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Topic: corporation for public broadcasting

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Get ready for more rural news deserts

Melanie McFarland
Despite protests and public outcry, Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced that it will be ending operations by the end of the year. (John Lazenby / UCG / Getty Images)

Public media’s long goodbye

CK Smith
A group of public broadcasting supporters gathers in the Hart Senate Office building to lobby lawmakers to keep funding the PBS and NPR on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 (Bill Clark/Roll Call)

What Twitter's "Defund NPR" gets wrong

Melanie McFarland
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Charlie May
Elmo and Big Bird (Getty images/Frazer Harrison/Jamal Wilson/Astrid Stawiarz)

Here's the worst anti-PBS take

Jeremy Binckes

Matthew Rozsa
FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2017 file photo, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks to reporters during a daily press briefing at the White House in Washington. Republican leaders embarked on an ambitious plan Tuesday to try to sell their new health care proposal to rank-and-file lawmakers and the public, absent specifics on costs or how many Americans will be covered. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump's absurd budget

Simon Maloy