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

Billionaires and corporations leading TV networks and newspapers seem to have caved to the president's pressure

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.