Karoline Leavitt Torches NPR CEO For Saying Cuts 'Would Be A Risk To Public Safety'

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During a press conference on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to NPR CEO Katherine Maher's claim that funding cuts to NPR "would be a public safety risk."

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00:00And I want to give you a chance to respond to the CEO of NPR.

00:04She's claiming that the cuts to their network will, quote,

00:07be a real risk to public safety of the country.

00:10Congress Murkowski has argued that public broadcasting stations save lives.

00:15Could you respond to these concerns?

00:17The NPR CEO said cutting NPR will be a risk to public safety.

00:21I am not sure how NPR helps the public safety of our country,

00:25but I do know that NPR, unfortunately, has become really just a propaganda voice for the left.

00:33Just a few examples for you.

00:34In 2020, NPR refused to cover, refused to cover the Hunter Biden laptop scandal

00:40and the run-up to the election.

00:41They said their assertions don't amount to much,

00:44writing they did not want to waste the listeners' and readers' time

00:48on stories that are just pure distractions.

00:50That does not sound like an unbiased opinion.

00:52That sounds like a partisan opinion to me.

00:54And this is a taxpayer-funded organization.

00:57In 2018, that same CEO that you're talking about

01:00called the president in the Oval Office,

01:02who nearly 80 million Americans elected,

01:04she called him racist,

01:06shared a photo of herself wearing a Biden for president campaign hat,

01:09serves on the board of a Soros-funded activist group.

01:12In 2020, PBS's White House correspondent at the time

01:16characterized President Trump's speech then at Mountain Rushmore

01:19as a love letter to white resentment,

01:22promoting the myth of America.

01:23In 2017, PBS devoted an entire panel talking about

01:28what it means to be woke and white privileged.

01:31In 2023, PBS's Washington Week Roundtable covered up

01:36Joe Biden's clear mental divine.

01:38That's actually quite the clip.

01:39I would encourage all of you to look at it.

01:41These are not honest news organizations.

01:43These are partisan, left-wing outlets that are funded by the taxpayers.

01:48And this administration does not believe it's a good use of the taxpayers' time and money.

01:53Ed Lawrence.

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