U.S. public broadcasters PBS and NPR are set to lose all federal funding following an executive order by President Donald Trump. The White House has accused the platforms of being “partisan” and “biased," despite PBS and NPR consistently ranking among the most trusted U.S. media institutions and news providers.
00:00U.S. public broadcasters PBS and NPR are set to lose all federal funding following an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump.
00:10The platforms, which provide news and entertainment programming across the U.S., get between 8 to 17 percent of their funding from the government,
00:18costing individual taxpayers around one and a half U.S. dollars a year.
00:21Both have warned that cuts would have a devastating impact on local stations and the Americans who rely on them for credible news, including during emergency situations.
00:32The White House has accused the platforms of being partisan and biased,
00:37as despite PBS and NPR consistently ranking among the most trusted U.S. news providers.
