CNN ‘media reporter’ and resident potato Brian Stelter is defending PBS and NPR, saying that they’re ‘merely overlaying the information.’
Conservatives have been calling for the defunding of each shops for years, appropriately suggesting that these shops take tax {dollars} but present extremely biased protection which at all times takes the leftist place on points, steadily criticizing anybody to the fitting of Bernie Sanders.
Now that it appears like Republicans would possibly lastly pull taxpayer funding for each shops, Stelter is working to their rescue, laughably making an attempt to color them as trustworthy information sources.
NewsBusters reported:
For the Tax Day version of CNN’s Inside Politics on Tuesday, media correspondent Brian Stelter joined host Dana Bash to allege that President Trump needs to defund PBS and NPR for “merely overlaying the information.” If Stelter actually believes that then he has a humorous definition of what’s newsworthy…
She then requested, “Brian, simply actual fast, what’s the White Home saying about not simply PBS and NPR, however about its broader fights with media organizations, together with the AP, that we have been speaking about earlier than the break?”
Stelter started by clarify, “In relation to the White Home’s framing of this, it’s about taking up wokeism and liberal bias. Right here’s part of the quote from the White Home web site. They’ve listed off what they imagine are examples of partisan bias at NPR and PBS, saying, quote, ‘for years, American taxpayers have been on the hook for subsidizing NPR and PBS, which unfold radical woke propaganda disguised as information.’”
Nonetheless, Stelter wasn’t shopping for it, “A few of the examples on the checklist on the White Home web site are examples of NPR and PBS merely overlaying the information, for instance, about transgender Individuals. So, that checklist very a lot concerning the president’s priorities, making an attempt to push again on DEI. Extra broadly, Dana, you seek advice from the AP. We see the FCC underneath stress. We see indicators of authoritarianism throughout. And but networks like CBS simply preserve reporting the information. That’s true as nicely, Dana, at PBS and NPR.”
Right here’s the clip:
Brian Stelter fearmongers “it will even be, in lots of instances, Republican constituents that will undergo” from defunding PBS and NPR. He additionally claims “A few of the examples [of liberal bias] on the checklist on the White Home web site are examples of NPR and PBS merely overlaying the information,… pic.twitter.com/DjSb07mYBT
— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) April 15, 2025
Individuals like Stelter imagine the progressive place on something is regular and customary. Taking conservative positions into consideration is taken into account irregular by these folks.
