Trump signs executive order cutting federal funding to broadcasters

President Donald Trump. File picture: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

US president Donald Trump has signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.

The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organisations.