Three Key Takeaways:
- President Trump signed an executive order terminating all federal funding – direct and indirect – for NPR and PBS, directing the CPB and federal agencies to cease taxpayer subsidies for these outlets.
- The administration cited NPR’s overwhelmingly Democrat newsroom staffing and refusal to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story, along with PBS’s “Lil Miss Hot Mess” drag-queen feature and left-wing children’s programming, as evidence of partisan bias.
- This move aligns with Trump’s broader “drain the swamp” and government efficiency agenda, eliminating what he calls “wasteful, politically driven” spending and protecting taxpayers from funding liberal media projects.
Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp when he took office.
He’s been making good on that promise since day one of his administration.
And Donald Trump just delivered a knockout blow to NPR that left liberals stunned into silence.
Trump Cuts the Cord on Taxpayer-Funded Liberal Media
President Donald Trump dropped the hammer on taxpayer-funded media outlets that have been pushing progressive propaganda for decades.
On May 1, Trump signed an executive order ending federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), fulfilling yet another campaign promise to his supporters.
“No media outlet has a constitutional right to taxpayer subsidies,” the executive order states, making it clear that Americans should not be forced to fund biased news coverage with their hard-earned tax dollars.
The executive order directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to “cease direct funding to NPR and PBS” and prohibits indirect funding through local stations as well.
Trump isn’t stopping there – he’s instructed all federal agencies to identify and terminate “any direct or indirect funding of NPR and PBS” to the maximum extent allowed by law.
NPR’s Liberal Bias Exposed
The White House didn’t hold back when explaining why this action was necessary, revealing shocking examples of NPR’s extreme bias and left-wing propaganda.
An investigation into NPR’s newsroom found that registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans by a staggering 87 to 0 in editorial positions.
NPR’s current President and CEO Katherine Maher has openly admitted that she considers “truth” a harmful “distraction” from NPR’s objectives. She once called President Trump “racist” and was photographed wearing a “Biden for President” campaign hat.
When a veteran NPR reporter with 25 years of experience spoke out about the network’s obsession with liberal causes, he was promptly suspended.
During the 2020 election, NPR flatly refused to cover the Hunter Biden laptop scandal, dismissing it as a “pure distraction” despite its obvious relevance to the presidential race.
PBS Pushing Progressive Politics on Children
PBS hasn’t been any better, using taxpayer dollars to push radical gender ideology on young children.
A PBS station featured a drag queen named “Lil Miss Hot Mess” on a program meant for kids ages 3-8.
The network produced a movie titled “Real Boy” celebrating a transgender teen’s transition and partnered with CNN for a town hall aimed at presenting children with a one-sided narrative on racism during the Black Lives Matter riots.
Media Research Center found that PBS’s coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention was 72% negative, while its coverage of the Democratic National Convention was overwhelmingly positive at 88%.
Trump Protecting Taxpayer Dollars
This executive order is part of President Trump’s broader effort to protect American taxpayers from funding progressive pet projects.
Since taking office, Trump has established the Department of Government Efficiency to streamline the federal government and eliminate wasteful programs.
He’s also launched a 10-to-1 deregulation initiative and terminated DEI discrimination in the federal workforce, federal contracting, and federal spending.
The Trump administration said it is “aggressively investigating Biden-era programs that wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on inefficient and politically-driven projects.”
Liberals in Meltdown Mode
While conservatives are celebrating this long-overdue action, liberals are melting down over the prospect of their taxpayer-funded media mouthpieces losing government support.
The reality is that in today’s diverse and innovative media landscape, government funding of news media is not only unnecessary but corrosive to journalistic independence.
As Trump’s executive order states, the CPB’s governing statute reflects principles of impartiality and prohibits it from contributing to or supporting any political party – principles that NPR and PBS have consistently violated.
Americans deserve media that presents fair, accurate, and unbiased portrayals of current events, not progressive propaganda masquerading as objective journalism.
