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Congressman William Timmons, representing South Carolina’s 4th district, shared his views on media bias and journalistic integrity through a series of tweets. Timmons has been serving in the U.S. Congress since 2019, succeeding Trey Gowdy, and has previously served in the South Carolina Senate.

On March 26, 2025, Timmons tweeted about a hearing by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability addressing perceived biases in NPR and PBS. He questioned whether taxpayer money should continue to support what he termed "elitist airwaves." The tweet stated: "HAPPENING TODAY: The @DOGECommittee takes on NPR & PBS bias in today’s @GOPoversight hearing—live at 10 AM ET. Will taxpayer $$ keep funding elitist airwaves?"

Later that day, Timmons criticized The Atlantic for placing an article about a Signal text behind a paywall. He implied that if the content were truly significant, it would not be used as a marketing tool for subscriptions. His tweet read: "If this Signal text is really the big deal that The Atlantic thinks it is, they would not put it behind a paywall - not once but twice - and they would not be sending marketing emails to get subscriptions off of it."

In another post on the same day, Timmons highlighted concerns regarding NPR's editorial board composition after Katherine Maher admitted all members are registered Democrats. He expressed disapproval of this partisan imbalance funded by taxpayers. The tweet stated: ": NPR’s Katherine Maher admits it’s ‘concerning’ that 100% of her editorial board—87 members—are registered Democrats, with zero Republicans."