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 Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence.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 ...
It’s about time for National Panhandler Radio and Panhandler Broadcasting Service to get off the public teat. Let them do extra fundraisers so the liberals can proudly go to Whole Foods with their Nina Totin’ Bags for a $1000 pledge. Or better still, serve the public interest.
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
HOORAY President Trump!
Well done Mr. President. Well done.
(PRESIDENT Trump Signs Executive Order to End Tax Money for ‘Radical, Woke’ PBS and NPR)
EXCELLENT!!!
O, happy day!!!!!!!
(National Panhandler Radio and Panhandler Broadcasting Service)
😝🤪🤣😄😃🤣🤣
And Tote Bags I shall have!!
Yes.
It is tragically funny.
They always argued that the gov support is insignificant, but then they argued how much is this insignificant support needed, and what we will loose if it goes away.
The Bee said due to cuts, all of Sesame Street was moving into Oscar’s garbage can.
Reagan threaten to defund PBS, but he failed.
Loved Rush’s alluding to them as National Liberal Radio
Time for the spoiled child to move out.
Nah, I want the foam cup holder.
Uncle Leo: Stop the show!
Its about time since Congress won’t do their job and claw back the money.
That said...it will be challenged and probably sustained since the money was appropriated by Congress. Not sure the Executive can not spend it without a strong reason.
Hate to say it but there it is...
Best thing Trump has done since in office, all they did was backstab Conservatives.
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