Trump Orders to Cut Federal Funding for NPR and PBS, Citing Biased Reporting

The president said that providing funding to NPR and PBS runs counter to the ‘principle of impartiality.’

The headquarters for National Public Radio in Washington on April 15, 2013. Charles Dharapak, File /AP Photo

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 1 seeking to end federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) over what he called “biased and partisan news coverage” from the news outlets.

The order directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to end all direct funding for the news outlets and ensure 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.”