Trump orders funding cuts for US public broadcasters PBS, NPR

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order slashing subsidies to two United States public broadcasters.

Trump issued the order to halt federal funding to PBS and NPR late on Thursday, accusing them of biased reporting and spreading “left-wing” propaganda.

The order is the US president’s latest bid to halt government funding of media he considers unfriendly to his administration. It comes as Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned of an “alarming deterioration in press freedom”.

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