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Government must fund the arts
With the primaries in full swing, the cowboy poetry festival and Big Bird have returned to the news.
The Nevada festival is the most recent whipping boy for those who oppose government funding of the arts. Mitt Romney joined this chorus by suggesting...Tags: Culture, Poetry, Theater, Bruce Springsteen, Media Industry
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Norquist's 'beast' thrives
For the last 20 years, the charming Grover Norquist has been perhaps the most successful of American political entrepreneurs, having used a letterhead and small office to secure "no tax" pledges from a near-majority of Congress members and myriads of...Tags: Democratic Party, Rentals, Martin O'Malley, Republican Party, Media Industry
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Darkness to Light program set
The Washington County Friends of Education Exchange Club and Safe Place is sponsoring Darkness to Light: Training and Alerts for Sexual Abuse for Children. The training will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at Hagerstown Community College's...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Simeone deserved better from NPR
Why do I feel that opera talk show host Lisa Simeone is the sacrificial lamb after being fired for supporting Occupy Wall Street in her private life? ("Lisa Simeone confirms her firing from public radio's 'Soundprint' show," Oct. 21). Putting aside the...Tags: Mass Media, Lisa Simeone, Arts and Culture, Talk Shows (genre), NPR
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WMFE: 90.7 FM will continue if TV station isn’t sold
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelHe noted that WMFE-FM has had two successful fund drives since announcing in April that it would sell WMFE-TV and concentrate on radio. "In June, we raised over $240,000 against a $230,000 goal, and just a few weeks ago, we raised just over $130,000... -
Denzel Washington takes graduation crusade to ‘PBS NewsHour’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe news program and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are tackling the dropout problem through an 18-month reporting project called American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen. Viewers will see "NewsHour" correspondents looking at the dropout probem... -
WNIT: Elimination of funds would be 'devastating'
SOUTH BEND -- WVPE is not the only local public media station that would be affected by cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. According to President and General Manager Mary Pruess, PBS member station WNIT Television receives about one-...Tags: Mass Media, PBS (tv network), Arts and Culture, NPR, Elections
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WVPE could be negatively impacted by NPR flap
The recent controversy surrounding National Public Radio, in which a conservative operative caught top executives disparaging conservative groups and offering to protect a controversial donor, could not have come at a worse time for WVPE.
The local...Tags: Islam, Social Issues, Charity, NPR, Vivian Schiller
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House Votes to Cut Funds From NPR
CNNWASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday that would bar federal funding for National Public Radio -- a longtime target of conservatives irritated by what they consider the outlet's liberal bias. The bill passed 228-192 in...Tags: Democratic Party, Marsha Blackburn, NPR, Lloyd Doggett, Elections
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NPR: tax dollars well spent
Congressional Republicans are all aflutter with the perceived opportunity given them last week to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), particularly its radio branch, National Public Radio (NPR). Ambush journalist Michael O’Keefe,...Tags: Social Issues, Management Change, Vivian Schiller, NPR, Media Industry
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Interim CEO defends NPR as new video emerges
WASHINGTON (AP) — NPR's interim president and CEO said Thursday that she had full confidence in the organization's leadership team and said those who think NPR's news coverage is biased would change their minds simply by listening to its...Tags: Democratic Party, Islam, Charity, Journalism, NPR
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Interim CEO: NPR remains strong amid controversy
WASHINGTON (AP) — NPR's interim president and CEO says people who think the organization is biased only need to listen to its programming to change their minds. Joyce Slocum took over Wednesday for Vivian Schiller, who resigned to limit the damage...Tags: Management Change, NPR, Vivian Schiller, Media Industry, Elections
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