Bill Maher Calls Out Media for Ignoring Christian Persecution in Nigeria
Comedian Bill Maher pushed back hard after he watched coverage—or the lack of it—about violence in Nigeria. He accused mainstream outlets of looking the other way while Christians face brutal attacks by Boko Haram. The point he raised cut to something many on the right have been saying: selective outrage gets a free pass.
“Nigeria, the fact that this issue has not gotten on people’s radar, it’s pretty amazing,” Maher said. “If you don’t know what’s going on in Nigeria, your media sources suck. You are in a bubble.”
Maher was responding to growing alarm among conservative lawmakers who want U.S. policy to reflect the scale of the violence. Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) has urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to redesignate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, noting that more than 50,000 Christians have been slaughtered in the nation since 2009. That number sits below what Maher claimed, but it still points to an extraordinary human-rights crisis.
On his show Maher framed the situation bluntly: “This is so much more of a genocide attempt than what is going on in Gaza,” Maher said. “They are literally attempting to wipe out the Christian population of an entire country. Where are the kids protesting this?”
When a prominent figure like Maher calls out the press, it forces two questions: why the silence and who decides what grief gets headlines. Conservatives argue the answer is cultural and political bias—some stories get amplified depending on who’s involved and what causes fit the preferred narrative. That argument is clumsy but persistent, and Maher’s comments lit into it in plain language.
Maher returned to the topic on his Sept. 26, 2025 program, replaying the clip and refusing to let the subject fade. He said public awareness has not followed the scale of suffering, and he used stark language to make the point. The timing made clear he wanted to prod both viewers and the press.
“The fact that this issue hasn’t gained public attention is amazing,” he commented. At the end of the clip, Maher argued the silence is “because the jews aren’t involved, that’s why.” He added: “It’s the Christians and the Muslims, who cares?”
Those hard lines landed differently across the political spectrum, but the core complaint is simple: large numbers of people have been killed and few are insisting coverage match the scale. Conservatives see this as proof that outrage is often curated, not spontaneous. Others agreed.
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