President Donald Trump ordered an end to taxpayer subsidies for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, a longstanding goal of some Republicans who have accused the media outlets of bias.
In an executive order late Thursday, Trump said that government funding of news media is “not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence.”
The order requires the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease direct funding for NPR and PBS to the maximum extent allowed by law, and bars future allocations. The measure also seeks to block indirect funding of NPR and PBS by ...
