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Republican Threat to Defund NPR Fails

November 18, 2010

WASHINGTON — House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) tried to cut off federal funding for NPR by bringing a vote to the House floor today. While the measure failed, this political stunt is part of a larger though unpopular effort to undermine one of America’s most consistently trusted sources of news and information.

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Opponents of Comcast-NBC Merger Speak Out in Congress

November 16, 2010

WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) submitted a letter to the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday calling on the agency to deny approval for the proposed merger between Comcast and NBC Universal based on a failure to meet public interest requirements, the likely harm to competition, and the anticipated rise in cable rates.

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Free Press: Comcast Can't Be Trusted to Self-Regulate

November 16, 2010

WASHINGTON — As the Federal Communications Commission crafts rules to safeguard the open Internet and considers whether to approve a $30 billion mega-merger between Comcast and NBC, the nation’s largest cable and Internet company claims it doesn’t need any oversight.

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Free Press: Public Media Cuts Not the Answer to Deficit Reduction

November 10, 2010

WASHINGTON – The National Commission for Fiscal Responsibility and Reform today issued its draft recommendations for reducing the national deficit. Those recommendations call for the elimination of all funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the organization that provides funds to PBS, NPR and hundreds of local outlets around the country.

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Free Press Denounces Calls to Defund NPR

October 21, 2010

WASHINGTON – Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee are calling for Congress to cut funding for National Public Radio after Juan Williams was fired by the public radio network for comments he made about Muslims on Fox News.

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