The average American awards some amount of undeserved prestige to “public” TV and radio merely by the branding of “public,” like it’s for all the people and it’s non-commercial. But PBS and NPR are not acting for the entire “public.” They are taxpayer-subsidized propaganda, and they often ignore or downplay news events that they do not support.
Exhibit A for Abortion: the annual March for Life, which draws tens of thousands of pro-lifers every year. President Trump spoke to the crowd on video, and Vice President J.D. Vance and the Republican leaders of the House and Senate spoke in person. It was a news event.
On January 24, NPR aired no story on the pro-life protest on their terribly named show All Things Considered. Pro-lifers were not considered! They also ignored it on their morning show Weekend Edition Saturday, including in the Week In Politics segment…
