The Megyn Kelly Show - March 27, 2025


NPR and PBS Grilled on Bias, Signal Story's Latest Details, Crockett Doubles Down： AM Update 3⧸27

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media bias and trust in NPR signal controversy Jasmine Crockett's comments and Governors Abbott's response
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Megyn Kelly
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Jasmine Crockett Pete Hegseth Catherine Marr Uri Berliner Hunter Biden Greg Abbott Trump Jimmy Gomez Marjorie Taylor Greene Jeffrey Goldberg Caroline Levitt John Ratcliffe Jackie Heinrich James Bosberg Adam Schiff James Comer Marco Rubio Josie Bizak Emily Ladow Jim Jordan and 7 more
Jordan Peterson on Pathological Masculinity, Alarming Political Gender Gap Among Young Voters, and Snow White ｜ Ep. 1035 Shocking DOGE Findings, Elon vs. Sen. Kelly, and Hillary's Hypocrisy, with Mark Halperin, Sean Spicer, and Dan Turrentine ｜ Ep. 1037

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Heads of publicly funded outlets NPR and PBS called to Capitol Hill to answer for their left wing political bias. The Atlantic Magazine s signal messaging story dominates left wing media for the third day, with reaction falling mostly along party lines. And a Democrat congresswoman from Texas is under fire for mocking Texas Governor Greg Abbott s disability. All that and more coming up in just a moment on Your AM Update.

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00:00:00.000 Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Thursday, March 27th, 2025. And this is your
00:00:08.400 AM update. He said he found 87 registered Democrats, zero Republicans. Is that accurate?
00:00:15.540 We do not track the numbers or the voter registration. Heads of publicly funded
00:00:19.980 outlets, NPR and PBS called to Capitol Hill to answer for their left wing political bias.
00:00:25.600 Well, I don't know about downplay. The press upplays it. I think it's all a witch hunt.
00:00:29.840 That's all. I think it's a witch hunt. The Atlantic magazine's signal messaging story
00:00:34.360 dominates left wing media for the third day, with reaction falling mostly along party lines
00:00:39.660 and Democrat congresswoman from Texas, Jasmine Crockett under fire for mocking Texas Governor 0.98
00:00:46.440 Greg Abbott's disability. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM update.
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00:01:58.340 Heads of NPR and PBS testifying in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee
00:02:04.080 on Wednesday. Both outlets receiving a mix of direct and indirect funding from the federal government.
00:02:09.480 NPR reporting 8% of its 2022 budget coming from the publicly funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
00:02:16.980 another 6% from federal, state and local governments. PBS says 14% of its operating budget
00:02:24.180 comes from the feds. Republicans have long criticized both outlets for what they say is intense media bias
00:02:30.340 against the right. GOP lawmakers' frustrations targeted mostly at NPR in the hearing. Last year,
00:02:37.460 25-year NPR veteran, Uri Berliner, confirming the left-wing NPR bias in a free press essay titled
00:02:44.720 I've Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here's How We Lost America's Trust. Mr. Berliner writing, quote,
00:02:51.360 today those who listen to NPR or read its coverage online find the distilled worldview of a very small
00:02:57.880 segment of the U.S. population. Republican Congressman from Ohio Jim Jordan questioning NPR CEO
00:03:03.800 Catherine Marr on some of Mr. Berliner's claims. In the D.C. area, editorial positions at NPR,
00:03:12.480 he said he found 87 registered Democrats, zero Republicans. Is that accurate? We do not track
00:03:19.620 the numbers or the voter registration, but I find that concerning. Was award-winning journalist who
00:03:23.460 worked 25 years at NPR, Mr. Berliner, was he lying when he wrote that? I am not presuming such. I just
00:03:30.580 don't have, we don't track that information about our journalists. One wonders why Ms. Marr, if she 1.00
00:03:35.280 finds this possibility so concerning, never bothered to check it out. A month after Mr. Berliner's essay,
00:03:42.160 NPR implemented an additional editorial review process involving a final check by six editors,
00:03:48.780 none of whom appears to be right-leaning. Ms. Marr herself has a long history of expressing
00:03:53.920 controversial opinions. Most written knowledge today has been written by white, colonial, European,
00:04:02.180 North American men. And so one of the things that we're really focused on is how do we think about
00:04:07.080 correcting the record? The number one challenge here that we see is, of course, the First Amendment in
00:04:12.620 the United States. In 2016, Ms. Marr tweeting, quote, airline business class demographics are such a pet
00:04:19.260 peeve of mine. In the lounge and on the plane, usually more than 80% male, usually white. After
00:04:26.380 Joe Biden's win in November 2020, Ms. Marr tweeting, I can't stop crying with relief. Many similar examples
00:04:34.160 remain on her X feed and were the subject of some questioning on Wednesday. Do you believe that America
00:04:40.800 believes in black plunder and white democracy? I don't believe that, sir. You tweeted that in reference 0.85
00:04:48.560 to a book you were reading at the time, apparently, The Case for Reparations. I don't think I've ever
00:04:53.880 read that book, sir. You tweeted about it. You said you took a day off to fully read The Case for
00:05:00.300 Reparations. You put that on Twitter in January of 2020. Apologies, I don't recall that I did.
00:05:06.540 Do you think that white people should pay reparations? I have never said that, sir.
00:05:10.260 Yes, you did. You said it in January of 2020. You tweeted, yes, the North. Yes, all of us. Yes,
00:05:16.740 America. Yes, our original collective sin and unpaid debt. Yes, reparations. Yes, on this day.
00:05:22.820 Why did you call President Trump a fascist and a deranged racist sociopath in 2020? 0.98
00:05:28.980 Congressman, I appreciate the opportunity to address this. I regret those tweets. I would not 0.96
00:05:33.400 tweet them again today. Republican lawmakers also calling out uneven NPR coverage of investigations
00:05:38.880 into the Trump and Biden presidencies. And in 2020, unfortunately, NPR's managing editor for
00:05:44.740 news refused to cover the story, and he branded it a, quote, waste of time. How many times did you
00:05:49.640 all interview Adam Schiff about the Russia collusion? I'm sorry, sir. I don't have that
00:05:54.000 number. It was 25 times. You know how many times NPR interviewed chairman of this committee,
00:05:59.360 oversight committee, Jamie Comer, about the Biden impeachment inquiry for the Hunter Biden tax
00:06:03.080 evasion and illicit business dealings of the Biden family? I'm sorry, sir. I don't know.
00:06:07.180 I believe that's zero. So it's 25 to zero. The Hunter Biden laptop story, which was later verified
00:06:12.700 as completely true, suppressed by the media in the weeks leading up to the 2020 election.
00:06:18.400 NPR did not acknowledge the laptop's authenticity until 17 months later. Democrats on the committee
00:06:24.920 mocking and condemning the hearing. Is Elmo now or has he ever been a member of the Communist Party
00:06:32.060 of the United States? A yes or no? No. Madam Chair, if shame was still a thing, 0.99
00:06:38.500 this hearing would be shameful. My Republican colleagues don't want to talk about the corporate
00:06:43.140 waste, fraud and abuse because those corporations fund the Republicans' campaigns. So instead,
00:06:49.060 they want to shut down educational programming for kids. Side note, Sesame Street was sold to HBO back in
00:06:55.540 2015. Chairman of the committee, Marjorie Taylor Greene, concluding the hearing, saying she will
00:07:01.020 refer NPR and PBS to the Doge team for funding cuts. President Trump expressing support for the idea
00:07:07.680 on Tuesday. Would you be interested in defunding and taking away taxpayer dollars to NPR and PBS?
00:07:16.580 Well, I would love to do that. I think it's very unfair. It's been very biased with the whole group.
00:07:20.860 The kind of money that's being wasted. And it's a very biased view. You know that better than anybody.
00:07:26.920 And I'd be honored to see it end.
00:07:34.240 Reaction to The Atlantic magazine's big bombshell that its editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was
00:07:40.000 copied on alleged war plans by top intel and defense officials falling mostly along party lines.
00:07:47.160 The Atlantic, releasing the details of what it initially referred to as, quote, war plans,
00:07:52.220 now slightly softened to say, quote, attack plans. The newly revealed messages show Secretary of Defense
00:07:58.200 Pete Hegseth texting the group on the Signal app a timeline of the administration's planned attack
00:08:04.340 on the Houthi rebels. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt fielding multiple questions in a tense White House
00:08:09.700 briefing. We have said all along that no classified material was sent on this messaging thread.
00:08:15.700 What is it about what Pete Hegseth wrote that makes you say this is not classified?
00:08:20.620 Well, it's not just me saying that, Peter. It's the Secretary of Defense himself.
00:08:24.580 Why aren't launch times on a mission strike classified?
00:08:29.220 Again, I would defer you to the Secretary of Defense's statement.
00:08:32.140 President Trump dismissing concerns about the security lapse.
00:08:34.820 It's something that is not a big deal, other than you want to find out who did it and how they did it,
00:08:42.720 because you don't want to happen, you know, in the future. You can't have that happen.
00:08:47.200 Well, I don't know about downplay. The press upplays it. I think it's all a witch hunt. That's all. I think it's a witch hunt.
00:08:52.540 Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was in the group chat weighing in on the controversy from a tour of the Caribbean,
00:08:58.700 appearing to distance himself from the matter.
00:09:00.700 If someone made a big mistake and added a journalist, just speaking for my role, I contributed to it twice.
00:09:08.380 I identified my point of contact, which is my chief of staff.
00:09:11.980 And then later on, I think three hours after the White House's official announcements had been made,
00:09:17.660 I congratulated the members of the team.
00:09:19.920 A left-wing federal watchdog group called American Oversight now suing the Trump administration,
00:09:25.760 saying their use of signal is a violation of the Federal Records Act.
00:09:29.640 The case randomly assigned to U.S. District Judge James Bosberg,
00:09:34.500 the same judge who issued a nationwide injunction against the Trump administration
00:09:37.980 on its invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected Venezuelan gang members.
00:09:44.200 The signal controversy dominating the questions in a Wednesday House Intelligence Committee hearing.
00:09:49.860 Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe
00:09:53.840 defending their participation in the chat.
00:09:56.480 What was shared today reflects the fact that I was not directly involved with that part of the signal chat.
00:10:03.400 Those messages were revealed today and revealed that I did not transmit classified information.
00:10:09.880 Democrats on the committee repeatedly admonishing the intel officials.
00:10:13.180 Y'all, the idea that this information, if it was presented to our committee, would not be classified,
00:10:20.020 y'all know, is a lie. That's ridiculous. 0.98
00:10:22.640 This is classified information. This is classified information. 0.92
00:10:26.640 Secretary Hegseth, who undoubtedly transmitted classified,
00:10:31.180 sensitive operational information via this chain, must resign immediately.
00:10:36.840 Democrat Congressman from California, Jimmy Gomez, questioning Secretary Hegseth's sobriety.
00:10:43.480 To your knowledge, do you know whether Pete Hegseth had been drinking before he leaked classified information?
00:10:49.780 You know, no, I'm going to answer that. I think that's an offensive line of questioning. The answer is no.
00:10:55.120 This was a question that's on the top of minds of every American.
00:10:59.060 He stood in front of a podium in Europe holding a drink. So, of course, we want to know if his performance is compromised.
00:11:09.700 The congressman referencing a quickly debunked claim from a left-wing media troll after a February NATO press conference.
00:11:17.760 A still image at the time showed Secretary Hegseth appearing to sip a brown liquid from a glass in a room full of people,
00:11:24.920 which sparked speculation by one troll of alcohol consumption.
00:11:30.420 However, video of the incident revealing the glass was actually filled with clear water,
00:11:34.860 its color simply distorted in one still shot by the appearance of Hegseth's hand behind it.
00:11:41.200 Congressman Gomez trying to smear the defense secretary as crafting military actions while drunk with zero evidence.
00:11:48.880 Coming up, Democrat congresswoman from Texas, Jasmine Crockett, under fire for calling wheelchair-bound Texas Governor Greg Abbott Governor Hot Wheels.
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00:12:59.980 Democrat congresswoman from Texas, Jasmine Crockett, under fire for making particularly nasty comments
00:13:05.700 about Texas Governor Greg Abbott and his disability.
00:13:08.740 Congresswoman Crockett, over the weekend, speaking at a human rights campaign event.
00:13:14.560 You know, the human rights campaign that fights for equality for all, especially for, quote,
00:13:20.960 the most marginalized.
00:13:22.940 Y'all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there.
00:13:25.260 Come on now. 0.98
00:13:27.840 And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot-ass mess, honey. 0.99
00:13:32.780 The audience laughed. 0.97
00:13:35.300 In 1984, an oak tree fell on the then-26-year-old Mr. Abbott, paralyzing him from the waist down.
00:13:42.140 It was seemingly all leading disability advocacy groups could do to begrudgingly express mild
00:13:47.660 criticism of Ms. Crockett's remarks.
00:13:51.140 Josie Bizak, director at the United Spinal Association, saying, quote,
00:13:55.220 Representative Crockett has a history of protecting the programs and rights of people with disabilities,
00:14:00.500 and that's wonderful.
00:14:02.060 At the same time, the stigma is real.
00:14:05.080 Disability rights advocate Emily Ladow telling Politico, quote,
00:14:08.460 Right now, we're in really tenuous times where you don't want to make a foe out of someone who is otherwise a friend,
00:14:15.500 like Crockett clearly is, but we cannot hold one side to account and not the other.
00:14:21.420 Congresswoman Crockett on Tuesday in damage control mode, posting to X, quote, 0.70
00:14:26.300 I wasn't thinking about the governor's condition.
00:14:28.940 I was thinking about the planes, trains, and automobiles he used to transfer migrants into communities 1.00
00:14:35.360 led by black mayors deliberately stoking tension and fear among the most vulnerable. 0.97
00:14:41.600 Fox News' Jackie Henrich asking the congresswoman on Wednesday if she would like to apologize.
00:14:47.860 I put out a statement regarding that.
00:14:49.620 You didn't apologize.
00:14:50.340 Why would I apologize when I put out a statement?
00:14:54.100 The Washington Free Beacon reporting Ms. Crockett previously liked multiple social media posts 0.97
00:15:00.080 referring to Abbott as Hot Wheels before the governor's migrant busing initiative even began.
00:15:06.520 Governor Abbott responding to Ms. Crockett's statements on Hannity.
00:15:10.300 This is another day and another disaster by the Democrats.
00:15:13.760 The reality is they have no vision, no policy.
00:15:17.060 They have nothing to sell but hate.
00:15:19.620 And Americans are not buying it.
00:15:21.600 It's one reason why Texas is going to remain red.
00:15:24.720 Ms. Crockett going viral several times in recent weeks for using aggressive language to discuss 1.00
00:15:29.660 political opponents.
00:15:31.220 Earlier this week, she told the Dallas Morning News Democrats need to punch harder to win elections.
00:15:36.920 Ms. Crockett, a vocal supporter of the Tesla takedown group, last week saying in a live stream.
00:15:56.780 On March 29th, it's my birthday.
00:15:59.540 And all I want to see happen on my birthday is for Elon to be taken down.
00:16:04.780 There have been dozens of attacks against Tesla facilities across the nation in recent weeks
00:16:09.380 involving Molotov cocktails and other acts of vandalism.
00:16:13.320 On Monday, three incendiary devices discovered at a Tesla dealership in Austin, Texas.
00:16:18.740 There is no evidence linking Crockett's remarks to recent attacks.
00:16:22.960 There is, however, evidence of Ms. Crockett dramatically changing her manner of speaking
00:16:27.880 from just a few years ago to now.
00:16:30.960 Take a listen to her in 2022.
00:16:33.800 You know, no one could have told me that when I went down to Austin,
00:16:38.360 now looks like a little bit over a year ago, that I would be running for Congress.
00:16:43.120 It's just not what my plan was.
00:16:45.460 But what I've always decided is that I would step up when there was a need.
00:16:50.380 And more recently.
00:16:51.420 I just want to run it back, though, to the very beginning.
00:16:54.880 So let me tell you something.
00:16:56.620 Y'all don't know what white privilege looks like, but I'm going to show you a little bit of something. 0.80
00:17:00.500 We in these hot-ass Texas streets, honey. 1.00
00:17:03.700 That you want to shut down everybody that is not Fox News is bullshit. 1.00
00:17:08.840 We need to stop playing. 1.00
00:17:10.780 Hmm.
00:17:11.580 Well, that'll do it for your AM update.
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