NPR and PBS in the Congressional Hot Seat

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 27, 2025

The leaders of PBS and NPR went before a House subcommittee led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to defend their networks against charges of liberal bias. Bill Grueskin, professor at Columbia Journalism School and a former senior editor at The Wall Street Journal and Miami Herald, offers analysis of the testy hearing. 

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