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Trump administration seeks to defund public broadcasters
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The move would block US$1.1 billion (S$1.44 billion) already appropriated to fund the corporation until the end of fiscal year 2027.
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WASHINGTON – To some, they are as American as apple pie, having shaped public discourse and education since the 1970s.
But the Trump administration sees public broadcasters National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) as biased institutions that use taxpayer money to peddle “radical, woke propaganda” disguised as news.
