<p>The Senate voted in the early hours of Thursday morning to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taking-back-control-senate-votes-to-claw-back-9b-from-foreign-aid-public-broadcasting?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Daniel+Chaitin&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=%E2%80%98Taking+Back+Control%E2%80%99%3A+Senate+Votes+To+Claw+Back+%249B+From+Foreign+Aid%2C+Public+Broadcasting">end</a> federal funding of NPR programs deemed wasteful and ideologically driven. Liberals say the move will reduce safety warnings for rural America, while conservatives point out that NPR has a history of pushing leftist narratives.</p>
<p>To celebrate ending its federal funding, here are some of the worst NPR articles from over the years.</p>
<h3><strong>Hunter Biden&#8217;s Laptop Is A &#8220;Pure Distraction&#8221;</strong></h3>
<p>When the New York Post broke the story about Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop in 2020, media outlets rushed to suppress the story. NPR decided not to cover it at all, saying, &#8220;We don&#8217;t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don&#8217;t want to waste listeners&#8217; and readers&#8217; time on stories that are just pure distractions.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Why haven&#8217;t you seen any stories from NPR about the NY Post&#8217;s Hunter Biden story? Read more in this week&#8217;s newsletter➡️ <a href="https://t.co/CJesPgmGvo">https://t.co/CJesPgmGvo</a> <a href="https://t.co/jAi7PnpbZf">pic.twitter.com/jAi7PnpbZf</a></p>
<p>— NPR Public Editor (@NPRpubliceditor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NPRpubliceditor/status/1319281101223940096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
<p>In an &#8220;analysis&#8221; of the story, NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/10/17/924506867/analysis-questionable-n-y-post-scoop-driven-by-ex-hannity-producer-giuliani">said</a> the Post&#8217;s scoop was &#8220;marked more by red flags than investigative rigor.&#8221;</p>
<p>In 2022, NPR quietly <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/09/29/1125968090/rents-dropped-last-month-but-will-the-trend-continue-hunter-bidens-laptop">admitted</a> the Hunter Biden story might have been worth paying attention to, after all.</p>
<h3><strong>Consider The &#8220;Gay Asylum-Seekers&#8221;</strong></h3>
<p>One story NPR did find worth covering was a 2021 <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/02/17/960455101/trump-years-were-terrifying-for-gay-asylum-seeker">piece</a> titled &#8220;Trump Years Were Terrifying For Gay Asylum-Seeker.&#8221;</p>
<p>The piece explains the life of a gay man afraid of being deported during President Donald Trump&#8217;s first term.</p>
<p>Gay immigrants seem to be one of NPR&#8217;s favorite topics. You can read about gay Muslims <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/01/05/572985673/chechnyas-lgbt-muslim-refugees-struggle-to-cope-in-exile">living</a> in Russia, gay refugees <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/03/04/1084321690/lgbtq-refugees-fleeing-ukraine-face-discrimination-in-countries-with-anti-gay-la">fleeing</a> Ukraine, gay refugees from <a href="https://www.npr.org/2014/02/24/282123664/how-will-ugandan-gay-refugees-be-received-by-u-s">Uganda</a>, or a Mexican shelter for gay immigrants <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/02/08/1220480721/immigration-lgbtq-violence-asylum">coming</a> to the United States — and that&#8217;s not even half of NPR&#8217;s gay immigrant coverage.</p>
<p>The Trump administration is deporting illegal immigrants because they broke the law, not because of anyone&#8217;s sexual orientation. Despite being obsessed with the subject, NPR has yet to find one immigrant who was deported for being gay.</p>
<h3><strong>Everything Is Racist</strong></h3>
<p>In 2020, NPR ran an interview <a href="https://www.npr.org/transcripts/893006538">titled</a> &#8220;Fat Phobia And Its Racist Past And Present.&#8221; The interview went &#8220;all the way back to the transatlantic slave trade to understand the racial origins of fat phobia.&#8221;</p>
<p>The interviewee claimed diet culture came from Europeans deciding to &#8220;be slender&#8221; to &#8220;make [them] the premier race of the world,&#8221; and added, &#8220;There are so many problems&#8221; with &#8220;telling people to lose weight.&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">For more NPR gems about racism, consider stories such as &#8220;<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/01/24/1198909207/racism-minority-health-psychology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Experiencing</a> racism may physically change your brain,&#8221; an article about how &#8220;nice white people&#8221; are <a href="https://www.npr.org/transcripts/873375416?ft=nprml&amp;f=137959638" target="_blank" rel="noopener">still</a> racist, or a long article detailing next steps if you &#8220;<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/08/04/416827667/so-you-flunked-a-racism-test-now-what" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flunked</a> a racism test.&#8221;</span></p>
<h3><strong>Transgender Truckers</strong></h3>
<p>Have you ever driven past a semi on the interstate and wondered if the driver was transgender? He (or she, or they) might be, NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/07/22/1189580630/trucking-is-getting-more-diverse-partly-due-to-a-nationwide-shortage-of-drivers">explained</a> in an interview about &#8220;diverse&#8221; trucking.</p>
<p>The interviewer talked to the founder of a company that screens trucking companies to find out if they &#8220;support LGBTQ drivers or if their health insurance covers things like trans health care.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s trying to bridge the gap between the regular LGBTQ community and trucking community, letting them realize that there is [sic] drivers out here, that it&#8217;s a good option for a job and paying for surgeries and whatever, you know, your personal goal is,&#8221; the company&#8217;s founder said.</p>
<p>NPR also talked to a trans-identifying man to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/1112500881/female-truck-driver-tips">learn</a> about the world of &#8220;women truckers&#8221; and what &#8220;they tell us about about living and working alone.&#8221;</p>
<p>Brandie Diamond describes himself as a &#8220;transgender truck driver/chef/Jill-of-all-trades&#8221; who used his &#8220;windshield time … to explore her [sic] identity as a transgender woman.&#8221;</p>
<p>Alone time is a great way to plot how to change your gender, NPR seems to suggest.</p>
<h3><strong>&#8220;What&#8217;s Bugging You?&#8221;</strong></h3>
<p>In 2013, NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/05/13/183676929/maybe-its-time-to-swap-burgers-for-bugs-says-u-n">ran</a> a story with the headline &#8220;Maybe It&#8217;s Time To Swap Burgers For Bugs, Says U.N.&#8221;</p>
<p>In 2017, NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/09/14/550188017/at-bug-eating-festival-kids-crunch-down-on-the-food-of-the-future">said</a>, &#8220;At Bug-Eating Festival, Kids Crunch Down On The Food Of The Future.&#8221;</p>
<p>In 2018, the outlet <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/07/16/628989973/many-of-our-ancestors-ate-insects-so-what-s-bugging-you">mused</a>, &#8220;Your Ancestors Probably Ate Insects. So What&#8217;s Bugging You?&#8221;</p>
<p>And in 2023, NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1188237695/this-right-wing-conspiracy-theory-about-eating-bugs-is-about-as-racist-as-you-th">wondered</a> why so many conservatives were refusing to eat bugs: &#8220;This right wing conspiracy theory about eating bugs is about as racist as you think.&#8221;</p>
<p>One X user summed up the saga perfectly.</p>
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<p>— Cogent Curmudgeon (@1HonestLiar) <a href="https://twitter.com/1HonestLiar/status/1945707550160142388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<strong>COVID-19 Was Not Created In A Lab</strong></h3>
<p>NPR blasted Americans who believed the &#8220;baseless conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was created in a lab in China,&#8221; saying &#8220;there is zero evidence for this.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">A new poll finds 40% of respondents believe in a baseless conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was created in a lab in China.</p>
<p>There is zero evidence for this. Scientists say the virus was transmitted to humans from another species.<a href="https://t.co/GDTo2geUng">https://t.co/GDTo2geUng</a></p>
<p>— NPR (@NPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1344588336288190464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
The problem? The CIA now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cia-assesses-chinese-lab-leak-responsible-for-coronavirus-pandemic">says</a> COVID-19 originated from a lab leak in China.</p>
<h3><strong>Transgender Dinosaurs</strong></h3>
<p>NPR once spent 10 minutes <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/06/10/1104266396/lgbtq-communitys-battle-for-the-dinosaur-emoji-key-moments-from-jan-6-hearing">describing</a> the battle between pro- and anti-trans activists over the dinosaur emoji. To help explain the controversy, the outlet spoke to a trans-identifying science writer who <a href="https://x.com/Laelaps">uses</a> she/they/it pronouns.</p>
<p>LGBT activists love dinosaurs and use terms like &#8220;allysaurus&#8221; and &#8220;transceritops,&#8221; NPR explained between updates about January 6 hearings.</p>
<p>But then anti-trans activists started using dinosaur emojis.</p>
<p>&#8220;Dinosaurs are ours,&#8221; the science writer said, even though he admitted he doesn&#8217;t know why the LGBT Subreddit loves dinosaurs so much.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a dark day,&#8221; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in response to the NPR cuts.</p>
<p>Well, maybe it is for the transgender dinosaurs. The rest of us are just fine.</p>

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