Donald Trump strokes funds for PBS and NPR
US President Donald Trump wants to delete state support to the public broadcasters National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). A corresponding arrangement of the White House states that the subsidization of party media is ended by the taxpayer.
NPR and PBS received « millions of taxpayers to spread radicals, Woke, as » news « to » spread propaganda as « news », it said in a post by the communication team of the White House on the platform X.
Working conditions for journalists in Luxembourg have worsened
Patricia Harrison, the president of the authority of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which is responsible for the distribution of state media money, rejected Trump’s order: CPB was not a federal authority that subject to the authority of the President, wrote in an opinion. « The Congress has directly authorized CPB and provided funds to be a private, non -profit society that is completely independent of the government. »
Reporter without limits: Trump government openly press
The United States is said in the global just published Ranking of freedom of the press of the organization reporter without limitsthe Trump government openly sponsorsed the press and systematically acts against critical reporting and unpleasant media.
For the current tax year, CPB received $ 535 million from the US Congress (around 470 million euros), as NPR writes in a report on the Trump arrangement on its website.
Insults and threats: Criticism is undesirable in Luxembourg sport
According to its own statements, NPR receives about one percent of its funds directly from the government and a slightly higher amount; The 246 member institutions that operate more than 1,300 channels receive an average of 8 to 10 percent of their funds from CPB. PBS and its transmitters therefore receive about 15 percent of their income from the federal funds of the CPB.
Trump scolds established media
Trump regularly questions the credibility of established media and disparages many as « fake news media », which in his opinion only spread false reports and keep his success.
Reporter association of the White House defends itself against Trump
The AP news agency was excluded from the so -called press pool in the White House because it continues to write « Golf of Mexico » and not used the new name « Golf of America » with Trumps. In contrast, Trump has good -natured, conservative transmitters such as Fox News or Newsmax the president’s ear.
