{"id":1858161,"date":"2026-04-01T00:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1858161"},"modified":"2026-04-01T00:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:56:25","slug":"trumps-public-media-cuts-hit-rural-outlets-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1858161","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s public media cuts hit rural outlets hard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trump and his supporters argue that their news reporting promotes liberal bias and shouldn’t be supported by taxpayersImage: Saul Loeb\/AFP<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A federal judge\u00a0Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from halting funding to National Public Radio (NPR)<\/a>\u00a0and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).<\/p>\n

US District Judge Randolph Moss\u00a0ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order, signed last May, was unlawful.<\/p>\n

Trump signs order to halt funding to NPR, PBS in 2025<\/h2>\n

Trump signed an executive order last May\u00a0instructing\u00a0the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease funding to NPR and PBS<\/a>, either directly or indirectly.<\/p>\n

Trump and his supporters argue that their news reporting promotes liberal bias and shouldn’t be supported by taxpayers.<\/p>\n

The president\u00a0also signed a package in\u00a0July\u00a0that canceled about $1.1 billion in funds earmarked for public broadcasting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s therefore still unclear how Moss’\u00a0ruling will affect the media outlets’ operations as\u00a0the ruling is likely to be appealed and the damage to the public-broadcasting system runs deep.<\/p>\n

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Trump’s public media cuts hit rural outlets hard<\/h2>\n

Trump order violates First Amendment, judge rules<\/h2>\n

Moss said the 2025 executive order ran counter to the First Amendment, which he said “does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type.”<\/p>\n

“It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch,”\u00a0wrote Moss, who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said Moss’\u00a0decision is “a ridiculous ruling by an activist judge attempting to undermine the law.”<\/p>\n

Appeals court pauses order\u00a0for Voice of America employees to return to work<\/h2>\n

In a separate ruling on Tuesday, an appeals court panel suspended a federal judge’s order for the Trump administration to bring hundreds of Voice of America employees back to work from paid leave.<\/p>\n

US District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth\u00a0had previously ruled that the administration’s actions to place more VOA\u00a0employees on leave was\u00a0unlawful.<\/p>\n

But the appeals court’s\u00a0decision delays the implementation of that ruling.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Srinivas Mazumdaru<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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A federal judge\u00a0Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from halting funding to National Public Radio (NPR)<\/a>\u00a0and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).<\/p>\n

US District Judge Randolph Moss\u00a0ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order, signed last May, was unlawful.<\/p>\n

Trump signs order to halt funding to NPR, PBS in 2025<\/h2>\n

Trump signed an executive order last May\u00a0instructing\u00a0the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease funding to NPR and PBS<\/a>, either directly or indirectly.<\/p>\n

Trump and his supporters argue that their news reporting promotes liberal bias and shouldn’t be supported by taxpayers.<\/p>\n

The president\u00a0also signed a package in\u00a0July\u00a0that canceled about $1.1 billion in funds earmarked for public broadcasting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s therefore still unclear how Moss’\u00a0ruling will affect the media outlets’ operations as\u00a0the ruling is likely to be appealed and the damage to the public-broadcasting system runs deep.<\/p>\n

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Trump’s public media cuts hit rural outlets hard<\/h2>\n

Trump order violates First Amendment, judge rules<\/h2>\n

Moss said the 2025 executive order ran counter to the First Amendment, which he said “does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type.”<\/p>\n

“It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch,”\u00a0wrote Moss, who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said Moss’\u00a0decision is “a ridiculous ruling by an activist judge attempting to undermine the law.”<\/p>\n

Appeals court pauses order\u00a0for Voice of America employees to return to work<\/h2>\n

In a separate ruling on Tuesday, an appeals court panel suspended a federal judge’s order for the Trump administration to bring hundreds of Voice of America employees back to work from paid leave.<\/p>\n

US District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth\u00a0had previously ruled that the administration’s actions to place more VOA\u00a0employees on leave was\u00a0unlawful.<\/p>\n

But the appeals court’s\u00a0decision delays the implementation of that ruling.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Srinivas Mazumdaru<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A federal judge\u00a0Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from halting funding to National Public Radio (NPR)<\/a>\u00a0and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).<\/p>\n

US District Judge Randolph Moss\u00a0ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order, signed last May, was unlawful.<\/p>\n

Trump signed an executive order last May\u00a0instructing\u00a0the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease funding to NPR and PBS<\/a>, either directly or indirectly.<\/p>\n

Trump and his supporters argue that their news reporting promotes liberal bias and shouldn’t be supported by taxpayers.<\/p>\n

The president\u00a0also signed a package in\u00a0July\u00a0that canceled about $1.1 billion in funds earmarked for public broadcasting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s therefore still unclear how Moss’\u00a0ruling will affect the media outlets’ operations as\u00a0the ruling is likely to be appealed and the damage to the public-broadcasting system runs deep.<\/p>\n

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Moss said the 2025 executive order ran counter to the First Amendment, which he said “does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type.”<\/p>\n

“It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch,”\u00a0wrote Moss, who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said Moss’\u00a0decision is “a ridiculous ruling by an activist judge attempting to undermine the law.”<\/p>\n

In a separate ruling on Tuesday, an appeals court panel suspended a federal judge’s order for the Trump administration to bring hundreds of Voice of America employees back to work from paid leave.<\/p>\n

US District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth\u00a0had previously ruled that the administration’s actions to place more VOA\u00a0employees on leave was\u00a0unlawful.<\/p>\n

But the appeals court’s\u00a0decision delays the implementation of that ruling.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Srinivas Mazumdaru<\/em><\/p>\n

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