NPR and PBS Grilled on Bias, Signal Story's Latest Details, Crockett Doubles Down: AM Update 3/27
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Thursday, March 27th, 2025, and this is your AM Update.
He said he found 87 registered Democrats, zero Republicans. Is that accurate?
We do not track the numbers or the voter registration.
Heads of publicly funded outlets, NPR and PBS, called to Capitol Hill to answer for their left-wing political bias.
Well, I don't know about downplaying. The press uplays it. I think it's all a witch hunt. That's all. I think it's a witch hunt.
The Atlantic magazine's signal messaging story dominates left-wing media for the third day, with reaction falling mostly along party lines. And Democrat Congresswoman from Texas Jasmine Crockett under fire for mocking Texas Governor Greg Abbott's disability. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update. So many people these days are focusing on getting healthy. And speaking of health, let me tell you about Jacob and Kristen, the founders of We Heart Nutrition. They are raising five kids while running a company that's helping hardworking Americans live the American dream. We Heart Nutrition makes high quality research backed supplements for women and men at every stage of life, helping you stay strong, energized, and hitting your wellness goals.
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PBS says 14% of its operating budget comes from the feds. Republicans have long criticized both outlets for what they say is intense media bias against the right. GOP lawmakers' frustrations targeted mostly at NPR in the hearing. Last year, 25-year NPR veteran Uri Berliner confirming the left-wing NPR bias in a free press essay titled, "'I've been at NPR for 25 years. Here's how we lost America's trust.'" Mr. Berliner writing, quote, today, those who listen to NPR or read its coverage online find the distilled worldview of a very small segment of the U.S. population. Republican Congressman from Ohio, Jim Jordan, questioning NPR CEO Catherine Marr on some of Mr. Berliner's claims.
In the D.C. area, editorial positions at NPR are He said he found 87 registered Democrats, zero Republicans. Is that accurate? We do not track the numbers or the voter registration, but I find that- Was award-winning journalist who worked 25 years at NPR, Mr. Berliner, was he lying when he wrote that?
I am not presuming such. I just don't have, we don't track that information about our journalists.
One wonders why Ms. Marr, if she finds this possibility so concerning, never bothered to check it out. A month after Mr. Berliner's essay, NPR implemented an additional editorial review process involving a final check by six editors, none of whom appears to be right-leaning. Ms. Marr herself has a long history of expressing controversial opinions.
But most written knowledge today has been written by white, colonial, European, North American men. And so one of the things that we're really focused on is how do we think about correcting the record? The number one challenge here that we see is, of course, the First Amendment in the United States.
In 2016, Ms. Maher tweeting, quote, airline business class demographics are such a pet peeve of mine in the lounge and on the plane, usually more than 80 percent male, usually white. After Joe Biden's win in November 2020, Ms. Maher tweeting, I can't stop crying with relief. Many similar examples remain on her X feed and were the subject of some questioning on Wednesday.
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