'Asteroid striking without warning': Execs stunned by Trump's attack on NPR and PBS

President Donald Trump is now asking Congress to claw back $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting — an amount totaling around two years' worth of funding — in his latest budget request, according to The New York Times, leaving media executives blindsided by the attack on public stations.

"The plan is to request that Congress rescind $1.1 billion in federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the taxpayer-backed company that funds public media organizations across the United States...