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Trump signs executive order to cut NPR, PBS public funding

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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday to cut public funding for NPR and PBS, accusing the news outlets of being biased in his latest attack on traditional media.

A notable exception is the powerful conservative broadcaster Fox News, some of whose hosts have taken on major roles in his administration.

National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (CBS) are only partly funded by US taxpayers through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and rely heavily on private donations.