CNN ‘media reporter’ and resident potato Brian Stelter is defending PBS and NPR, saying that they’re ‘merely masking the information.’
Conservatives have been calling for the defunding of each shops for years, accurately suggesting that these shops take tax {dollars} but present extremely biased protection which all the time takes the leftist place on points, incessantly criticizing anybody to the appropriate of Bernie Sanders.
Now that it seems to be like Republicans may lastly pull taxpayer funding for each shops, Stelter is operating to their rescue, laughably attempting to color them as sincere 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 masking 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 had 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 consider 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 number of the examples on the checklist on the White Home web site are examples of NPR and PBS merely masking the information, for instance, about transgender People. So, that checklist very a lot concerning the president’s priorities, attempting to push again on DEI. Extra broadly, Dana, you discuss with the AP. We see the FCC beneath strain. We see indicators of authoritarianism throughout. And but networks like CBS simply hold reporting the information. That’s true as properly, Dana, at PBS and NPR.”
Right here’s the clip:
Brian Stelter fearmongers “it will even be, in lots of circumstances, Republican constituents that will endure” from defunding PBS and NPR. He additionally claims “A number of the examples [of liberal bias] on the checklist on the White Home web site are examples of NPR and PBS merely masking the information,… pic.twitter.com/DjSb07mYBT
— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) April 15, 2025
Individuals like Stelter consider the progressive place on something is regular and commonplace. Taking conservative positions into consideration is taken into account irregular by these folks.