Government Cuts Tax Dollars to 'Biased' Public Media Giants NPR PBS
Published Date: 5/7/2025
Presidential Document
Summary
Starting soon, the government will stop giving taxpayer money to NPR and PBS because they’re seen as biased. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting must end all funding by June 30, 2025, making sure no federal funds support these outlets directly or indirectly. This change affects public radio and TV stations and aims to keep your tax dollars from backing one-sided news.
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Federal Funding Cut for NPR/PBS
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is ordered to cease direct federal funding to National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The CPB Board must cancel existing direct funding to the maximum extent allowed by law and decline future funding; this Executive Order was signed May 1, 2025.
Ban on Indirect Funding via Licensees
The CPB Board must stop indirect funding to NPR and PBS by ensuring public radio and television licensees, permittees, and other CPB fund recipients do not use Federal funds for NPR or PBS. The CPB Board must revise the 2025 Television and Radio Community Service Grants provisions to prohibit direct or indirect funding before June 30, 2025.
Federal Agencies Must End NPR/PBS Funding
Heads of all executive departments and agencies must identify and terminate, to the maximum extent consistent with law, any direct or indirect Federal funding of NPR and PBS. After that, agencies must identify remaining grants, contracts, or other funding instruments with NPR or PBS and determine compliance, taking appropriate steps for noncompliance.
HHS Review for Employment Discrimination
The Secretary of Health and Human Services must determine whether PBS and NPR (or any successor organization) comply with statutory employment nondiscrimination requirements (47 U.S.C. 397(15), 398(b)) and take appropriate corrective action if they are not in compliance.
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