President Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the company's public broadcast board to "stop federal funding for NPR and PBS," the country's major public broadcaster. Trump believes that NPR and PBS news coverage contains left-wing bias. Federal funding for NPR and PBS is granted by Congress.

Like many people signed by the president, executive orders may be challenged in court.

"The perspective promoted by NPR and PBS is not important," the executive order said. "It is important that no entity shows a fair, accurate or impartial description of current affairs of citizens who pay taxes."

On social media platforms, Trump recently explode Both major public broadcast networks are posted on all caps: "Republicans have to separate completely and separate themselves completely for NPR & PBS, which is radical left 'monster', which greatly hurts our country!"

In the executive order, Trump directed the CPB and the executive branch and agencies to stop direct and indirect funding for NPR and PBS.

The order said: "The CPB board shall cancel existing direct funds to the maximum extent permitted by law and refuse to provide future funds."

Katherine Maher, President and CEO of NPR Recent interviews exist All considerations.

“I think it’s important for public media to be able to continue to relevance in an era where there are a lot of different issues and areas of interest,” she said.

NPR did not immediately respond to requests to comment on the executive order.

Leaders of NPR and PBS Testify at House Oversight Committee Hearing In late March, allegations of ideological bias in public broadcasts.

Maher has been attacked for her past political posts on social media, and the network’s news judgment is based almost entirely on her tweets and stories before she arrived on the network in March 2024.

PBS's Paula Kerger found herself asking about a video involving performers singing a variation of children's songs for young audiences. (Kerger testified that the video has been posted on the website of PBS's New York member site and has never been aired on TV.)

Federal public media funds flow into Congress Charter for public broadcasting. Congress allocated $535 million to the CPB this fiscal year, confirmed in a recent periodic gap bill passed by the Republican-controlled U.S. House and Senate.

Congress approved the CPB's budget in a two-year cycle to isolate it from political pressure; Congress has fully funded by September 30, 2027, according to public broadcasters.

During the late March hearing, the two network leaders talked about the mission, which provides nonpartisan news and programs to the American public.

NPR received about 1% of its funding directly from the federal government and indirectly received more funds; its 246 member institutions operated over 1,300 stations, and averaged 8% to 10% of its funding from the CPB.

By comparison, PBS and its radio stations earn about 15% of revenue from CPB's federal funding.

Most of the funds from public media go to local radio stations. And most are subsidized for television, which is more expensive than radio.

The networks say the agency and Congress repeatedly encouraged them to establish private financial support and work meanly on the FCC to ensure that its content falls under the FCC guidelines.

PBS offers a large amount of educational fares; NPR relies more on news and music. Both offer locally rooted content without paying more than 99% of the population. In many states and communities, these stations are a key component of emergency and disaster response systems.

President Trump opened a new front in a Monday attack on public media and claimed he was removing three of the company’s five board members for public broadcasts. company Prosecuting Trump on Tuesday morning In response, pointing out federal law and the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that he has no authority to take these actions.

Last month, the White House said it would file a request to Congress to withdraw funds for NPR and PBS.

In addition, the FCC has investigated NPR and PBS, saying their company covered attractions appear to be violating laws prohibiting commercial advertising.

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