After a hard-hitting hearing by the House DOGE Subcommittee, Rep. Ronny Jackson is introducing a bill Thursday to pull all government funding from "chronically biased" outlets NPR and PBS. (Getty Images)
During the hearing, Maher conceded that NPR botched coverage of Hunter Biden's infamous laptop, saying, "We made a mistake." At the time, NPR representatives publicly called the story unserious and a distraction. During the hearing, Maher said, "We were mistaken in failing to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story more aggressively and sooner."
She also expressed regret about remarks she made about President Donald Trump, calling him "a fascist and a deranged racist sociopath."
Meanwhile, Kerger's PBS was slammed for producing such programs as "Real Boy," which follows a transgender character exploring sexuality.
DOGE Subcommittee Chair Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., bashed PBS as "one of the founders of the trans child abuse industry."
Rep. Ronny Jackson on the House steps of the Capitol on Jan. 4, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Trump has expressed he is open to defunding NPR and other "biased" publicly funded outlets, meaning he would be likely to sign a bill doing so if passed by Congress.
"They spend more money than any other network of its type ever conceived, so the kind of money that's being wasted, and it's a very biased view, you know that better than anybody," said Trump. "And I'd be honored to see it end."
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Musk has also called to defund NPR. In February, he posted a 2022 video of Maher in which she said, "Our reverence for the truth might have become a bit of a distraction that is preventing us from finding consensus and getting things done."
Commenting on Maher’s speech, Musk said NPR "should survive on its own."
Fox News Digital's Brian Flood and Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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