Ok Yuri, what gives? You’ve had time to read and comment on three different publications this morning, probably more, including this one, coffee and Covid, and El Gato, and yet you still have time to write and publish! You beat me to the punch each and every time. And you do so much more eloquently than I ever could. Bravo.
Katherine: " Because I had no substantive counter argument to all of his valid, intelligent points, so like is customary with all Left leaning Journalists and media outlets, the only thing I'm capable of is silencing, canceling, censoring, omitting. Simple as that.
Well done Mr Rufo. Enough of NPR receiving my tax dollars. I've listened to privately funded talk radio for 35 years and thankful every day we have that available to us.
Maher is a typical femi-nazi who suffered a severe case of penis-envy until she realized her biological clock was about to run out. When she finally became aware she would need a man she got married and built a nest in a $2.7 million townhouse in NYC.
Why would we want to spend our tax dollars to pay anyone so repugnant?
She's filth along with Rachel Madcow who's also a wreck in her personal life so decided to take it out on the US population - and managed to make mega-millions lying and spewing hateful propaganda.
Glad to see someone else using the last name she deserves. When I visited Oxnard, California decades before COVID, my then-wife and I dined at "La Vaca Loca"... the Mad Cow. It was pretty good.
Forever… Talked (On Air) one time with Rush… He said I had “good instincts” (something along-those-lines… been years) and then he “El Rushbo” was off to the races with his keen analysis & commentary! No one (or two) will ever replace him! He may have single-handedly SAVED AM RADIO!!!
Maher is very disturbing. I listen to NPR, until I can’t stand it. It is not unbiased as they try to define themselves. Unfortunately, Mahers ideas are ideas that have been indoctrinated into students for 2 generations or more in US schools.
I once listened to NPR, and supported it financially. I had the cancelled checks to prove it.
Once, on a long road trip in the 1990's, I listened to three NPR stories back to back, each with a clearly left wing message. I always knew they had a bias, but that experience caused me to look at them in a fresh way. Afterwards, their reporting seemed so lame. And patterned- like the female with the chirpy voice talking about a topic with so little depth she had be be just out of college.
I wrote to NPR telling them, their stories were strongly biased, I objected, and if they continued, I'd have to discontinue my support.
Naturally they ignored me. Although I continued to listen to them for a time, my contributions ceased.
The last time I listened to them was at least 20 years ago. They burned their bridges with me. The fact that Republicans haven't lifted a finger to defund them is a bone in my throat.
The church I sang at in Palo Alto had prayers of petition that I nicknamed "the Gospel according to NPR". They were pretty closely aligned. I finally wised up when they had a raving lunatic come in... after the service, I told the pastor he had forgotten to supply the AK-47 his guest preacher would have used as an accessory. So many people didn't get the Vanessa Redgrave reference... too bad.
You might be interested in my post on this — I used to work for NPR (and I still consider myself leftwing, though I’m not an ideologue nor an idiot — I don’t go along with every supposedly leftwing thing that comes down the pike):
Cowardice On Parade: NPR, NYT, WaPo, and the “Free” Press
Excellent questions, but obviously a national public radio station shouldn't have hired a highly partisan person as their CEO. Could be fun to watch the hearing. Defund.
Collectivism is always an evil tyranny that claimed to be acting for the good of its victims. Central control always acts with insufficient knowledge and without a negative feedback mechanism for course corrections. The is why our Constitution has the Bill of Rights for individuals, to check the collective mind set of our self selected elites. “Live not by Lies”
Speaking about "the collective mind set of our self selected elites", Thomas Sowell's book, "The Vision of the Anointed" has many examples of the "anointed" elites, of "self-congratulation as a basis for social policy", etc. At the same time Sowell describes how we, the "benighted", are treated: as ignorant, unenlightened, and to be disdained and silenced. Parents questioning sex education are denigrated and labeled "right-wing extremists".
Well this may be a spectacle. I wonder how she will behave. The easiest thing for her to do is to pose as a victim. She may retreat behind her gender and make it seem that her male inquisitors are bullies and misogynists. My guess is she will come in looking as feminine, womanly, and as pretty as possible, and then will play the victim, and answer for nothing. Alternatively, she could come out swinging and make this an ideological fight, but I tend to doubt it.
As for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, it is well past time to cut the chord, and to end federal support for it. We also must end federal support for the local affiliates.
I am aware of the various forms of mass disinformation, including but not limited to ; radio, television, print and I’m sure a plethora of other modes.
I apologize for not clarifying that earlier.
In the end we, as concerned citizens, must remove the cornerstone of a federally funded leftist organization.
Both NPR and PBS are funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Eliminating CPB would defund both of them. The only thing I would miss is Masterpiece Mystery. But oh well. I have Acorn and Britbox so defunding CPB would allow me to not pay for those programs twice.
Thank you for your incredibly thorough work, as always, I don’t know how you keep up with it all! My dad, who is 88 today, has jokingly called it communist radio my whole life. I’m afraid it’s no joke. Until your reporting I had no idea just how sinister it was. I hope they get to the bottom of it.
El gato malo has a great article out today including a video of a young woman referring to a man talking about the commies and what they are doing in the US from 1943. It has not changed. They changed the packaging, and really used pop culture to their advantage. If one includes the CIA in their ranks, then hell, they INVENTED pop culture.
And please tell us that you’ve put these excellent questions into the hands of someone on the committee who will ask them! Talk about something that needs to be “privatized” - maybe MSNBC will pick up NPR. They’re well suited.
It doesn't need to be privatized. It needs to go away. If there were a demand for that kind of programming on that scale, the private sector would have mirrored it long ago, and in fact has picked up the truly entertaining content. People simply will not pay to be lectured to, lied to, and condescended to constantly.
"Later today, a DOGE subcommittee headed by MAGA firebrand Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene will grill the CEOs of NPR and PBS about their alleged left-wing bias, and whether they still deserve federal funding."
Well, sadly, as much as this is satisfying to those of us watching, in the end, it IS all theater. I mean, I haven't seen congress do anything once they uncover the lies of the people they interview. Have you?
I thought it might be broadcast on C-SPAN3, but their schedule is not specific enough to be able to tell if it will be there. We will just have to keep an eye on it.
As a public figure and a leader, who is financed by the largess of the taxpayer, she is an abomination who needs to go back into the dark recesses she came from. She is not worthy to serve the public interest.
11. Are you familiar with what a struggle session is? Why did you force Uri Berliner to resign? https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/uri-berliner-npr-ceo-redguard-struggle-session
Ok Yuri, what gives? You’ve had time to read and comment on three different publications this morning, probably more, including this one, coffee and Covid, and El Gato, and yet you still have time to write and publish! You beat me to the punch each and every time. And you do so much more eloquently than I ever could. Bravo.
Katherine: " Because I had no substantive counter argument to all of his valid, intelligent points, so like is customary with all Left leaning Journalists and media outlets, the only thing I'm capable of is silencing, canceling, censoring, omitting. Simple as that.
Well done Mr Rufo. Enough of NPR receiving my tax dollars. I've listened to privately funded talk radio for 35 years and thankful every day we have that available to us.
Mega-dittoes. (Well, what else could I say?)
Ha ha ha… R.I.P. Rush Limbaugh
still a few remaining Ditto Heads! ha!
I miss Rush!!
More than a few!
Maher is a typical femi-nazi who suffered a severe case of penis-envy until she realized her biological clock was about to run out. When she finally became aware she would need a man she got married and built a nest in a $2.7 million townhouse in NYC.
Why would we want to spend our tax dollars to pay anyone so repugnant?
She's filth along with Rachel Madcow who's also a wreck in her personal life so decided to take it out on the US population - and managed to make mega-millions lying and spewing hateful propaganda.
Glad to see someone else using the last name she deserves. When I visited Oxnard, California decades before COVID, my then-wife and I dined at "La Vaca Loca"... the Mad Cow. It was pretty good.
Forever… Talked (On Air) one time with Rush… He said I had “good instincts” (something along-those-lines… been years) and then he “El Rushbo” was off to the races with his keen analysis & commentary! No one (or two) will ever replace him! He may have single-handedly SAVED AM RADIO!!!
Wow you actually got to talk with him. Cool.
There’s a bunch out there. See 11/5/2024.
Thank Rush in no small way!
Maher is very disturbing. I listen to NPR, until I can’t stand it. It is not unbiased as they try to define themselves. Unfortunately, Mahers ideas are ideas that have been indoctrinated into students for 2 generations or more in US schools.
I once listened to NPR, and supported it financially. I had the cancelled checks to prove it.
Once, on a long road trip in the 1990's, I listened to three NPR stories back to back, each with a clearly left wing message. I always knew they had a bias, but that experience caused me to look at them in a fresh way. Afterwards, their reporting seemed so lame. And patterned- like the female with the chirpy voice talking about a topic with so little depth she had be be just out of college.
I wrote to NPR telling them, their stories were strongly biased, I objected, and if they continued, I'd have to discontinue my support.
Naturally they ignored me. Although I continued to listen to them for a time, my contributions ceased.
The last time I listened to them was at least 20 years ago. They burned their bridges with me. The fact that Republicans haven't lifted a finger to defund them is a bone in my throat.
The church I sang at in Palo Alto had prayers of petition that I nicknamed "the Gospel according to NPR". They were pretty closely aligned. I finally wised up when they had a raving lunatic come in... after the service, I told the pastor he had forgotten to supply the AK-47 his guest preacher would have used as an accessory. So many people didn't get the Vanessa Redgrave reference... too bad.
This is about nothing but 866-888-5722 — that’s the NPR annual fundraising phone number. It’s burned into my brain!
Imagine the distress at NPR headquarters to learn that they lost the support of Evil Incarnate!
Heh. Evil Incarnate is sure it ruined their day. :-/
You might be interested in my post on this — I used to work for NPR (and I still consider myself leftwing, though I’m not an ideologue nor an idiot — I don’t go along with every supposedly leftwing thing that comes down the pike):
Cowardice On Parade: NPR, NYT, WaPo, and the “Free” Press
Get Off the Trans Train
https://lisasimeone.substack.com/p/cowardice-on-parade-npr-nyt-wapo
I can't even take 5 minutes of it. I honestly quit listening in earnest about 10 years ago.
Better you than me. Listening to their propaganda. No thank you!
Why do you torture yourself like that? Just curious!
Excellent questions, but obviously a national public radio station shouldn't have hired a highly partisan person as their CEO. Could be fun to watch the hearing. Defund.
DEFUND NOW…!!! Power To The People… RIGHT ON!!!
And they were horrible before she even took the reins.
Collectivism is always an evil tyranny that claimed to be acting for the good of its victims. Central control always acts with insufficient knowledge and without a negative feedback mechanism for course corrections. The is why our Constitution has the Bill of Rights for individuals, to check the collective mind set of our self selected elites. “Live not by Lies”
Throw the bums out…! At the very least STOP Funding $ Our Own Demise. Thank You!
Speaking about "the collective mind set of our self selected elites", Thomas Sowell's book, "The Vision of the Anointed" has many examples of the "anointed" elites, of "self-congratulation as a basis for social policy", etc. At the same time Sowell describes how we, the "benighted", are treated: as ignorant, unenlightened, and to be disdained and silenced. Parents questioning sex education are denigrated and labeled "right-wing extremists".
sure those are major problems with collectivism, but think of all the opportunities for graft!
A monstrous ideologue. She and Stalin would get on very well.
I’m sure Stalin is looking up at her and smiling!
Whoa… The Stalin Card! Well played… My friend. Well played.
Word has it there are motivational signs on the walls of Hell saying, "Things are LOOKING UP!"🔥
One advantage to being in Hell: You’ll never be cold again!
It's a DRY heat, they say. 🥵
Those with Reynaud's Disease - a silver lining!
Well this may be a spectacle. I wonder how she will behave. The easiest thing for her to do is to pose as a victim. She may retreat behind her gender and make it seem that her male inquisitors are bullies and misogynists. My guess is she will come in looking as feminine, womanly, and as pretty as possible, and then will play the victim, and answer for nothing. Alternatively, she could come out swinging and make this an ideological fight, but I tend to doubt it.
As for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, it is well past time to cut the chord, and to end federal support for it. We also must end federal support for the local affiliates.
umbilical chord?
YES!
NPR has been pushing many unverifiable ideas such as humans are totally responsible for climate change, eco-friendly power generation (unreliable).
It has also attempted to alter the public’s perception of sex; arguing for the idea that gender at birth is not valid.
I have not supported them financially and would never let my grandchildren watch the altered reality they preach.
Thank you M.S.
I am aware of the various forms of mass disinformation, including but not limited to ; radio, television, print and I’m sure a plethora of other modes.
I apologize for not clarifying that earlier.
In the end we, as concerned citizens, must remove the cornerstone of a federally funded leftist organization.
please be cognizant that NPR is radio. The CPB televised counter part needs a separate action for defunding.
Both NPR and PBS are funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Eliminating CPB would defund both of them. The only thing I would miss is Masterpiece Mystery. But oh well. I have Acorn and Britbox so defunding CPB would allow me to not pay for those programs twice.
Girl after my own heart.
Good for you! Great for your grandchildren! BRAVO!
Chris, I'm confused. Is Congress interviewing the "Race and Gender Studies" department at Northeastern University or the CEO of NPR?
Here are my questions for Katherine:
1) Once you've overthrown Capitalism for Marxism, where do you see yourself in the politboro?
2) As a critic of free speech, who do you plan to model speech after? China or Russia?
3) Once you've eliminated masculinity in our culture, how do you see a PINK ARMY standing up
to Russia, China, and North Korea?
4) Would you exempt everyone on Martha's Vineyard from private property restrictions?
5) Once you've forced "transgenderism" on the culture, is phedophila next?
Why would she want our military to stand up to enemies she approves of?
True. Then the next question becomes:
Once Russia, China, or North Korea have defeated America, how long before they
rape our women? and kill our men and children?
And as a follow-up question: “ will you personally be participating in these activities or just standing on the sidelines cheering and applauding?”.
Oh, she's definitely the type who thinks the crocodile will never get around to eating her. Until it does.
Hahahahaa! I can see Kennedy asking these questions with a smirk on his face. Well done.
She's a shining example of white radical privilege with both hands in the federal cookie jar.
Thank you for your incredibly thorough work, as always, I don’t know how you keep up with it all! My dad, who is 88 today, has jokingly called it communist radio my whole life. I’m afraid it’s no joke. Until your reporting I had no idea just how sinister it was. I hope they get to the bottom of it.
Knew they were “bad”/biased… but Not How “Bad”/Biased they’ve become. Time for a reckoning… Long Overdue and Richly Deserved…!!! Let’s GOOOO!!!
Why is NPR not part of the Department of Education, Comrade Rufo?
El gato malo has a great article out today including a video of a young woman referring to a man talking about the commies and what they are doing in the US from 1943. It has not changed. They changed the packaging, and really used pop culture to their advantage. If one includes the CIA in their ranks, then hell, they INVENTED pop culture.
Outstanding Mr. Rufo! Keep up the good work!
I truly hope you sent these to Congress so they benefit from your extensive research and can use these probative questions !!
Well done Mr Rufo!!
And please tell us that you’ve put these excellent questions into the hands of someone on the committee who will ask them! Talk about something that needs to be “privatized” - maybe MSNBC will pick up NPR. They’re well suited.
It doesn't need to be privatized. It needs to go away. If there were a demand for that kind of programming on that scale, the private sector would have mirrored it long ago, and in fact has picked up the truly entertaining content. People simply will not pay to be lectured to, lied to, and condescended to constantly.
Guess I should have put a sarcasm alert. 🤔
The Free Press this morning
"Later today, a DOGE subcommittee headed by MAGA firebrand Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene will grill the CEOs of NPR and PBS about their alleged left-wing bias, and whether they still deserve federal funding."
Cold Beer! Get your Cold Beer! :-)
Also
Uri Berliner: NPR Should Refuse to Take Federal Funds
https://www.thefp.com/p/uri-berliner-npr-should-refuse-to-take-federal-funds
The broadcaster needs to stop pretending it’s a network for all of America, and become the progressive institution it truly wants to be.
Uri Berliner
03.25.25
It wants our bucks.
I want to win the lottery.
I was just going to go fetch that link myself. I hope everyone on today's panel reads it before the hearing. Great post.
Well, sadly, as much as this is satisfying to those of us watching, in the end, it IS all theater. I mean, I haven't seen congress do anything once they uncover the lies of the people they interview. Have you?
One way you can tell if it is a Dog & Pony Show is were the witnesses deposed before hand? If they aren't, its a dog & pony show.
That’s the test…? Hmmm…
I recall Trey Gowdy saying that.
Point Well Taken… SIGH…! ! !
Wish I could watch it LIVE!!!
I thought it might be broadcast on C-SPAN3, but their schedule is not specific enough to be able to tell if it will be there. We will just have to keep an eye on it.
RAV [Real America’s Voice] carried the hearings LIVE!!! We Stream RAV on our Samsung Smart TV.
Would Love to Watch LIVE if for Nothing More to Watch in-real-time how good a liar she is or is not! Guess we’ll see.
The entire hearing is now posted on Fox News Facebook page. Two hours, 30 minutes.
It started at 10. Newsmax just previewed it.
Hearing: Anti-American Airwaves: Accountability for the Heads of NPR and PBS
10:00 AM | HVC-210 CAPITOL
Host: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency
I haven't looked, but t would not surprise me to find you will be able. At a minimum there WILL be clips.
As a public figure and a leader, who is financed by the largess of the taxpayer, she is an abomination who needs to go back into the dark recesses she came from. She is not worthy to serve the public interest.