Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media

Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media
Summary

Type	Executive order
Number	TBD
President	Donald Trump
Signed	May 1, 2025
This executive order calls for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB) to cease all funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).

"Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media" is an executive order signed by U.S. president Donald Trump in May 2025 to end federal funding for NPR and PBS by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and all federal agencies.^[1]^[2] CPB, PBS, and NPR executives issued press releases arguing that the executive order was unlawful under the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 and that the organizations would challenge the order in court while exploring how to continue providing programming.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

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^ Mascaro, Lisa (May 2, 2025). "Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR". Washington. Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 2, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
^ Kerr, Dara; Campbell, Lucy; Chao-Fong, Léonie; and Ambrose, Tom (May 3, 2025). "Trump order targeting law firm struck down; supreme court asked to allow Musk's Doge access to social security data – as it happened". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on May 3, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
^ Benn Jr., Juan (May 2, 2025). "Public media executives push back against Trump targeting NPR and PBS: 'Blatantly unlawful'". Politico. Axel Springer SE. Archived from the original on May 2, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
^ Smith, Patrick; Grumbach, Gary (May 2, 2025). "Trump signs executive order to stop federal funding for NPR and PBS". NBC News. Archived from the original on May 2, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
^ Stelter, Brian; Voytek, Clay (May 2, 2025). "President Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS". CNN. Archived from the original on May 2, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.

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Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media — text of executive order via whitehouse.gov
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ends the Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media — White House Press Office fact sheet

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See also	Public broadcasting in the United States American Public Media Corporation for Public Broadcasting Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media NPR stations NPR Music NPR controversies NPR One Pocket Casts Public Radio Satellite System Pacifica Foundation Public Radio Exchange Public Radio International, 1983–2019

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