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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

‘He’s become America’s assignment editor’: US media owners bend to Trump

Man in suit at podium points to see of hands raised in front of him
Donald Trump at a press conference at the White House in Washington DC on 30 January. Photograph: Lenin Nolly/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

In a tumultuous first two weeks back in power in the White House, Donald Trump has targeted many familiar enemies, including one of his most passionate obsessions: the US media, whom he has frequently dubbed “enemies of the people”.

Trump’s new federal communications chair, Brendan Carr, is reported to have ordered an investigation into the sponsorship practices of taxpayer-supported NPR and PBS member stations – a media network long hated by conservatives who accuse it of a liberal slant.

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