Fact sheet: Right-wing attacks on public media

On May 8, the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the House of Representatives is holding a hearing titled “Examining Accusations of Ideological Bias at NPR, a Taxpayer Funded News Entity.” Media Matters has submitted into the congressional record the following fact sheet about the long campaign to defund public broadcasting, how it is manifesting currently, and how right-wing interests are pushing to turn all media into right-wing propaganda.