Ted Cruz: “public broadcasting has long been overtaken by partisan activists, plain and simple. This isn't just an abstract…”

“public broadcasting has long been overtaken by partisan activists, plain and simple. This isn't just an abstract critique. NPR and PBS have revealed their leftwing bias time and time again. When blowing the whistle on NPR, Uri Berliner, a former senior editor-- himself a leftwing Democrat--wrote that ``NPR has always had a liberal bent. . . . An opened-minded spirit no longer exists within NPR . . . we don't have an audience that reflects America. Exhibit A: After the New York Post broke the Hunter Biden laptop story, NPR ran political cover for the Democrats, refusing to cover the story. We don't want to waste listeners' and readers' time on stories that are just pure distractions. Mind you, the story was true; that is why they didn't want to cover it. As for PBS, its coverage of last year's DNC was only 12 percent negative; the RNC, a staggering 72 percent negative. If you want to watch leftwing propaganda, turn on MSNBC, but the taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize it. I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment.”