For Trump, the message is all. No surprise he’s targeting NPR and PBS | Margaret Sullivan

Trump's anti-media diatribes are part of the authoritarian playbook. Congress must reject his planned cuts

It was entirely predictable that Donald Trump would go after public media in America. Harming the reality-based press - in every form, whether public or private - is a central part of his playbook for controlling the political narrative as he moves the country toward an authoritarian model of government.

For Trump, the message is all, and anything that gets in the way should be portrayed as an evil to society and stamped out.

Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist