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Trump and many GOP lawmakers want to end all funding for NPR and PBS − unraveling a US public media system that took a century to build

  • Written by Josh Shepperd, Associate Professor of Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
Trump and many GOP lawmakers want to end all funding for NPR and PBS − unraveling a US public media system that took a century to buildCast members of the children's television show 'Sesame Street' pose with Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Grover, Ernie, Bert and Oscar the Grouch in 1969.Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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