Trump Issues New Executive Order to Eliminate Federal Funding for NPR and PBS

During his second campaign trail, Donald Trump threatened to continue his war against the media (or, as he fondly calls us, “the enemy of the American people”). Although Trump is barely over 100 days into his second term, he’s fulfilled those promises. Now, Trump is attacking public media by eliminating federal funding for NPR and PBS, which will impact hundreds of local stations across the country. On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease funding for NPR and PBS, whom he previously described as “radical left ‘monsters'”. According to the order, “Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence.” Naturally, the White House was much less delicate in its messaging. In a Friday statement, the White House claimed that both organizations “receive tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds each year to spread radical, woke p ... Read full article.