Trump signs exec order cutting funding to NPR and PBS: "ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF BIASED MEDIA"

[Demovictory9]

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-biased-media/

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.

Sec. 2. Instructions to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. (a) The CPB Board shall cease direct funding to NPR and PBS, consistent with my Administration’s policy to ensure that Federal funding does not support biased and partisan news coverage. The CPB Board shall cancel existing direct funding to the maximum extent allowed by law and shall decline to provide future funding.

(b) The CPB Board shall cease indirect funding to NPR and PBS, including by ensuring that licensees and permittees of public radio and television stations, as well as any other recipients of CPB funds, do not use Federal funds for NPR and PBS. To effectuate this directive, the CPB Board shall, before June 30, 2025, revise the 2025 Television Community Service Grants General Provisions and Eligibility Criteria and the 2025 Radio Community Service Grants General Provisions and Eligibility Criteria to prohibit direct or indirect funding of NPR and PBS. To the extent permitted by the 2024 Television Community Service Grants General Provisions and Eligibility Criteria, the 2024 Radio Community Service Grants General Provisions and Eligibility Criteria, and applicable law, the CPB Board shall also prohibit parties subject to these provisions from funding NPR or PBS after the date of this order. In addition, the CPB Board shall take all other necessary steps to minimize or eliminate its indirect funding of NPR and PBS.

Sec. 3. Instructions to Other Agencies. (a) The heads of all agencies shall identify and terminate, to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law, any direct or indirect funding of NPR and PBS.

(b) After taking the actions specified in subsection (a) of this section, the heads of all agencies shall identify any remaining grants, contracts, or other funding instruments entered into with NPR or PBS and shall determine whether NPR and PBS are in compliance with the terms of those instruments. In the event of a finding of noncompliance, the head of the relevant agency shall take appropriate steps under the terms of the instrument.

[J_William_Ryan]

1. "Biased Media"

That the press accurately reports facts and the truth that expose the faults and failings of conservative political dogma, that expose the dishonesty and corruption of Republicans, and that expose the incompetence and authoritarianism of Trump, doesn’t mean the media are ‘biased.’

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Guess this means fund-raising is a 365-day thing now . . . .

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sHitler.

Waiting for the other shoe to drop where TSF has his FCC yank their broadcasting licenses.

[videohead5]

3. This will go to court

Presidents do not have the power to stopped funding that congress has passed and was signed into law.

[eShirl]

4. "Biased" now means "non- Tump ass-kissing"

[multigraincracker]

5. Indirect funding of religious broadcasting?

Tax it the same as commercial broadcasting.

[allegorical oracle]

6. Geesh -- wonder how many attorneys worked on that EO. Mango Mussolini surely

didn't write "the instrument."

Took some comfort while listening to NPR this past Monday -- 1A, I believe -- that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting receives only 12 percent of its funding from the feds. Believe we can pitch in to make up that difference even if it's small dollar amounts. More concerning is that the feds could concoct some way to yank CPB's FCC license.

One thing's for sure: If the Hateful Jerkwad learns that people are enjoying or benefitting from something, he'll figure a way to destroy it.

[Meowmee]

7. If this isn't overturned private funding should be increased

[Brainfodder]

8. This doesn't look exactly like an A1 challenge?

[Liberal In Texas]

9. If this idiocy doesn't get stopped by the courts, I guess NPR and PBS can go ahead and

go full bore commercial and start selling ads just like the other entities on the dial.

[Vinca]

10. What the hell is biased about "All Creatures Great and Small?"

Guess if it isn't focused on Trump, it isn't worth funding. Maybe the Herriots could adopt an orange cat and name it Donny.

[allegorical oracle]

11. One thing that could've torqued him is that NPR broadcasts some programs in

Spanish, at least here in Fla. Given that TSF likely has never listened to or viewed public broadcasts, someone on his staff (a Miller or Bondi) probably enlightened the brainless genius.

[Volaris]

12. 'No media outlet has a constitutional right to taxpayer subsidies..'

They sure as fuck do if Congress passed a law that says otherwise.

The GOP Congress might put up with this King Shit from him, but Big Bird sure as shit, won't.

[Ping Tung]

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