President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order directing a major reduction in federal funding for PBS and NPR, citing alleged bias in their reporting.
The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies to halt funding for both broadcasters and to identify and eliminate any indirect public financial support. In a social media announcement, the White House claimed the networks receive millions in taxpayer dollars to promote “radical, woke propaganda” under the label of news.
PBS and NPR, which receive about \$500 million annually through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, have been anticipating potential funding cuts, as Republicans have long criticized their editorial stance.
President Trump signed the executive order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS primarily due to claims of political bias in their reporting. He and his administration argued that these publicly funded media outlets promote what they called “radical, woke propaganda” under the guise of journalism. The order reflects a broader conservative criticism that NPR and PBS lean left politically, and that taxpayer dollars should not support media perceived as partisan, reported CBS.
This move aligns with long-standing Republican efforts to defund public broadcasting, which some conservatives see as unnecessary government spending and ideologically skewed against their views.
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