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Why America's public media can't do its job

  • Written by Christopher Chávez, Assistant Professor of Communications, University of Oregon
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When the Trump administration released its proposed budget in March, it suggested eliminating federal funding for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB).

“Can we really continue to ask a coal miner in West Virginia or a single mom in Detroit to pay for these...

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