‘Time For Accountability’: Ted Cruz Rattles Off List Of Times Taxpayer-Funded NPR Was Biased Against Conservatives

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas called out National Public Radio (NPR) for bias against conservatives in a video posted to X Tuesday.

President Donald Trump announced that NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) would no longer receive funding in a Thursday executive order, citing bias in favor of left-wing perspectives. Cruz noted that Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington made comments about the order, before electing to tell “the rest of the story.”

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“The Communications Act requires public media entities, like NPR, to strictly adhere to ‘objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs on a controversial nature,’” Cruz said. “Unfortunately, NPR does not. Last Congress, I put out a detailed report how NPR took millions in earmarked donations from left-wing mega-donors for very specific coverage.”

“After receiving those donations, NPR churned out content precisely mirroring its donors’ agendas,” Cruz continued. “Likewise, the Congressionally-chartered independent television service, paid for documentaries like, ‘Racist Trees’ to appear on PBS. NPR CEO Katherine Maher continues to deny that NPR has a serious story selection problem, even when senior editors are resigning because the bias is so overwhelming.”

Uri Berliner, who cited examples of the network’s bias in an essay published