On Monday, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) to end the taxpayer-funding of “biased” government-run media outlets, like National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
According to the EO titled, “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media":
“National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) receive taxpayer funds through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). 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 Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence.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. No media outlet has a constitutional right to taxpayer subsidies, and the Government is entitled to determine which categories of activities to subsidize. The CPB’s governing statute reflects principles of impartiality: the CPB may not “contribute to or otherwise support any political party.” 47 U.S.C. 396(f)(3); see also id. 396(e)(2).”
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Both NPR and PBS did this to themselves with their clear bias while pretending to be “real journalism,” which obviously shouldn’t have a bias at all. When government-subsidized, so paid for by taxpayers, programming and articles are constantly geared to undermine the country based on their willingness to work with certain administrations, then there should be no surprise when taxpayers don’t want you to use their money to push propaganda.
As part of the order, “The heads of all agencies shall identify and terminate, to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law, any direct or indirect funding of NPR and PBS.”
The Media Research Center has been at the forefront of this issue. So, for more extensive coverage, check out NewsBusters.
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