Re: “Elmo and Elon Musk Are Cited as GOP Lawmakers Grill PBS and NPR” (March 26, Nation & World):
On March 26, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., chaired a listening to organized by a brand new congressional subcommittee, Delivering on Authorities Effectivity, on whether or not the federal funding of NPR and PBS must be continued. She concluded that funding ought to finish primarily based on these information providers being “radical, left-wing echo chambers for a slender viewers.” Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, cited a examine that reported PBS Information Hour’s protection of the 2024 Republican and Democratic Conventions demonstrated its bias with the Republican Conference producing 72% detrimental feedback and the Democratic Conference producing 88% constructive feedback.
Ever since Kellyanne Conway, President Donald Trump’s senior counselor throughout his first time period, coined the phrase “different information” in relation to false statements concerning the attendance numbers at Trump’s first inauguration, fact-checking has been an important exercise within the protection of politics. The obvious bias within the protection of the 2 conventions is probably going because of the distinction within the variety of “different information” claimed at these conventions.
PBS and NPR play a important function in contributing to an knowledgeable public, and their federal assist should be continued.
Thomas Heller, Seattle
