President Donald Trump has signed an executive order halting funds to PBS and NPR, claiming the taxpayer-funded organizations have exercised political bias.
The order directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and other agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” while demanding they seek to halt other sources of public funding to the organizations. Per the order:
At the very least, Americans have the right to expect that if their tax dollars fund public broadcasting at all, they fund only fair, accurate, unbiased, and nonpartisan news coverage. No media outlet has a constitutional right to taxpayer subsidies, and the Government is entitled to determine which categories of activities to subsidize. The CPB’s governing statute reflects principles of impartiality: the CPB may not “contribute to or otherwise support any political party.” 47 U.S.C. 396(f)(3); see also id. 396(e)(2).
The CPB fails to abide by these principles to the extent it subsidizes NPR and PBS. Which viewpoints NPR and PBS promote does not matter. What does matter is that neither entity presents a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens. I therefore instruct the CPB Board of Directors (CPB Board) and all executive departments and agencies (agencies) to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS.
🚨 BREAKING: @POTUS just signed an executive order ENDING the taxpayer subsidization of NPR and PBS — which receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as “news.”
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 2, 2025
Here is the text of the order:
By the authority vested in me as President by the…
According to the Associated Press, NPR and PBS receive roughly “half a billion dollars in public money through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Trump’s election.”
“The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued Trump earlier this week over his move to fire three members of its five-person board, contending that the president was exceeding his authority and that the move would deprive the board of a quorum needed to conduct business,” noted the report.
In a statement last month, Paula Kerger, president and CEO of PBS, said that the Trump administration stripping it of federal funds would “disrupt the essential service PBS and local member stations provide to the American people.”“There’s nothing more American than PBS, and our work is only possible because of the bipartisan support we have always received from Congress,” she said. “This public-private partnership allows us to help prepare millions of children for success in school and in life and also supports enriching and inspiring programs of the highest quality.”
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