Trump Public Media Cut to Curb Critical Voice, Democrat Says
- Trump budget proposal cuts all funding for public broadcasting
- Trump’s $1.065 trillion plan funds government for fiscal 2018
A “Cat in the Hat” character shows support for PBS at an event near the U.S. Capitol on March 21, 2017, in Washington.
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President Donald Trump, who has sparred with the media and accused outlets he doesn’t like of peddling "fake news," is trying to erase funds for public broadcasting to silence a voice he deems critical of him, a House Democrat said Tuesday.
"Eight of 10 Americans trust PBS at a time when the Trump administration delegitimizes any reporting it doesn’t like as fake news," Representative Nita Lowey, a New York Democrat, said during an Appropriations subcommittee hearing in Washington. "It’s a transparent attempt to keep Americans in the dark about their failures and ethical improprieties."