Posted on 05/02/2025 12:43:15 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Late on Thursday night, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut taxpayer funds to PBS and NPR through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The text was posted on the Trump team’s “Rapid Response 47” account on X.
It said: “@POTUS just signed an executive order ENDING the taxpayer subsidization of NPR and PBS — which receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.’”
The executive order includes this argument:
Unlike in 1967, when the CPB was established, today the media landscape is filled with abundant, diverse, and innovative news options. Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence.
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.
Since PBS and NPR are funded by all the American people, it should reflect the viewpoints of the people, and instead, after Trump was re-elected, both networks have doubled down in their anti-Trump animus.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
The entire State of Vermont will go down in full meltdown...
Im waiting for them to take to the streets again, which they do at the opening of a envelope.
GOD BLESS PRESIDENT TRUMP💯🙏
They should hire “Michigan J Frog” to sing for their supper.
The revenue from Sesame Street alone should be enough to pay for PBS.
3,2,1 black robed “President” reverses EO
INVESTIGATE ALL OF THEM, financials(actblue), internet activity kiddie porn no doubt
Fascist district court judge issues injunction in 3 2 1.....
Progressive District Court judge issuing an order to block in 3...2...1....
I LOVE that cartoon!
Exactly. Illogical.
“It’s only 8% of our budget”....then you didn’t need it...” it’s the end of us”.
Strong reason - they don’t need our money.
“TRUTH IS A DISTRACTION “
CEO of CPB
Yeah! The Michigan Rag!
“Hello my honey, hello my baby”...
Now my brain is trying to remember which spoof movie that’s from.
Spaceballs?
Yep.
One of the best cameos ever.
Understood...but it was appropriated...
They can say what they like but I shouldn’t have to pay them to trash me to my face
I’ve been waiting for this for years.
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