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Public Broadcasting Targeted By House

category international | arts and media | other press author Saturday June 11, 2005 00:56author by Elmer

"Americans overwhelmingly see public broadcasting as an unbiased information source," Rep. David Obey (news, bio, voting record) (Wis.), the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee, said in a statement. "Perhaps that's what the GOP finds so offensive about it. Republican leaders are trying to bring every facet of the federal government under their control. . . . Now they are trying to put their ideological stamp on public broadcasting."

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author by Elmerpublication date Sat Jun 11, 2005 01:03author address author phone

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By Paul Farhi, Washington Post Staff Writer
Fri Jun 10, 1:00 AM ET

In all, the cuts would represent the most drastic cutback of public broadcasting since Congress created the nonprofit CPB in 1967. The CPB funds are particularly important for small TV and radio stations and account for about 15 percent of the public broadcasting industry's total revenue....

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