It was back in April when Elon Musk called NPR CEO Katherine Maher "one of the worst human beings in America." This was after the video of her TED Talk started making the rounds, in which the former Wikipedia head said that "our reverence for the truth might be a distraction that’s getting in the way of finding common ground and getting things done."
Censor bad information … like when NPR released a statement saying it would not be covering the Hunter Biden laptop story because it was a "distraction" and they didn't want to waste listeners' time with distractions.
That video was making the rounds on X this week, and it seems as though Jonathan Turley caught it:
If you searched worldwide for a concise statement of why the public is rejecting mainstream media you could not find a better reduction than the statement of Katherine Maher (NPR CEO): “I think our reverence for the truth might have become a bit of a distraction that is…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) November 13, 2024
… that is preventing us from finding consensus and getting important things done.”
Here's the video:
“I think our reverence for the truth might have become a bit of a distraction that is preventing us from finding consensus and getting important things done.”
— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) November 12, 2024
— Katherine Maher (NPR CEO)
pic.twitter.com/nCfDcyPbtH
Just what "important things" are being impeded by the truth?
Another video that was going around yesterday showed Maher saying that the initial idea of Wikipedia being a "free and open" platform had turned into making it a "white male Westernized construct."
Current NPR CEO Katherine Maher says that during her time leading Wikipedia, she abandoned a "free and open" internet, because this led to the platform to recapitulating a "white male Westernized construct". pic.twitter.com/pCb2o8EGIH
— Kevin Bass PhD MS (@kevinnbass) November 12, 2024
Christopher Rufo revealed that Maher also said that "the number one challenge" in her fight against disinformation is "the First Amendment in the United States," which makes it "a little bit tricky" to censor "bad information" and "the influence peddlers" who spread it.
Katherine Maher, NPR’s Censor-In-Chief: "the number one challenge" in her fight against disinformation is "the First Amendment in the United States” pic.twitter.com/9F0wrZteLU
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) November 12, 2024
Unreal.
Here's the head of DOGE:
Should your tax dollars really be paying for an organization run by people who think the truth is a “distraction”? https://t.co/W79tcJJLxu
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 12, 2024
Defund NPR.
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) November 12, 2024
NPR needs to be defunded immediately
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) November 12, 2024
As soon as the Department of Government Efficiency gets up and running, that's the first thing it should cut.
dropping tax payer funding from NPR is such an obvious decision it should be a day-one decision for the new administration
— Stonetoss Comics (@stone_toss) November 12, 2024
No. I don't see how funding to NPR survives a government efficiency audit.
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) November 12, 2024
Maher was made NPR CEO in March, gave her TED Talk about the truth getting in the way in April, and remains CEO of National Public Radio. I don't see how that's acceptable.
State-sponsored media in the US is akin to a criminal money laundering scheme. Democrats funnel money into 100s of entities in an effort to claim NPR receives less than 1% of its money from the government. In return NPR and PBS fund Democrat campaigns. pic.twitter.com/2g10NFq4Bh
— @amuse (@amuse) November 12, 2024
There is no reason NPR should receive government funding let alone licenses to spew misinformation.
— Daniel S. Loeb (@DanielSLoeb1) November 13, 2024
The available evidence indicates that the “truth” has been one of the few things NOT distracting NPR.
— Michael Quinn Sullivan 🇺🇸 (@MQSullivan) November 12, 2024
I find it amusing that NPR (and PBS) always claim that only a small fraction of their funding comes from taxpayers, and yet that funding is critical to keeping them on the air. Mitt Romney of all people was accused of wanting to "kill Big Bird" during his presidential campaign, and I remember doing posts about clowns dressed up in frightening homemade Big Bird costumes holding their protest signs. And that became a major campaign issue.
Let's hope that the Department of Government Efficiency takes a close look at Maher's salary.
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