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RARE PHOTOS: Trump s budget hacksaw leaves public broadcasting on precipice - The Real Truth

US President Donald Trump managed to slash the funding of National Public Radio, a public broadcaster which has faced the Republican's ire for years (Credit: AFP)

Hundreds of television and radio stations across the United States risk seeing their resources evaporate, after President Donald Trump prevailed Friday in scrapping federal funding for public broadcasting.

The cuts follow Trump's accusations of ideological bias and will deal a bitter blow to information dissemination nationwide, including rural areas with limited news resources.

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