Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut federal funding to NPR and PBS, alleging bias in their reporting.
- The order mandates the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease direct funding and identify indirect funding sources for these outlets.
- PBS CEO Paula Kerger stated that the funding cuts would disrupt essential services for American citizens.
- The CPB has filed a lawsuit against Trump for attempting to remove board members, arguing he exceeded his authority.
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Executive order to cut funds for NPR, PBS has station directors concerned | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Directors of National Public Radio stations in Arkansas were trying to determine on Friday just how President Donald Trump's executive order from the previous night would affect their funding and operations.
Trump admin targets NPR and PBS; it could ‘devastate’ local stations
The Trump administration issued an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to suspend all direct and indirect funding to PBS and NPR on Thursday. As part of “a broader campaign to dismantle public media,” that order could have outsized and “devastating” effects on the local rural communities that these outlets serve, many in the media say. The executive order claims that “government funding of news media … is no…
Liberation Day 2.0: Trump terminates federal funding for NPR and...
On Thursday, President Trump gave Americans another Liberation Day: He signed an executive order ending federal funding for two of the left's principal propaganda organs, National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Unfortunately, this doesn't mean that these two vicious taxpayer leeches and leftist disinformation entities will disappear, but at least patriots won't be forced to shell out for programming that is designe…
Here’s how Trump’s order to cut federal funding to NPR and PBS could impact Illinois – WBEZ
The targets are the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and, by extension, PBS television network, NPR and 1,500 broadcast outlets across the country, including Chicago’s WBEZ and WTTW. Chicago Public Media owns WBEZ and the Sun-Times.
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