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LA Times Today: Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR

LA Times Today: Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR

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Since his first term, President Donald Trump has waged a relentless war on the news media, going after networks, newspapers, even the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe.

And last week, he expanded his attacks to include NPR and PBS, home of Masterpiece Theater and Sesame Street.

L.A. Times senior entertainment industry writer Meg James is here with the latest.

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