Trump signs the application of the management

US President Donald Trump has given an order from the executive in which all federal financing for the public broadcasting service (PBS) and the National Public Radio (NPR) are to be blocked.

On Thursday evening, Trump claimed that both organizations were busy with “biased and partisan news reports”.

The order indicates the Board of Directors of the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, which sells the financing at PBS and NPR stations in order to indicate direct financing in the “legally permissible maximum”.

It adds that the board should “reject the news organizations to provide future funds”. The BBC contacted NPR and PBS for a comment.

“Which viewpoints promote NPR and PBS does not matter,” says the order.

“What is important that none of the entity represents a fair, accurate or impartial presentation of current events for tax citizens.”

The White House said that the financing of news media is “not only outdated and unnecessary, but also for the appearance of journalistic independence” and that the media landscape has become “more diverse”.

However, the CPB budget was approved by the congress by 2027.

More than 40 million Americans hear the public radio from NPR every week and, according to their estimates, look at a local television station from the PBS network every month.

NPR Director Katherine Maher estimated in March that the radio station in 2025 would receive about $ 120 million from CPB (less than 5% of its budget “.

Both organizations have previously announced that Trump's efforts to reduce financing could have a “devastating influence” on those who rely on credible news, even in emergency situations.

On Friday, the Media Rights Group RSF warned of “an alarming deterioration in press freedom” in the United States under Trump and “unprecedented” difficulties for independent journalists around the world.