This has been the argument of NPR critics for years, with countless pushes to defund the left-wing outlet, especially as they churn out fake news and progressive propaganda under the guise of "neutrality."

It's laughable.

But now, thanks to President Trump's historic landslide victory and the creation of his new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy (and Ron Paul)—we finally have a real shot at cutting NPR off from taxpayer funds. It's time for them to stand on their own two liberal feet, without leaning on the wallets of hardworking Americans.

And this move comes at a damning moment for NPR, fresh off a scandal where they suspended a journalist for daring to call them out on their radical left-wing agenda. It's clear—state-run media has no place in a free society. With DOGE's investigation, there's real hope that NPR will finally be forced to either fund their own fake news or start reporting real news that appeals to everyone. Either way, the days of taxpayers footing the bill for their propaganda machine may soon come to an end.

This is yet another perfect example of why NPR should not be taxpayer-funded.

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Uri Berliner, a 25-year-long journalist at National Public Radio (NPR), recently resigned from his job after being suspended because he wrote about the entrenched left-wing/woke mindset at NPR, calling it a "progressive silo." Berliner's tell-all confirms what media critics have long known, and reveals why taxpayer funding of the news media is not a good idea.

It would not matter whether NPR was liberally biased or conservatively biased. The bottom line is that if politicians (bureaucrats) control the funding of the news, then the news likely will be politicized.

NPR, a non-profit media organization, was founded in 1970 by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which had been established by Congress in 1967 under the Public Broadcasting Act. NPR receives funding from private donors, corporate sponsors, foundations, and federal, state, and local government. The federal funding comes from the CPB, which provides grants to local radio stations that, in turn, pay to use content created by NPR, such as the news programs All Things Considered and Morning Edition.