Why doesn’t NPR defund itself?

The CEO of National Public Radio, Katherine Maher, just testified before Congress amid a push to defund NPR and PBS. It’s hard to imagine how it could’ve gone worse for Maher.

Rep. Brandon Gill, a Texas Republican, confronted the NPR executive with her own statements and completely destroyed her credibility in just a few minutes of questioning. He asked Maher whether she still believes “America is addicted to white supremacy” and “America believes in black plunder and white democracy,” two statements Maher made on Twitter in 2020, which she conveniently claimed to believe no longer.