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By Mark
Swanson | Sunday, 30 March 2025 03:20 PM EDT
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/bill-maher-npr-far-left/2025/03/30/id/1204954/
Comedian
Bill Maher,
host of HBO's "Real Time," called National
Public Radio the
“crazy far left” during a discussion about whether the media outlet — along
with PBS
— should continue getting subsidized by the federal government.
Maher made the
comments during the “Overtime” portion of his latest show which
dropped Friday. The question about federal subsidies came after the heads of
NPR and PBS testified before a House subcommittee last week.
Maher,
a self-described classic liberal, made the case against subsidies,
which reportedly account for 1% of NPR’s funding while 16% of PBS’ funding
comes from federal subsidies.
“I also
read my namesake, Katherine Maher, head of NPR. And, you know, she said we're
completely unbiased. Give me a break, lady. I mean, they're crazy far left. So,
I mean, I think we're past, my view, we're past the age, really, where the
government, first of all, why do we need to subsidize?” Maher said in posing
the question to show guests, author and New York Times contributor John
McWhorter and columnist Rikki Schlott of the New York Post.
“And
we're so polarized. These outlets became popular at a time when Republicans and
Democrats didn't hate each other and weren't at each other's throats and didn't
think each other was an existential threat. In that world, you can't have
places like this, I think, anymore. They have to be private,” Maher added.
President
Donald Trump called on Congress to defund NPR and PBS.
"NPR
and PBS, two horrible and completely biased platforms (Networks!), should be
DEFUNDED by Congress, IMMEDIATELY. Republicans, don't miss this opportunity to
rid our Country of this giant SCAM, both being arms of the Radical Left
Democrat Party,” Trump said in Truth
Social post Thursday.
Connecting
the Dots:
Chuck Hagel is a
director at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the secretary
for the U.S. Department of Defense and the chair for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and a benefactor for the NPR.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the NPR and
the Sundance Institute.
Henry W. McGee was
a trustee at the Sundance Institute and the president of HBO
Video.
HBO Video is a
division of HBO.
Real
Time With Bill Maher is an HBO program.
Lyn Davis Lear is
a trustee at the Sundance Institute and married to Norman
Lear.
Patricia E.
Mitchell is the vice chair for the Sundance Institute and
was the president & CEO for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Geoffrey K. Sands is
a director at the Sundance Institute and a director at the Public
Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Newton N. Minow was the chairman for the Public Broadcasting
Service (PBS), is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
James S.
Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank) and the NPR.
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and was a
benefactor for the NPR.
Lester Crown was
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial
Club of Chicago, Members Directory
http://commercialclubchicago.org/members/e.html
Please
note: This link for the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer
be found.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past
Research)
Tuesday,
December 17, 2013
http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/commercial-club-of-chicago-members.html
Robert H. Malott is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was a lifetime trustee
at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a board member for
the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago
and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
John Edward Porter is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and
a director at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the NPR.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and a benefactor for the NPR.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F.
Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was the chairman for
the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Chuck Hagel is a
director at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the secretary
for the U.S. Department of Defense and the chair for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and a benefactor for the NPR.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the NPR and
the Sundance Institute.
Henry W. McGee was
a trustee at the Sundance Institute and the president of HBO
Video.
HBO Video is a
division of HBO.
Real
Time With Bill Maher is an HBO program.
Lyn Davis Lear is
a trustee at the Sundance Institute and married to Norman
Lear.
Patricia E.
Mitchell is the vice chair for the Sundance Institute and
was the president & CEO for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Geoffrey K. Sands is
a director at the Sundance Institute and a director at the Public
Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Newton N. Minow was the chairman for the Public Broadcasting
Service (PBS), is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, John F. Kerry’s brother
and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the NPR and the Roosevelt Institute.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society, a benefactor for the NPR and is Jonathan
Soros’s father.
Quentin Schaffer is
a governor at the Roosevelt Institute and the EVP for HBO.
Jonathan Soros is George Soros’s son, a
senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and was
the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt
Institute, the Sundance Institute and the NPR.
Henry W. McGee was
a trustee at the Sundance Institute and the president of HBO
Video.
HBO Video is a
division of HBO.
Real
Time With Bill Maher is an HBO program.
Lyn Davis Lear is
a trustee at the Sundance Institute, married to Norman Lear
and a director at the Lear Family Foundation.
Norman Lear is
married to Lyn Davis Lear was a director at the Lear Family
Foundation and a director at People for the American Way.
Lear
Family Foundation was a funder for People for the American Way.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for People for
the American Way and the NPR.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and was a benefactor for the NPR.
Seth
MacFarlane is
a director at the People for the American Way and a friend of Bill
Maher.
Bill Maher is a
friend of Seth MacFarlane and the host of Real Time With
Bill Maher.
Real
Time With Bill Maher is an HBO program.
HBO Video is a
division of HBO.
Henry W. McGee was
the president of HBO Video and a trustee at the Sundance Institute.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder Sundance
Institute, for the People for the American Way and the NPR.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and was a benefactor for the NPR.
Lyn Davis Lear is
a trustee at the Sundance Institute, married to Norman Lear
and a director at the Lear Family Foundation.
Lear
Family Foundation was a funder for the People for the American
Way.
Yolanda
Parker is a director at People for the American Way and was
a fundraiser for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Priorities
USA Action is a super PAC supporting the 2012 Barack Obama
presidential campaign.
Bill Maher was
a contributor for Priorities USA Action, is a friend of Seth
MacFarlane and the host of Real Time With Bill Maher.
Seth MacFarlane is
a director at the People for the American Way and a friend of Bill
Maher.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the People for
the American Way, the Sundance Institute and the NPR.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and a benefactor for the NPR.
Henry W. McGee was
a trustee at the Sundance Institute and the president of HBO
Video.
Kenneth D. Cole is
a trustee at the Sundance Institute and married to Maria
Cuomo Cole.
Maria Cuomo Cole is
married to Kenneth D. Cole, and a trustee at the Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun Safety, Gun
Control” group for guns.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a national partner with America
Votes and a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a contributor for the Americans for Responsible
Solutions and Diana L. Taylor’s companion.
Diana L. Taylor is Michael
R. Bloomberg’s companion and was a director at the Brookfield
Office Properties.
Brookfield
Office Properties is the owner of Zuccotti Park.
Zuccotti Park is
the staging area for 2011 NYC protests for Occupy Wall Street.
Occupy Wall
Street was the initial protest for Occupy Movement.
Movement
Resource Group was a funder for the Occupy Movement.
Lear
Family Foundation was a funder for the Movement Resource Group
and the People for the American Way.
Norman Lear is
a director at the People for the American Way, the president of
the Lear Family Foundation and married to Lyn Davis Lear.
People
for the American Way is a national partner with America Votes.
Lyn Davis Lear is married to Norman Lear, a director at
the Lear Family Foundation and a trustee at the Sundance
Institute.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the People
for the American Way, the Sundance Institute and the NPR.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and a benefactor for the NPR.
Henry W. McGee was
a trustee at the Sundance Institute and the president of HBO
Video.
HBO Video is a
division of HBO.
Real
Time With Bill Maher is an HBO program.
Bill Maher is
the host of Real Time With Bill Maher and a friend of Seth
MacFarlane.
Seth MacFarlane is
a friend of Bill Maher and a director at the People for the
American Way.
People
for the American Way is a national partner with America Votes.
Brady
Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is a national partner with America
Votes, and a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a national partner with America
Votes and a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Cecile Richards was
the founder & president of America Votes, is the president of
the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and the president of the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was a benefactor for the NPR.
Planned
Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America
Votes.
People
for the American Way is a national partner with America Votes.
Seth MacFarlane is
a director at the People for the American Way and a friend of Bill
Maher.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the People for
the American Way, the Sundance Institute, the NPR and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and a benefactor for the NPR.
John Edward Porter is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
director at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Robert H. Malott
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a
board member for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank) and the NPR.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and a benefactor for the NPR.
Resources:
Past Research
NPR
Links Bundy--not Occupy--to Las Vegas Murders (Past
Research on NPR)
Tuesday,
June 17, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/06/npr-links-bundy-not-occupy-to-las-vegas.html
PBS
'Favorites' Tweet from Guy Who Just Wished Death on Brandon Darby *UPDATE: PBS
Apologizes* (Past Research on PBS)
Monday,
November 4, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/pbs-favorites-tweet-from-guy-who-just.html
Bill
Maher Mocks World War II Vets: Greatest Generation Not 'Brightest Generation' (Past Research on Bill Maher)
Sunday,
October 6, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/10/bill-maher-mocks-world-war-ii-vets.html
HBO:
Entertaining or Indoctrinating? (Past Research on
HBO)
Friday,
January 24, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/01/hbo-entertaining-or-indoctrinating.html
Hours
After John Kerry Demands Green Transition Accelerated – His Emissions Closet
Swings Wide Open (Connecting the Dots: Cameron Kerry, John Kerry, Teresa Heinz
Kerry, Soros, the Climate Reality Project, the Brookings Institution (think
tank), the EPA and onto the FDA, Pfizer & Johnson & Johnson. It’s the
Network That Never Ends. One Project (Climate Change) Just bleeds into the Next
(Covid Project)) (Past Research on Cameron Kerry)
Thursday,
July 21, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/07/hours-after-john-kerry-demands-green.html
Smaller
Bites: Connecting the Dots: Norman Lear, His Wife Lyn Davis Lear & Soros
Funding, All Networking (Past Research on Norman
Lear)
Thursday,
December 7, 2023
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/12/smaller-bites-connecting-dots-norman.html
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