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If Trump Axes Public Media Funding, Rural Areas Could Lose Government News

March 21, 2018/

In many of those rural areas, public stations are often the only news organizations that are regularly covering state and local government.

The president doesn’t want the federal government to help fund public radio and TV stations anymore. If he gets his wish, it would exacerbate the already sharp decline in coverage of state capitols and city halls.

by J. Brian Charles

http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/gov-trump-cuts-public-radio-broadcasting-rural-lc.html

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