On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the end of federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The order cites concerns over journalistic bias and calls public funding of these organizations outdated and incompatible with principles of neutrality in news reporting.
The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which allocates federal funds to NPR and PBS, to halt both direct and indirect financial support. According to the order, this policy shift stems from the belief that public broadcasting no longer serves its intended purpose in a media landscape that has become diverse and saturated with alternative news sources.
🚨 BREAKING: @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.”
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 2, 2025
Here is the text of the order:
By the authority vested in me as President by the…
According to a White House statement accompanying the order, “Unlike in 1967, when CPB was established, today the media landscape is filled with abundant, diverse, and innovative news options, making government funding of news media outdated, unnecessary, and corrosive to journalistic independence.” The administration argues that NPR and PBS have drifted far from the nonpartisan mission outlined in the CPB’s founding statute and are now biased outlets that prop up a leftist agenda.
