Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
NBC Montana
[{'start': '1.199', 'end': '5.279', 'text': 'This just in before airtime, President'}, {'start': '3.200', 'end': '8.400', 'text': 'Donald Trump signs an executive order'}, {'start': '5.279', 'end': '10.639', 'text': 'aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS'}, {'start': '8.400', 'end': '13.040', 'text': 'and NPR, alleging bias in the'}, {'start': '10.639', 'end': '14.880', 'text': 'broadcasters reporting. The order'}, {'start': '13.040', 'end': '17.039', 'text': 'instructs the Corporation for Public'}, {'start': '14.880', 'end': '19.920', 'text': 'Broadcasting and other federal agencies,'}, {'start': '17.039', 'end': '22.960', 'text': 'quote, to cease federal funding for NPR'}, {'start': '19.920', 'end': '25.439', 'text': 'and PBS and further requires that they'}, {'start': '22.960', 'end': '27.119', 'text': 'work to root out indirect sources of'}, {'start': '25.439', 'end': '29.199', 'text': 'public financing for the news'}, {'start': '27.119', 'end': '31.279', 'text': 'organizations. The broadcasters get'}, {'start': '29.199', 'end': '33.360', 'text': 'roughly half a billion dollars in public'}, {'start': '31.279', 'end': '35.600', 'text': 'money through the Corporation for Public'}, {'start': '33.360', 'end': '38.079', 'text': 'Broadcasting and have been preparing for'}, {'start': '35.600', 'end': '40.239', 'text': "the possibility of cuts since Trump's"}, {'start': '38.079', 'end': '42.320', 'text': 'election. We spoke with Montana PBS'}, {'start': '40.239', 'end': '45.280', 'text': 'earlier this week who told us if they'}, {'start': '42.320', 'end': '48.559', 'text': 'were to lose federal funds, about $1.7'}, {'start': '45.280', 'end': '51.920', 'text': 'million would be erased to nearly 20% of'}, {'start': '48.559', 'end': '51.920', 'text': 'their overall budget. 10.'}]