Wednesday’s House DOGE Subcommittee hearing on bias at NPR and PBS got heated at times, especially for NPR CEO Katherine Maher, whom Republican members repeatedly put on the spot for far leftist comments she has made. But at one point, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, turned her fire on me.
As is usually the case with the Dallas demagogue, she got things wrong.
During her time to speak, Crockett said, “The Republicans witness, Mr. Gonzalez, went so far as to suggest that because NPR and PBS reported on the murder of George Floyd they, quote, ’represent a danger to our physical health as well as to civic health of our body politics.’”
Then she engaged in a bit of theater—to the surprise of nobody—asking the two star witnesses, Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger, if they agreed with that.
“Ms. Maher, do you think reporting on the murder of George…