Radio Free Europe leaflet in Eastern Europe, c 1959.
Q1. Last week, President Trump signed an executive order to end federal funding of public media, including NPR and PBS, saying the outlets do not provide fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayals of current events.
NPR receives about 10% of its funding from the federal government, PBS gets about 15%.
Which best reflect your views? (check all that apply)
NPR receives about 10% of its funding from the federal government, PBS gets about 15%.
Which best reflect your views? (check all that apply)
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Trump's action was legal
47%
55%
40%
90%
41%
7%
48%
28%
56%
51%
47%
Was not
44%
40%
46%
5%
48%
79%
50%
59%
31%
41%
44%
I approve NPR
52%
41%
63%
20%
61%
81%
43%
63%
48%
52%
52%
Do not
37%
51%
25%
67%
24%
11%
53%
27%
42%
32%
37%
Approve PBS
57%
44%
69%
28%
69%
83%
45%
70%
56%
54%
57%
Do not
30%
45%
17%
53%
18%
10%
43%
20%
32%
30%
30%
NPR will be seriously hurt by the action
45%
39%
50%
18%
46%
70%
40%
63%
33%
43%
45%
Will not
39%
49%
31%
57%
42%
21%
48%
26%
47%
37%
39%
PBS will be seriously hurt by the action
46%
41%
51%
17%
47%
73%
38%
66%
34%
45%
46%
Will not
39%
47%
32%
59%
40%
20%
50%
26%
48%
35%
39%
None of above
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
Don't care
5%
5%
5%
6%
4%
4%
10%
3%
6%
2%
5%
Q2. Radio Free Europe (RFE) broadcasts news and analysis to 23 countries across Europe and the Middle East. It was founded in 1949 targeting Soviet states, and funded covertly by the CIA until 1972. At that point it went under the auspices of US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees all government funded overseas broadcasting.
In March, President Trump issued an executive order directing USAGM to terminate funding for RFE, which gets all its $142m budget from USAGM.
In April, a federal judge temporarily blocked the executive order on the grounds it did not give sufficient reason to end funding that Congress had determined was in the public interest.
In May, a three-judge appeals panel temporarily reinstated the executive order as the case heads to a fuller appellate panel.
Your view? (check all that apply)
In March, President Trump issued an executive order directing USAGM to terminate funding for RFE, which gets all its $142m budget from USAGM.
In April, a federal judge temporarily blocked the executive order on the grounds it did not give sufficient reason to end funding that Congress had determined was in the public interest.
In May, a three-judge appeals panel temporarily reinstated the executive order as the case heads to a fuller appellate panel.
Your view? (check all that apply)
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Trump acted legally in defunding RFE
48%
61%
37%
86%
39%
15%
65%
33%
54%
47%
48%
Did not
42%
34%
49%
5%
49%
77%
31%
56%
35%
44%
42%
Funding will be reinstated
28%
32%
27%
19%
39%
37%
31%
32%
25%
32%
28%
Will not
39%
47%
31%
56%
30%
25%
28%
42%
45%
32%
39%
Would like funding to be reinstated
47%
37%
56%
7%
49%
83%
38%
53%
41%
53%
47%
Would not
41%
54%
28%
81%
30%
5%
33%
37%
48%
36%
41%
None of these
2%
1%
3%
2%
6%
1%
4%
2%
1%
4%
2%
Don't care
5%
6%
3%
1%
5%
9%
22%
4%
1%
2%
5%
Q3. In February, the White House blocked an Associated Press (AP) reporter from an event in the Oval Office, after the news agency continued to use "Gulf of Mexico," which an executive order from President Trump had renamed it the "Gulf of America." The administration subsequently banned the AP from other Oval Office events and Air Force One, saying it would determine which media attends events in "smaller spaces."
In April, a federal judge ordered the White House to restore AP's full access to cover presidential events, affirming on First Amendment grounds that the government cannot punish the news organization for the content of its speech.
Since that ruling, AP has been given sporadic access to White House events.
Your view? (check all that apply)
In April, a federal judge ordered the White House to restore AP's full access to cover presidential events, affirming on First Amendment grounds that the government cannot punish the news organization for the content of its speech.
Since that ruling, AP has been given sporadic access to White House events.
Your view? (check all that apply)
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
White House AP bans are legal
43%
52%
36%
76%
30%
16%
55%
32%
49%
41%
43%
Illegal
49%
42%
54%
13%
64%
79%
45%
61%
41%
49%
49%
AP will regain full access
42%
49%
38%
35%
45%
49%
55%
54%
33%
35%
42%
Will not
37%
37%
36%
38%
38%
35%
36%
36%
37%
40%
37%
Want AP to regain full access
54%
45%
61%
12%
68%
90%
67%
64%
43%
52%
54%
Do not
33%
41%
27%
65%
21%
6%
22%
26%
41%
36%
33%
Approve of AP
51%
41%
57%
7%
62%
90%
67%
59%
40%
48%
51%
Disapprove
39%
50%
31%
79%
26%
6%
31%
34%
47%
39%
39%
Approve renaming "Gulf of America"
34%
41%
28%
70%
19%
3%
19%
30%
40%
37%
34%
Disapprove
54%
48%
57%
11%
69%
90%
78%
56%
43%
53%
54%
None of these
1%
1%
1%
2%
1%
0%
0%
0%
2%
0%
1%
Don't care
4%
4%
4%
7%
6%
1%
2%
6%
4%
3%
4%
49% say NPR become more liberal over the past decade, 40% disagree
If your ability to make a living depended on knowing the true facts as they pertain to major news and current events, which sources would you rely on most? Please choose up to three, and consider only the news (not opinion) divisions of these properties when selecting your answers.
Among independents
36% AP
35% BBC
28% NPR
17% WSJ
14% Fox News
12% NYT
12% WaPo
10% CNN
9% Newsmax
8% Breitbart
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