The subcommittee hearing, led by Chair Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), featured testimonies from NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS President Paula Kerger.
During the tense hearing, Republicans said the two media organizations were out of touch with large swaths of Americans, while grilling the executives over their outlets’ funding and editorial objectivity.
“People who listen to NPR are totally misinformed,” Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said during his questioning. “I have a problem with that because you get federal funds.”
“Because of technology today, I don’t think there’s a role for public radio anymore,” he said.
Greene, the committee’s chair, indicated she plans to recommend to the administration’s newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) be totally abolished.
“The [CPB] is using taxpayer dollars to actively suppress the truth and produce some of the most ludicrous content,” she said.
The Hill’s Dominick Mastrangelo has more takeaways here.
