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“Well, when the floods were hitting the people that I represent, it took NPR through Texas Public Radio 19 hours to post anything about the flooding on its social media. What was NPR and TPR doing in the interim?”
That’s not just slow—it’s inexcusable. When people were drowning, NPR was off the airwaves with no warning, no alerts, and no help. According to Roy, they were instead playing a prerecorded Washington, D.C. broadcast that had nothing to do with Texas or the lives at risk.
“They were playing a program, a D.C.-based program, lobbying congress for billions of dollars to continue their funding. When the flood hit at four in the morning, instead of providing local news,” Roy explained.
Meanwhile, local private radio stations jumped into action.
“They didn’t break in like the local stations did and so forth. The seven private stations posted over 70 alerts on their social pages throughout the day started at 7:24 in the morning.”
The message is clear: when Texans needed urgent information, government-backed NPR was nowhere to be found. But private outlets—without a dime of taxpayer cash—delivered real-time updates that could save lives.
“My point being, private stations in the communities in which I live were there for the people of Texas. They were there presenting the information necessary, and the public stations were completely MIA.”
The left loves to cry foul when conservatives call out government waste, especially when it touches their sacred cows like NPR. But this isn’t just about cutting costs. It’s about cutting off a biased machine that no longer serves all Americans.
And this isn’t the first time NPR’s credibility has been torched.
Back in April, longtime NPR editor Uri Berliner blew the whistle on the network’s descent into partisanship. He revealed how the outlet ignored the Hunter Biden laptop story, parroted the now-debunked Trump-Russia narrative, pushed race-based trainings post-George Floyd, and refused to even explore the lab-leak theory behind COVID-19.
So much for unbiased journalism.
Democrats might mourn the loss of their taxpayer-funded echo chamber, but regular Americans are waking up to the truth: NPR and PBS have long since stopped serving the people and now operate as PR departments for the progressive elite.
When emergency sirens should be blaring and lives hang in the balance, Americans don’t need a delayed tape from D.C. They need real-time reporting from professionals who actually care about their communities.
Roy’s takedown is more than just a soundbite—it’s a wake-up call.
It’s time to stop paying for public broadcasters who refuse to show up when it counts.
