Trump signs the implementation order to put an end to federal financing for NPR and PBS

President Trump signed on Thursday An executive order Aim on reducing federal financing for NPR and PBS, whereby the points of sale are accused of producing biased coverage and “left -wing propaganda”.

Mr. Trump dedicated the company for public broadcaster, which finances public broadcasters in the United States, to put an end to federal financing for NPR and PBS, insofar as permitted by law. The news broadcasts only receive a small part of the financing of the congress, where the rest comes from donors and sponsors.

The immediate impact of the order was unclear. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private entity supported by the taxpayer founded by a congress, is financed two years in advance to protect it against political maneuvering.

The executive order was the last step of the Trump government against what it described as a biased public media. The White House released a document When ordering on its website, the coverage of the two broadcasters of, in addition to other topics, the COVID-19 Pandemie and Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Mr Trump ordered the company for public broadcasts and all federal agencies to also reduce indirect financing by prohibiting public radio and television broadcasters that receive federal funds to use that money for PBS or NPR programs.

The Chief Executives of NPR and PBS testified for the Congress in March, A heated hearing In which Republicans attacked them for what they described as liberal bias.

The White House wants the congress to do that Take more than $ 1 billion back This has been allocated for the company of Public Omroep for two years. The command of Mr Trump on Thursday instructed the board of the company to cancel “existing direct financing to a maximum extent that permitted by law” and “refuse to provide future financing”.

NPR said in a statement at the beginning of Friday that the editorial practices and decisions of the broadcaster are independent and are free from external influences, including political parties.

“Eliminating the financing for the public broadcaster company would have a devastating impact on American communities throughout the country that depend on public radio for trusted local and national news, culture, life -saving emergency reports and information about public safety,” said the statement.

PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting did not immediately respond to requests for comments that were made outside office hours.

Paula Kerger, the PBS Chief Executive, said in an interview This was broadcast this week that about 15 percent of the total budget for public broadcasters comes from the federal government.

“This is different from many other public broadcasters around the world, which are largely supported by the state,” she said on “PBS newshour.” “We’re not.”

Nevertheless, NPR assembled a 36 -page document in 2011 that described exactly what would happen if the treasury stopped cutting checks at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the company supported by the government that supports NPR and PBS. The document is gloomy. It describes a precarious radio system That will wear the blow badly, with consequences for listeners in the United States.

Independent member stations receive the majority of the money devoted to public radio. That makes them more vulnerable than NPR, who says it only gets 1 percent of his budget from the congress.

Public television in the United States would probably be in a worse form because PBS receives much more from its budget – about 15 percent of $ 373 million – from the federal government.

The company for public broadcaster Adopted the Trump administration This week accusing to illegally try to dismiss three members of his board. The administration had not offered justification for the dismissal.

Benjamin Mullin contributed reporting.