Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) introduced the Defund NPR Act to ensure that no taxpayer dollars fund the biased radical left messaging at National Public Radio (NPR). This legislation prohibits federal funding of NPR and prevents local public radio stations from using federal grant money to purchase content or pay dues to NPR.
“It is bad enough that so many media outlets push their slanted views instead of reporting the news, but it is even more egregious for hardworking taxpayers to be forced to pay for it. National Public Radio has a track record of promoting anti-American narratives on the taxpayer dime,” said Good. “My legislation would ensure no taxpayer dollars are used to fund the woke, leftist propaganda of National Public Radio.”
NPR was originally created to be an educational news source and to “speak with many voices, many dialects.” In the 55 years since NPR was founded, they have become a primary outlet for advancing biased and radical media coverage of political and social issues. On April 10, 2024, former Editor of NPR, Uri Berliner, issued a scathing review of the news outlet claiming it has “lost America’s trust.” Mr. Berliner resigned from NPR shortly after due to a lack of viewpoint diversity and a hard embrace of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) principles.
According to recent reporting, the staff of NPR had 87 Democrats and zero Republicans in 2021. On July 4, 2022, NPR ended a 33-year tradition of reading the Declaration of Independence and instead focused on Thomas Jefferson’s relationship with his slave, Sally Hemmings.
Taxpayer dollars flow to NPR, which means according to some, taxpayer dollars are funding a radical, DEI-focused media outlet.
Good’s bill is cosponsored by:
*Rep. Eli Crane
*Rep. Jeff Duncan
*Rep. Dan Bishop
*Rep. Mary Miller
*Rep. Andrew Clyde
*Rep. Ronny Jackson
*Rep. Andy Harris
