t took nearly five years, but NPR on Wednesday finally admitted that the left-leaning broadcaster made a mistake in failing to promptly cover the Hunter Biden laptop scandal.
The mea culpa by NPR’s chief executive Katherine Maher came during intense questioning from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and other Republican legislators during a congressional subcommittee hearing regarding the broadcaster’s perceived bias in its coverage.
“I do want to say that NPR acknowledges we were mistaken in failing to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story more aggressively or sooner,” Maher told the committee. NPR's chief executive Katherine Maher acknowledged publicly on Wednesday that the broadcaster erred in failing to promptly cover the Hunter Biden laptop story.
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Failed to cover is a whole lot different from... Refused to cover because it would hurt joe Biden getting elected and that you are a hack.
Oopsy!
We're very sorry. We pinky swear it won't happen again.
Maher, who previously led Wikipedia and assumed the NPR leadership role just last year, was persistent questioned about her personal views and prior social media posts.
That explains a lot.
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