D is for Defund, Folks...

...as it, defund PBS and NPR and make it pay their own way in the media landscape...

🚨 BREAKING: @POTUS just signed an executive order ENDING the taxpayer subsidization of NPR and PBS — which receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as “news.”

Here is the text of the order:

By the authority vested in me as President by the…

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 2, 2025

Per RedState... President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), accusing them of biased coverage and "left-wing propaganda." 

The order seeks to eliminate the roughly $535 million Congress allocated to public broadcasters in the current fiscal year and any funding appropriated through Sept. 30, 2027.

"Americans have the right to expect that if their tax dollars fund public broadcasting at all, they fund only fair, accurate, unbiased, and nonpartisan news coverage," the executive order reads. "No media outlet has a constitutional right to taxpayer subsidies, and the Government is entitled to determine which categories of activities to subsidize."

A fact sheet issued by the White House explains that NPR and PBS "have fueled partisanship and left-wing propaganda with taxpayer dollars, which is highly inappropriate and an improper use of taxpayers’ money."

With all due respect to the Left, there's two basic ways a media outlet survive an an entity: advertiser-support, listener-support and subscriptions. Since most public stations have underwriting (read: non-commercial "commercials") at least some of their support would stay. But if public broadcasting is as popular as its' supporters claim then they should no problem transitioning over to either full-on listener-supported funding streams or they can bite the bullet and go the subscription route a/la Substack, Medium or via media paywalls. I mean, come on folks, if media sites such as the Guardian can run w/out either taxpayer support or paywalls, NPR and PBS can as well.