US President Donald Trump signed a decree on Thursday to reduce the financing of the NPR (National Public Radio) and PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), He informed the White House on social networks. Both media blames Trump for “bias”, TASR writes according to reports Reuters and AP.
The decree orders the organization for public broadcasting (CPB) and other federal authorities to “stop direct funding” of the NPR and PBS. Both receive approximately half a billion dollars from public sources via CPB.
The White House said that the NPR and PBS use the funds “taxpayers to spread the radical, woke propaganda (referring to racial or other diversity) masked as a news ”.
According to AP, the public media was preparing from Trump’s re -election for such a step, as the Republicans criticized them for a long time. Previously, they have also stated that Trump’s efforts to reduce their funding would disrupt the basic media services and have a “devastating influence” on Americans who rely on them in obtaining credible reports.
CPB has filed a lawsuit on the White House on Monday, When Trump’s administration tried to release three of the five members of her board of directors. This non -profit organization was founded by Congress in 1967 and its task from federal sources to finance public service and television stations in the United States.
Several media according to Reuters informed that The White House plans to ask Congress to cancel CPB funding of $ 1.1 billion, which is their budget for about two years.
