It was an honor and a privilege to testify before Congress on the bias at National Public Radio. It was my second turn. In 1999, I testified about the bias at PBS. Nothing has changed much in the overall tilt of public broadcasting, even if it’s grown more intense with social media and the Trump phenomenon.
I collated examples of NPR bias by using the NPR topic tag on NewsBusters — remember you can isolate individual networks or journalists or politicians to evaluate the media’s performance.
After preparing an opening statement for several days, your time is limited to five minutes, but your remarks as submitted to the committee are placed in the Congressional Record. I knew not every sentence could make the televised hearing, but the statement is often read by members and staffers before the hearing begins. So in case people wanted to get the entire…
