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Congressional Republicans said National Public Radio's (NPR) national backing should beryllium revisited aft a elder editor astatine nan publication penned a scathing reappraisal of its employees' partisan make-up.
"NPR has abandoned their ain meaning of diverseness and inclusion pinch their one-sided reporting and blatantly biased newsroom," House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., nan No. 3 House Republican leader, told Fox News Digital.
"The prime should beryllium simple: Fulfill your responsibility to supply accurate, balanced accusation to nan American group aliases forfeit payer funding."
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, besides suggested NPR could look consequences for its purported bias nether a imaginable early Trump administration.
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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer and Sen. Ted Cruz are 2 of nan Republican lawmakers laying into NPR. (AP/Getty Images)
"If you get a Republican administration, and that's progressively likely, you tin expect NPR to suffer if they don't show a deficiency of partisanship…And that's not wherever they are today," Romney told Fox News Digital.
Senior business editor Uri Berliner, a 25-year seasoned of NPR, precocious shared damning allegations astir his employer's viewpoint diverseness and nan effect it has had connected sum successful a portion for nan Free Press.
Per Berliner, "I recovered 87 registered Democrats moving successful editorial positions and zero Republicans. None," describing his NPR agency successful Washington, D.C.
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It's added substance to an already-burning occurrence for nan GOP, which has agelong accused NPR of acting pinch a wide bias while receiving immoderate national funds.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, slammed NPR for behaving "like a partisan propaganda institution." He added that "taxpayer funding" shouldn't spell toward specified a publication.
Senator Mitt Romney predicted that a early Trump management would ace down connected NPR.
"I would beryllium much than good pulling backing from NPR," added Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., calling NPR's overwhelmingly Democratic unit "a free marketplace issue."
Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., noted "it makes you recognize that independent news is, is dormant somehow."
The Missouri Republican pointed to NBC News' caller hiring and subsequent firing of erstwhile Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel. He noted that her termination was successful consequence to worker backlash astatine nan outlet.
"The group successful my district, they spot done each of that stuff," Burlison said. "They cognize that they can't spot the…mainstream media."
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Rep. Andy Ogles said he would beryllium ‘more than fine’ pulling backing from NPR
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Asked if action will beryllium taken successful nan legislature to reside NPR's backing from nan government, which is doled retired done a non-profit organization, Cruz said, "I surely dream so."
NPR defended its publicity successful a connection by its main news executive Edith Chapin, published successful 1 of its ain stories.
"We're proud to guidelines down nan exceptional activity that our desks and shows do to screen a wide scope of challenging stories," Chapin said.
NPR did not instantly supply remark to Fox News Digital.
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