Trump moves to cut funding for NPR and PBS

The Guardian - Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to cut public funding for the news outlets NPR and PBS, accusing them of being biased.  NPR and PBS are only partly funded by the US taxpayer and rely heavily on private donations.

The US president has long had an antagonistic relationship with most mainstream news media, previously describing them as the “enemy of the people”.

A notable exception is the powerful conservative broadcaster Fox News, some of whose hosts have taken on leading roles in his administration.

“National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) receive taxpayer funds through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB),” Trump said in his executive order. “I therefore instruct the CPB board of directors and all executive departments and agencies to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS.”