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On the recordMarch 8, 2017
At a time when the Trump administration delegitimizes any reporting it doesn't like as fake news, it is hard not to suspect that its effort to undermine public broadcasting is a transparent attempt to keep Americans in the dark about their failures and ethical improprieties.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Criticism of the Trump administration's attacks on public broadcasting.

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