House Democrats Refuse to Defund NPR

As many of you may have seen, the firing of Juan Williams from NPR was a media firestorm. Both liberals and conservatives were upset by the actions of NPR. The firing of Williams led to a battle on a whole new level. Only a day after he was fired, there were thousands of people crying out about the country to defund NPR.

National Public Radio, or NPR for short, is radio bought and paid for by the government. The main source of funding comes from you and me, the taxpayers. I should also note that the radio network takes private donations, of which much comes from leftist, Anti-American multi-billionaire George Soros. Soros contributed $1.8 million dollars to NPR recently, which makes everyone have a right to ponder the whole situation. NPR is a government-based media outlet, and its intention should be to remain politically neutral. However, this is clearly not the case. NPR by any review would be described having at the least a “slant to the left.”

Considering that bias from this media outlet, Republicans and conservatives have been calling out to defend NPR if taxpayer money is being used for a biased form of media. House Republicans recently introduced measures to defend NPR, and you can guess how that turned out. Still holding a majority in the House, Democrats found it was a wise idea to keep the gravy train rolling to NPR and reject any Republican measures to defund it.

I can see nothing here but utter hypocrisy. If NPR had even the slightest conservative tilt, the Democrats would be up in arms and out in the streets. It is a disgrace that our elected officials are playing politics rather than assuring that out money is not being spent on biased sources.