共和党議員、米公共メディアへの資金打ち切り要求　「国民を洗脳」

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】米共和党議員は２６日、米ラジオ局ＮＰＲや放送局ＰＢＳなどの公共メディアへの連邦政府の資金提供を打ち切るべきだとし、こうしたメディアは「米国民を洗脳」していると非難した。（写真は、米ワシントンの連邦議会議事堂で開催された下院監視・政府改革委員会の公聴会に出席した共和党のマージョリー・テイラー・グリーン下院議員）
　極右で、ドナルド・トランプ大統領の熱烈な支持者として知られるマージョリー・テイラー・グリーン下院議員（共和党）は公聴会で、公共メディアへの資金提供を統括している非営利団体、公共放送協会（ＣＰＢ）について、「ＣＰＢの資金提供を完全に停止し、解体することを求める」と主張。
　ＮＰＲとＰＢＳの責任者に対して、「こうした公共放送局から発信される内容は非常に過激で、米国民、特に子どもたちを洗脳している」と訴えた。
　他の共和党議員やトランプ氏も伝統的なニュースメディアを「国民の敵」と呼んで批判しており、グリーン氏も同様の批判を繰り返した。
　６０年近く前に設立されたＣＰＢは、議会で２０２７年までの予算を承認されており、５億ドル（約７５２億円）以上の資金を提供されている。
　それぞれの放送局の推定によると、ＮＰＲは約４０００万人の米国民が週に少なくとも１回は聴取しており、ＰＢＳの視聴者は月間約３６００万人に上る。
　ジョージア州選出のグリーン氏は、ＮＰＲとＰＢＳは「都市部の裕福な白人のリベラル派や進歩派といった少ない視聴者向けの急進左派のエコーチェンバー」になっているとも主張した。
　これに対して、テキサス州選出のジャスミン・クロケット氏ら、民主党議員は激しく反発。同氏はグリーン氏について、「ＦＯＸニュース以外のすべてのメディアを閉鎖したがっている」と非難した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2025/03/27-16:26）

Congressional Republicans on Wednesday took aim at federal funding for US public media, including radio network NPR and broadcast channel PBS, accusing them of brainwashing the American people during a hearing.
We will be calling for the complete and total defunding and dismantling of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), said Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a hard-right supporter of President Donald Trump, in reference to the nonprofit which oversees US public media funding.
Addressing the heads of National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, Greene said: The content that is being put out through these state-sponsored outlets is so radical it is brainwashing the American people, and more significantly American children.
Greene criticized the outlets for pushing a political agenda which included the LGBTQ indoctrination of children, and the systemic racism narrative, as well as being anti-family, pro-crime fake news.
The attacks by Greene echo media criticism by other Republicans and Trump, who frequently refers to legacy news media as the enemy of the people.
Greene also sits on the House Committee on Government Efficiency, formed in support of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Trump's billionaire advisor Elon Musk and charged with slashing federal spending.
However, the CPB -- established nearly 60 years ago -- has already had its budget approved by Congress until 2027, with over $500 million in funding.
Some 40 million Americans tune in to NPR at least once a week, and about 36 million watch their local PBS station each month, according to estimates from the outlets.
The Republican congresswoman from Georgia went on to say NPR and PBS have grown to become radical left-wing echo chambers for a narrow audience of mostly wealthy, white, urban liberals and progressives.
The critiques drew fierce blowback from Democrats, including Representative Jasmine Crockett from Texas, who said Greene wants to shut down everybody that is not Fox News, a broadcaster preferred by many conservatives.
NPR chief executive Katherine Maher estimated the radio station received $120 million from the CPB in 2025, less than five percent of its budget.
Brian Jack, another Republican representative from Georgia, asked Maher if NPR could survive without the funding.
It would be incredibly damaging to the national radios system, Maher said. If federal funding for our network goes away, it means that people in rural parts of America would be harmed.
Democrat Stephen Lynch was also critical of the way Republicans led the hearing, saying it should be talking about the security breach that occurred recently, in reference to the leaked Signal group chat among US government officials.
Today the controlling House majority is afraid to do its job, it is afraid to hold Trump and Trump's administration accountable.