[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 62 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              LIBERAL BIAS FOUND AT NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, one of the problems we have in society 
that came to light is that people who influence public opinion are, 
particularly when funded by the government, too much, in my opinion, in 
favor of the left. Public universities certainly should be giving a 
very even distribution of information.
  Recently, in an under-published story, a great guy, a liberal guy, 
Uri Berliner, a senior business editor at NPR, reviewed the party 
designation of 87 members in the local NPR office.
  I asked people how many they think are registered Democrat and 
Republican. People laughed and said all 87, or they would bet 84 are 
Democrat and 3 are Republican. Actually, it is 87 and zero.
  Now, I respect Uri Berliner, a liberal, for digging out this 
information.
  Be that as it may, Mr. Speaker, can you imagine that, right now, 
there is such a complete lack of diversity in the type of people who 
disseminate how to deal with the issues today that the NPR local office 
is made up of 87 Democrats and zero Republicans?
  I hope everybody in this Chamber, not only in the field of education 
but apparently also in the field of broadcast news, realizes we have a 
fundamental problem in this country and that we have no diversity in 
the newsroom or in the faculty lounge.

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