During his online “Overtime” segment, Maher read a viewer question based on this week’s House DOGE hearing with the CEOs of NPR and PBS questioning their political tilt. The viewer asked: “Should the government continue to send taxpayer dollars to public broadcasting? “
Maher confused defunding PBS with dismantling PBS: “The Republicans have wanted to get rid of PBS for as long as I can remember. This crowd will probably do it.”
Maher suggested it’s time to defund these networks. This underlines why Maher, with his occasional libertarian hot takes, hasn’t been favored with an NPR promotional platform on the talk show Fresh Air since 2008.
On #RTOvertime Friday night, @BillMaher: “My namesake, Katherine Maher, was head of NPR, and she said, ‘we’re completely unbiased.’ Give me a break, lady. I mean, they’re crazy far left.” @DefundPBSNPR
