• Facebook
• Twitter
• Threads
• Flipboard
• Comments
• Print
• Email
• Add Fox News on Google

PBS, NPR ‘stuck their foot in their mouth,’ but now they are ‘gone,’ says Sen. Tuberville

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz discuss the funding cuts to NPR and PBS on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) called on National Public Radio (NPR) CEO Katherine Maher to resign ahead of looming federal spending cuts, according to a New York Times piece published Tuesday.

The New York Times reported that since becoming NPR CEO in 2024, Maher had received backlash not only from "right-wing activists" over alleged political bias but from fellow public broadcasting organizations as well.

According to two people "familiar" with the remarks, Patricia Harrison, the chief executive of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, reportedly spoke to Maher in the spring about whether "to acknowledge concerns from listeners who viewed NPR’s reporting as biased."

2025 LOOKBACK: TRUMP YANKS FEDERAL FUNDING FROM NPR IN MOVE CONSERVATIVE ADVOCATES SAID WAS LONG OVERDUE

President and CEO of National Public Radio Katherine Maher testifies during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on March 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"Ms. Maher rebuffed that suggestion," the Times reported. "She didn’t believe that NPR was biased, and she thought saying so would undermine the organization and fail to placate those who were critical of the network, according to a person familiar with her thinking. After she refused, months of simmering tension between the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and NPR came to the surface. Ms. Harrison told Ms. Maher she should resign her position for the good of public media."

The call reportedly came before President Donald Trump issued an executive order in May defunding NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), both of which received funding from the CPB.

NPR CEO KATHERINE MAHER VENTS 'DEEP FRUSTRATION' OVER GOP CUTS, SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE

Congress later stripped more than $1 billion in funding from the CPB in a recissions package pushed by Trump in July.

Congress stripped funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funded both NPR and PBS, in July. (llison Robbert/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The New York Times report also revealed ongoing tension between NPR and CPB that led to NPR suing CPB for allegedly redirecting congressionally-appropriated funds away from the radio organization in September. As the case was being litigated, emails between the two organizations became public during discovery, revealing further contention.

"There is a dream scenario — we get the money and CPB goes away by the action of Congress," one NPR executive allegedly wrote in an email in April.

NPR HEAD ASKS CRITICS TO 'SHOW ME A STORY' THAT PROVES LIBERAL BIAS AMID DEFUNDING THREATS

Fox News Digital reached out to NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for comment.

NPR CEO Katherine Maher was reportedly told to resign before President Donald Trump's executive order to defund her organization. (Getty Images)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

In August, the CPB announced that it would begin shutting down operations as a result of losing federal funding.

• ·崩坏：星穹铁道2.4版本将于7月31日更新，裸足少女云璃限时获取！
• ·浅谈血池副本应当如何过
• ·eBay汽配卖家峰会擘画出海新征程：聚焦欧美双核市场，发布2026焕新计划
• ·迪桑特全球旗舰店"未来之城"于北京华贸正式揭幕
• ·CBA公布第三周最佳球员：新疆队长与福建外援当选
• ·松潘县川主寺镇牧场村举行为期一周的“夏顿 嘉年华”赛马节
• ·ST康得新近19亿资产遭查封 逾6亿募资被银行划转
• ·龙族卡塞尔之门语音包怎么获得 龙族卡塞尔之门语音包下载教程一览
• ·斯图加特赛莎娃复出豪取两连胜 强势晋级八强
• ·《刺客信条：英灵殿》Steam当前在线超1.6万人 远超《刺客信条：影》
• ·论各组合在战斗方面上存在的一些缺点
• ·2025年Games of the Future盛会历经六天精彩纷呈的活动后圆满落幕
• ·原神6.1幽境危战难5通关攻略
• ·基本确定降级！狼队英超18轮仅拿2分 创百年耻辱纪录
• ·宿松县凉亭镇：“乡村夜校”点亮乡间“法治明灯”
• ·媒体人：听说茹萨确定去成都蓉城 周定洋仍有离队可能