past while I was driving, never admitting things Trump was saying were batshit insane, always treating him like he’s a legitimate politician who just has different views and methods.
Funny how NPR in the last decade has moved to more centered stories because of the perception of a liberal bias, even if minor. Same with the other punching bag Republicans love to threaten defending- PBS. Because having a homeless Muppet on Seasme Street is some sort of woke indoctrination. Even if any of those are true, follow the money. There isn’t a lot allocated to either. Your eggs will still be expensive without Ira Glass or Big Bird.
This promise is made every time Republicans are in control of Congress. Turns out that a lot of their constituents like NPR and PBS.
Committee with zero power says what?
NPR gets very little of its [funding](https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finances) from the government. Not that I’d expect that to matter to a braying jackass like Marge.
One of the least productive members of Congress:
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-miserable-congress-record-1777262
https://www.congress.gov/member/marjorie-greene/G000596
…who isn’t always sure of what she is actually voting for:
https://newrepublic.com/post/179945/marjorie-taylor-greene-caught-bragging-bill-voted-against-funding
…is accusing NPR of doing nothing for the American people.
Seriously?
# “She accused the…network of doing ‘nothing for the American people.'”
Pot and Kettle, Marjorie; Pot and Kettle…
While I don’t like this move I was really disappointed with NPR for the last 4 years playing into the bullshit about Biden, not talking about the wildly important and positive things the administration did, and normalizing Trump’s insanity.
Aaaand this is what media outlets get for sane-washing Trump
What has MTG done for America and her people?
Aww man. I listen to npr everyday on my morning drive to work.
[That’s straight out of Victor Orban Play book.](https://archive.is/2024.11.20-130828/https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-20/trump-s-cabinet-blitz-is-straight-from-orban-s-playbook)
Orban has an English-language think tank called the Danube Institute, which has a formal agreement with Heritage to work with them on projects. Orban has bragged several times in Hungarian — most recently a couple of weeks ago — that he has designed a lot of the Trump program.
In his first three years in office, Orban passed — like 10,000, 15,000 pages of new laws.
Everybody got attacked at once.
They put in place a media regulator that started cracking down on dissident media.
They put in place a new system for appointing judges to take over the judiciary.
They fired a big chunk of the civil sector and put in their own people. Everybody had an ox that was being gored.
By the blitz approach, where everybody gets attacked at once, it encourages everybody to focus only on the thing that’s closest to them.
You can see that Trump is adopting this blitz strategy. Look at the speed with which Trump is rolling out these nominations. This is not going to be the chaotic Trump Version One.
NPR is so much more than the national network; it’s the local stations in conjunction with the local PBS stations that are really producing some excellent local journalism that is desperately needed right now.
It’s also more than their political coverage-Science Fridays, Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me, Car Talk (reruns of course) and so many more programs that enrich daily life, without dumbing it down. It’s also the only source for classical music in many smaller markets.
I’ll donate more if they do. It would just get more liberal if they defund it.
They give us tiny desk concerts
Yeah let’s do away with anything that helps poor people or kids…
I fucking hate these people.
Npr is funded near entirely by the public. These people are so stupid they work at the government and can’t check govt funding records.
NPR isn’t what it used to be but it would still be a huge loss. Their increased dependence on Corporate donations has compromised their work but there is no one else. I’ll send them more money with my usual note.
This feels like the beginnings of Nazi Germany. And will the press capitulate like Vichy France did, or will they fight back? Looking at history, most capitulated; a few brave souls did not. But if the free press falls, it will be the end of our country.
NPR has been lurching Right for a decade or more now and in many ways is trying to pander to the Trump cult. They need to get back to their roots. It’s not nearly left enough if you ask me.
Why the absolute fuck do they allow this random Mickey Rourke looking ass bitch have so much power and influence? She’s an absolute moron.
Reading this makes me want to donate money to NPR and the Guardian
Real big Maoist “Cultural Revolution” vibes from the GOP these days.
I love how Large Marge nor Elongate understand how NPR is funded
The day the Feds “de-fund” NPR is the day I double my monthly contribution, as will many other folks I’m sure.
They want to defund the National Public Radio. That should tell you everything you need to know.
If there is someone on the planet that knows “doing absolutely nothing for the American people”, it’s Marjorie Taylor Greene. She’s been on that track ever since she got the job.
I never listen to NPR until 9/11. I was so happy to have found them I felt like the coverage was super unbiased and simply factual. I go back and forth from CNN and fox just to find balance as if there’s any to be found but NPR and BBC I honestly feel are unbiased. If they aren’t they do a good job of hiding it and certainly much better than Fox and CNN. Just my opinion
NPR gets less than 1% of its funding from government grants. I’m sure cutting their funding will balance our budget and fund all programs.
This is what happens when you elect not serious people into Congress that will just say anything to get a reaction, and when half the country is so stupid they have no idea what they are cheering for.
If we are defunding everything that does nothing good for the American people, it’s time to defund Marjorie Taylor Greene.
By the logic can we defund Marjorie Taylor-Greene?
She could have done a massive favour to the American people by leaking all those pedophiles she claims are in the Republican Party and didn’t, after all.
Another reminder of the authoritarian takeover that is about to happen. 248 years of democracy is ending in the US.
This is the republicans game plan is to keep attacking media and anything center or left leaning. It’s to keep the right angry. Gotta continue the misinformation and disown fact checking.
I’ve been listening to This American life for over 15 years. They got some nerve
Why do we even listen to the Lesser Georgian Potato Ape? I mean, it’s cute that someone put clothes and makeup on her, but it doesn’t mean we should take her seriously.
How would she know?
It’s only the most objective, non biased news source we have. The more boring the news, the more reliable and objective it is.
What she means is it’s not owned by oligarchs that can be brought to heel.
Dude FUCK these idiots. I love my local station and NPR in general
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