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Sesame Workshop To Obama Campaign: Leave Big Bird Out Of It
In its attempt to turn the tables on Mitt Romney following the Republican presidential nominee's big win in the first presidential debate, President Obama's campaign has sought to enlist Big Bird. The president has repeatedly reminded supporters at...
Tags: Radio, Barack Obama, Entertainment, Republican Party, Mitt Romney
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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: Radio, NPR, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, PBS (tv network)
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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: NPR, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Entertainment, Juan Williams, Vivian Schiller
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Sesame Street actors plead for funding
WASHINGTON (AP) — The stars of Sesame Street — the real people — are on Capitol Hill helping unions and activist groups protest proposed federal spending cuts to public broadcasting. Emilio Delgado (Luis), Roscoe Orman (Gordon) and Bob...Tags: Arts and Culture, Celebrities, Washington, DC, Elections, Politics
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U.S. House to vote on cutting off NPR funds
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are preparing another strike against public broadcasting with legislation to bar federal funding of National Public Radio and prohibit local public stations from using federal money to pay NPR dues. The House...Tags: NPR, Education, Entertainment, Washington, DC, Massachusetts
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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: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Racism, Juan Williams, Entertainment, Democratic Party
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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: Radio, NPR, Entertainment, Management Change, Vivian Schiller
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NPR executive resigns over hidden camera video
WASHINGTON (AP) — NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller resigned Wednesday under pressure, a day after an undercover video showed one of her executives on a hidden camera calling the tea party racist and saying the news organization would be...Tags: New York, Racism, Juan Williams, Entertainment, Vivian Schiller
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