Bill Maher tells NPR interviewer he views outlet as 'far extreme of the left'
Comedian Bill Maher called out NPR as part of the "far extreme of the left" during an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep on Wednesday, even joking he was surprised he had the "Real Time" host on the show.Inskeep spoke to Maher on NPR's "Newsmakers" podcast and covered a range of topics, including his meeting with President Donald Trump, his career and his Kennedy Center award. Maher frequently criticizes Trump and Republicans on his show and podcast, but also does not hold back on critiquing the left."Your audience is going to love this by the way," as the comedian defended inviting Louis CK to his Kennedy Center event, where he accepted the Mark Twain prize.
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Comedian Bill Maher called out NPR as part of the "far extreme of the left" during an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep on Wednesday, even joking he was surprised he had the "Real Time" host on the show.Inskeep spoke to Maher on NPR's "Newsmakers" podcast and covered a range of topics, including his meeting with President Donald Trump, his career and his Kennedy Center award. Maher frequently criticizes Trump and Republicans on his show and podcast, but also does not hold back on critiquing the left."Your audience is going to love this by the way," as the comedian defended inviting Louis CK to his Kennedy Center event, where he accepted the Mark Twain prize. Maher argued the "sort of no rules for how we mete out punishment in this country for offenders is pretty weird," and said Hamas "rapists" were being cheered by some people, while others were fired for less severe actions.COMEDIANS DIG AT TRUMP AS BILL MAHER ACCEPTS MARK TWAIN PRIZE AT KENNEDY CENTERInskeep suggested NPR's audience was more diverse than Maher thought."I'm surprised you even had me on," Maher said."Because I just think of this place is so different than what it used to be, and what I always want people to do, but it's so hard to get people to do these days, is just engage with the argument. You can hate me, for whatever your reasons," he went on.
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- Comedian Bill Maher called out NPR as part of the "far extreme of the left" during an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep on Wednesday, even joking he was surprised he had the "Real Time" host on the show.Inskeep spoke to Maher on NPR's "Newsmakers" podcast and covered a range of topics, including his meeting with President Donald Trump, his career and his Kennedy Center award. Maher frequently criticizes Trump and Republicans on his show and podcast, but also does not hold back on critiquing the left."Your audience is going to love this by the way," as the comedian defended inviting Louis CK to his Kennedy Center event, where he accepted the Mark Twain prize.
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