Order to End Federal Support for NPR and PBS Is a Legally Dubious Push to Censor Media Coverage Trump Dislikes
May 03, 2025
May 03, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Free Press, an advocacy group that is part of the media reform or media democracy movement, issued the following news release on May 2, 2025:
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Order to End Federal Support for NPR and PBS Is a Legally Dubious Push to Censor Media Coverage Trump Dislikes
WASHINGTON -- Late Thursday night, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aiming to end federal support of NPR and PBS "to the maximum extent allowed by law."
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Order to End Federal Support for NPR and PBS Is a Legally Dubious Push to Censor Media Coverage Trump Dislikes
WASHINGTON -- Late Thursday night, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aiming to end federal support of NPR and PBS "to the maximum extent allowed by law."