WASHINGTON, May 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to end federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
The White House said NPR and PBS have "zero tolerance" for non-leftist viewpoints. It cited a 2024 Media Research Center study that found that PBS's coverage of the Republican National Convention was 72 percent negative, while coverage of the Democratic National Convention was 88 percent positive.
In late March, the leaders of NPR and PBS appeared before a House oversight committee to address accusations of ideological bias in public broadcasting.
"I think that it's important for public media to be able to continue to be relevant in a time where there is a lot of coverage of different issues and areas of interest," NPR's President and CEO Katherine Maher said in a recent interview. ■
