The move comes after a former NPR editor claimed the outlet has a leftist bias.
A Florida man is in critical condition after setting himself on fire at a New York City park shortly after posting manifesto online.by RAY LEWIS | The National Desk Rep. Jim Banks and the NPR logo in Washington, D.C. Rep. Jim Banks , R-Ind., introduced legislation Friday to defund NPR after one of its former editors accused the outlet of liberal bias .
It’s time to pull the plug on this national embarrassment,” Rep. Banks told The National Desk . “Congress must stop spending other people’s hard-earned money on low grade propaganda.”for The Free Press that NPR had lost its politically diverse audience, pointing to purported statistics showing the outlet’s listenership was more liberal last year than in 2011.
Rep. Banks echoed the former editor’s concerns, claiming NPR CEO Katherine Maher operates with a liberal bias.
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