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…Trump’s impact on the #media landscape has been profound. He has also gone after US government media that had #independence charters, including the venerable #VoiceOfAmerica, ending that media outlet’s operations after many decades.

Trump also fired 3 members of the #CPB board of directors in April. In legal action at the time, the fired directors said their dismissal was governmental overreach targeting an entity whose charter guarantees it independence.

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#Trump, who has called the #CPB a “monstrosity,” has long said that #PublicBroadcasting displays an *extreme liberal bias*, helped create the momentum in recent months for an anti-public broadcasting groundswell among his supporters in #Congress & around the country. It is part of a larger initiative in which he has targeted institutions—particularly #cultural ones—that produce #content or espouse attitudes that he considers “un-American” [different than his views].

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#CPB said its end, 58 years after being signed into #law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, would come in an “orderly wind-down.” In a statement, it said the decision came after the passage through #Congress of a package that clawed back its #funding for the next 2 budget years — about $1.1 billion. Then, the #Senate #Appropriations Cmte reinforced that policy change Thurs by excluding funding for the corporation for the first time in >50 years as part of a broader spending bill.

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The demise of the corporation, known as #CPB, is a direct result of #Trump’s targeting of #PublicMedia, which he has repeatedly claimed is spreading political & cultural views antithetical to those the #UnitedStates should be espousing [meaning #facts instead of #propaganda]. The #closure is expected to have a profound impact on the #journalistic & #cultural landscape — in particular, #PublicRadio & #TV stations in small communities across the #US.