Newsmax host calls for defunding NPR: “It's like a foreign entity invaded the United States and set up this radio network”
Chris Plante: “Big Bird can earn his own paycheck”
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From the November 25, 2024, edition of Newsmax's Chris Plante: The Right Squad
CHRIS PLANTE (HOST): I've been a champion of getting rid of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for way more than a decade. You know, in the media universe that is an ever expanding universe that's exploding before our very eyes, I don't think we need to spend half a billion dollars or more to fund, let's face it, the NPR network is a total — it is a saturation propaganda network, 100% dedicated to the Democrat Party. It's like a foreign entity invaded the United States and set up this radio network.
MICHAEL FOLDI (CO-HOST): And you have a successful radio show with no support from the corporation.
PLANTE: Yeah, that's right. Yeah.
FOLDI: Because people actually want to listen to it.
PLANTE: I could use $535 million dollars for my show.
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PLANTE: All right. Also, you know, Sesame Street is a multi-billion dollar corporation, one of the most profitable outfits in the history of the world. And I think we're still funding them, too. You know, Big Bird can earn his own paycheck.
MERCEDES SCHLAPP (CO-HOST): And they've gone a bit woke, too.
MATT SCHLAPP (CO-HOST): Elmo.