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The White House said Thursday, May 1 that U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut funding for public news media NPR and PBS.
The order tells the company to conduct public broadcasters that the company allocates funds to the radio stations to “stop direct funds” to the public news media.
The White House’s statement against the orders marked by the news media is partisan and biased.
The order said: “The CPB board shall cancel existing direct funds to the maximum extent permitted by law and refuse to provide future funds.”
A White House statement said the order ended all direct funds, as well as indirect payments from other public media organizations.
“As President Trump said, NPR and PBS cheer on partisan and left-wing propaganda with taxpayers’ funds.
The Trump administration labels numerous institutions in the academic world and the media (from Harvard and Columbia to NPR and PBS) as left-wing and biased. As a result, it threatens to cut funds. Human rights advocates raised concerns about freedom of speech and academic and press freedom.
The Trump administration also attempts to shut down American Voices, free Asian Radio and Middle East Radio Networks, whose news broadcasts are funded by the U.S. government. In late April, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop the efforts.
NPR and PBS have previously said Trump’s efforts to cut funds will have a “destructive impact” on U.S. citizens who rely on them to obtain reliable local and national news, including in emergencies.
PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger said in a statement last month that the Trump administration’s efforts to withdraw funds for public media will “undermine the essential services of PBS and local membership stations to the American people.”
“Nothing is more important than PB Americans, and our work is simply because of the bipartisan support we have been receiving from Congress,” she said. “This public-private partnership allows us to help millions of children succeed in school and in life, and support the highest quality of rich and inspiring programs.”
The CPB sued the White House on Monday after Trump tried to fire three of his five board members. Congress created a nonprofit company, which funded more than 1,500 locally managed public broadcasters in 1967.
