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Corporation for Public Broadcasting, funder of NPR and PBS, says it will shut down after cuts by Congress
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday that it will begin shutting down, weeks after Congress canceled previously approved funding for the nation's steward of public media access.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after federal funding cuts
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday that it will begin a "wind-down of its operations" and cut a majority of its jobs by the end of September following Congress' vote earlier this month to cut $1.1 billion in its federal funding.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting had long provided federal funding to local public radio and television stations across the country.
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Conservatives were quick to celebrate the announcement that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be shutting down after President Trump and Congress cut its funding.
As the broadcasters’ defenders say, the defunding of public media represents a “drop in the bucket” of what must be done to ...
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