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"Almost immediately after Congress was sworn in, Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) introduced legislation that would slash all funding for NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Now other politicians are mounting similar attacks on the news, arts and educational programming on which millions of Americans rely. We have a plan to beat back these attacks, starting today. By taking a stand, you’re putting Congress on notice: It can’t play politics with one of the last, best sources of journalism we have in America. Local NPR and PBS stations reach more than 98 percent of American households. For some communities, they are the only source of serious local reporting. They also employ thousands of journalists — at a time when commercial newsrooms are shedding jobs."
