NPR Relies on LGBTQ+ Activist to 'Report' on Trans Arguments at SCOTUS

January 15th, 2026 6:47 AM

Two highly anticipated cases involving transgender athletes -- i.e. biological men suing for the right to compete in women’s sports came -- before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, with opinions on the cases expected by the end of June. National Public Radio’s All Things Considered covered the opening arguments on Sunday. NPR’s idea of an objective reporter? Transgender (biological female…

NPR Distorts Trans Debate With Activist Lingo: 'Assigned Sex at Birth'

January 13th, 2026 10:29 PM

National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg previewed oral arguments in two Supreme Court cases involving transgender females (i.e., males) participating in female sports on NPR’s Morning Edition Tuesday. Totenberg approached the issue as if the Supreme Court started this skirmish in the “culture wars,” as opposed to the radical “gender-affirming” side that…

NPR Critic: 2026 Media Scene Looks 'Ominous' If Trump Isn't Thrashed

January 12th, 2026 3:00 PM

NPR Critic-at-Large Eric Deggans penned a pessimistic media analysis for Saturday: "2026 looks ominous for media, from Hollywood to journalism." That means an ominous Trumpian trend, but it's amusing how liberal bias aggressively opposing Trump is considered a "gold standard" of "fair, accurate reporting." 

NPR Faults Trump Calling Maduro 'Dictator' After Smearing Him Same Way

January 6th, 2026 8:25 AM

National Public Radio’s Morning Edition offered a petulant rundown of the shocking and wildly successful involuntary expatriation of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro from Caracas to face drug trafficking charges in America (“7 takeaways from Trump's action in Venezuela”). Senior political editor Domenico Montanaro unleashed this doozy of a double-standard for entry No. 4, sub-headed…

NPR Anchor Inskeep: Much Evidence of Our Liberal Bias Is 'Imaginary'

January 5th, 2026 10:02 PM

As you should expect, NPR Morning Edition anchor Steve Inskeep is a cheerleader for his “news” network. On his Substack page came a titled “Public radio may be stronger in 2026.” He claimed "The fact-free hypothesis of NPR’s partisan critics was that NPR lost audience in the early 2020’s because it was too woke... much of the 'evidence' of bias was imaginary."

NPR Sounds Like DNC Radio, Promotes Trump-Trashing Takes on Venezuela

January 4th, 2026 6:53 PM

There’s nothing like a dramatic military action by President Trump to underline how much National “Public” Radio sounds like DNC Radio. Both Sen. Tim Kaine and Rep. Adam Smith were gently set up to denounce Trump, on Saturday morning and evening. 

NewsBusters Podcast: Media Deny Trump Any 'Achievements' in 2025

January 2nd, 2026 9:35 AM

What were President Trump’s “achievements” in 2025? The media use and abuse of this term is an important measurement of bias. Conservative wins don't get the A-word.  Achievements are programs like Obamacare, lauded as Obama’s “signature achievement.” It doesn’t matter if the Affordable Care Act ended up affordable. Capitalism is measured by its results. Socialism is measured by intentions.…

New York Times Hails NPR CEO's 'Unyielding' Denial of Leftist Bias

December 31st, 2025 3:22 PM

The New York Times is not your most reliable narrator on all stories about NPR: their weekday podcast The Daily runs on hundreds of NPR affiliates, which creates an obvious rooting interest for the network. On Tuesday, Times media reporter Benjamin Mullin poured on the sympathy.

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Screw-Ups, Shutdowns, & Soros: Our Ten Most-Read Stories of 2025

December 31st, 2025 1:34 PM

2025 marked a year of arguably unparalleled success for the NewsBusters team seeing as how, along with chronicling the best and worst in daily and long-term liberal media bias, we helped see to a successful conclusion a decades-long fight to defund National Public Radio (NPR) and PBS. As you’ll see below in our top-ten list of the most read stories, you’ll see NPR come up along with the major…

NPR Won't Credit Trump as Crime Plummets, Will Blame Him If It Rises

December 27th, 2025 9:55 AM

“Crime in the U.S. fell in 2025. Will the trend continue?” ran on the Christmas Eve edition of National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. But after months of coverage bashing President Trump for sending troops into cities to fight crime (i.e. “Do Trump's D.C. moves echo an authoritarian playbook?”) Trump gets no credit in reporter Meg Anderson’s good-news story about an…

Why Wikipedia Matters in Big Tech Bias & Censorship Battle

December 23rd, 2025 10:01 AM

Wikipedia's reliability remains contentious as Big Tech elevates its content despite its editable nature and left-leaning bias. Studies reveal that Google and AI platforms frequently prioritize Wikipedia's content, often to the detriment of conservative perspectives. Wikipedia's citation disparity highlights its favor for leftist media. There is growing concern that Wikipedia’s influence…

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PBS: You Need a Medical Degree to Claim Men Can't Become Women

December 22nd, 2025 10:09 PM

The PBS News Hour doubled down on its advocacy for transgender surgery for minors on Thursday evening, reacting with condescension and alarm to President Trump’s move to restrict so-called “gender-affirming medical care for minors.” This time PBS paired up with its (former) taxpayer-funded outlet National Public Radio. Co-anchor Amna Nawaz: "The Trump administration today took its…

When NPR Hates: 'Vehemently Anti-Trans, Anti-LGBTQI+, Anti-Abortion'

December 20th, 2025 8:20 PM

In the Biden years, National "Public" Radio acted as a supine publicist for leftists with strong opinions on gender -- starting with HHS Assistant Secretary Rachel [Richard] Levine. On Friday, NPR global health correspondent Jonathan Lambert was putting out the warning siren with this headline: "America's new top health diplomat has strong opinions on abortion and gender."

NPR's Softball Interview with 'Superstar' Zohran Mamdani's Radical Dad

December 17th, 2025 3:13 PM

National "Public" Radio loves the radical socialist Mamdanis. This is an easy exhibit in their dramatic ideological bias. On Tuesday's Morning Edition, co-host Leila Fadel offered a seven-minute softball interview with radical professor Mahmood Mamdani, twice describing his son Zohran Mamdani as a "political superstar."