Bill Maher favors the shortening of public broadcasting funds, rejects the NPR CEO testimony that the output is impartial

The “real-time” host Bill Maher argued in favor of the withdrawal of federal funds from the NPR, insisting he should go private in the era of hyper-party politics.

During his online segment “Overtime”, Maher read a viewer’s question asking the panel to react to the CEO’s testimony of Katherine Maher (unrelated) and CEO of PBA Paula Kerger, who defended their shops in his newly-granted sub-community, giving the government efficiency (branch). of pre -ww-wing.

He especially called his “name” Maher to her repeated assertions that he was “impartial”.

“Give me a break, lady,” Maher reacted on Friday. “I mean, they’re crazy left.”

The HBO host continued to say the country is “passed down” where the federal government can subsidize exits such as NPR and PBS.

“Why should we subsidize,” Maher asked. “We are so polarized. These exits became popular at a time when Republicans and Democrats did not hate each other and were not in one another’s throat and did not think that one another was an existential threat. In that world, you could not have places like this, I think, they must be private.”

In her opening remarks, Katherine Maher said that NPR plays an essential role in “Distribution of Impartial Reporting, Non -Based, based on facts” for Americans. She said NPR is the only “non -paid” news with a dedicated reporter to cover veterans’ issues, and she believes local local journalism “has never been more important for American families.”

At one point, she claimed that she had never seen any example of political prejudice that defined editorial decisions “, attracting conservatives from conservatives to the Internet.

Katherine Maher, who joined NPR in March 2024, repeatedly matured for her past posts on social media seeking various left -wing ideologies, from which she distanced himself. She also admitted that it was a “mistake” for NPR to rest the Laptop Scandal Hunter Biden during the 2020 elections.

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