NPR Admits Dropping the Ball on Hunter Biden Laptop Coverage
Earlier this week, NPR finally admitted that it made a mistake in failing to promptly cover the Hunter Biden laptop scandal — as the left-leaning broadcaster fights to keep its federal funding.
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.
GOP lawmakers and the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency are keen on slashing federal funds to both NPR and PBS due to their obvious left-leaning editorial bent.
Most of the funding for both organizations is distributed through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which was allocated $535 million for fiscal year 2024–25.
Maher’s admission corroborates claims made by former NPR editor Uri Berliner, who left the publicly funded outlet last year and criticized his former bosses for ignoring The NY Post’s exclusive reporting about Hunter Biden’s laptop before the 2020 election.
The hearing included testimony from both Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger — though Maher was the primary focus of Republican criticism. Maher, who previously led Wikipedia and assumed the NPR leadership role just last year, was persistently questioned about her personal views and prior social media posts.
Among those was a tweet in which she labeled President Trump a “racist” and “sociopath” during the 2020 presidential campaign.
Confronted directly by Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) about her past comments, Maher conceded, “I regret [them] today.”
She further admitted that NPR’s news team “has work to do” regarding the organization’s provision of “balanced and trustworthy” journalism.
GOP lawmakers zeroed in on NPR’s delayed response in covering revelations about the now-infamous laptop belonging to Hunter Biden and containing material that raised serious questions about his international business activities.
“Our current editorial leadership thinks that was a mistake, as do I,” Maher admitted, referencing NPR’s initial reluctance to investigate the issue.
Only after the initiation of a federal investigation and further authentication of the laptop’s contents, which revealed Hunter Biden’s profitable connections with foreign companies, did NPR begin comprehensive coverage.
The controversy intensified further when Hunter Biden faced felony charges last year that eventually resulted in convictions. However, he was spared jail time after President Joe Biden pardoned him and other family members just before leaving office.
Who hasn’t admitted to “dropping the ball” on the laptop.
And rightfully so as any moron should agree in looking at the timeline.
To begin: it’s October 2020, one month before the election. Trump is stonewalling his felony conviction trial for his “catch and kill” of stories bad, bad, bad for him. This one is about one torrid tawdry, tryst with a Playmate story and another about his dalliance with a porn star with some spanking sex as Melanoma literally brings Barron into the world. What a first day treat! So, as that is happening, suddenly, out of the blue,
– a rabid magaRat blind computer repair store guy says he gave A COPY of Hunter Biden’s laptop hard drive that he has had for years to:
– rabid magaRat and soon-to-be convicted for defamation for $1348M Rudy Ghoulianni. who gives it to:
– a stupid bitch at NYPost who had never bylined a story, was Hannity’s producer on her first four-year stint in magaland had the lead byline
– somehow Bannon gets in the loop saying he’s got a copy too.
You would run that story? Why? Who would believe it except you?
Or try it the other way: James Carval hands a copy of what he says is Eric Trump’s hard drive to MSNBC that has awful stuff on it. Nancy Pelosi has a copy too. They got it from Tommy Danger who worked for AT&T, has TDS, and works with PCs. Tommy is a deaf, dumb and blind guy who has had the drive for years. Does FOX, Newsmax, etc. run the story? Do you?
The story is no longer about the laptop contents, it’s about the laptop story. You guys yell guilty when it’s across the aisle. On your side, you claim “mistakes happen, but we fix them, nothing to see here.”
Sigh.
I spell my name: danger. And I still play a mean pinball.