President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged "bias" in the broadcasters' reporting.

Axar.az reports, citing CBS, the order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies "to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS" and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. The White House, in a social media post announcing the signing, said the outlets "receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as 'news.'"

The broadcasters get roughly half-a-billion dollars in public money through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Mr. Trump's election, as Republicans have long complained about them.

Addressing reporters last month, Mr. Trump said he "would love to" cut funding to NPR and PBS.

Paula Kerger, PBS' CEO and president, said in a statement last month that the Trump administration's effort to rescind funding for public media would "disrupt the essential service PBS and local member stations provide to the American people."

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, formed in 1967, is a private corporation that helps support hundreds of public media organizations, including radio and TV stations.