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The House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday that would bar federal funding for National Public Radio -- a longtime target of conservatives irritated by what they consider the outlet's liberal bias.

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Meet the man behind the NPR stingupdated: Thu Mar 17 2011 16:32:00

CNN's Howard Kurtz talks to conservative activist James O'Keefe, the man behind the ACORN and NPR undercover videos.

Defund public broadcasting and set it freeupdated: Fri Mar 11 2011 11:36:00

Let's drain some of the tension out of the room: I don't care what fundraisers at radio stations say in private conversations. I listen to my local National Public Radio affiliate every morning.

Activist targets NPR in stingupdated: Fri Mar 11 2011 11:36:00

A conservative filmmaker captures video of controversial remarks made by an NPR executive. CNN's Brian Todd reports.

Schiller's fall puts NPR funds at riskupdated: Thu Mar 10 2011 11:38:00

News accounts of the sacking of National Public Radio Chief Executive Vivian Schiller are careful to point out that she is not a blood relation to Ron Schiller, who, until Tuesday, had been NPR's senior vice president for development -- before he was caught on tape disparaging Tea Party members and the Republican Party in general.

CNNMoney: Budget battles: Big Bird under attackupdated: Fri Mar 04 2011 19:29:00

Friday was the 155th day the federal government has operated without a budget, and some lawmakers spent it arguing over nickels and dimes.

CNNMoney: Internet radio sites ink royalty dealupdated: Tue Jul 07 2009 21:54:00

After years of tweaking and rewording agreements, commercial Webcasters have agreed to royalty rates for music they stream online, according to a statement from SoundExchange, a not-for-profit organization that collects and distributes digital music royalties.

CNNMoney: Internet radio gets a reprieveupdated: Tue Jul 17 2007 02:25:00

Black Sunday has come and gone, and Internet radio has managed to live and play for another day.

Do conservatives really believe in the free market?updated: Mon Nov 21 2005 12:29:00

I first met Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the former chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), when he supported Jack Kemp for president in 1988. I ran into him again in 1996, when he was working in Steve Forbes' presidential campaign.

Report: Politics may have influenced former public broadcasting chiefupdated: Tue Nov 15 2005 15:51:00

The former chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting overstepped his bounds in several areas, including initiating contracts without the board's approval, and may have let politics have a hand in picking a new board president, according to a report released Tuesday by the corporation's inspector general.

Public air warsupdated: Fri Jul 22 2005 11:08:00

Sen. Arlen Specter, a busy man with multiple duties, was understandably unprepared July 11 as he chaired a rare Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing about public television.

A Man in Sesame Strifeupdated: Tue Jun 28 2005 14:03:00

Kenneth Y. Tomlinson's tenure as chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been sponsored by the letter C, for controversy.

Public broadcasting chief under fireupdated: Fri Jun 10 2005 21:02:00

A top official at National Public Radio blamed a proposed $100 million federal budget cut for public broadcasting on "irresponsible" charges of political bias made by the head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting itself.

Money Magazine: Here are your thoughts on budget cuts YOU WANT LESS PORK -- AND HALF OF YOU WOULD CUT SOCIAL SECURITY updated: Tue Jun 01 1993 00:01:00

When MONEY readers recommend trimming the fat in Washington, they're not talking about President Clinton's waistline. More than 10,000 of you responded to our April poll, which asked, "What cuts wo...

Money Magazine: Tell us what you think about this key issue. WHAT CUTS WOULD YOU MAKE IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING? updated: Thu Apr 01 1993 00:01:00

You asked for it. In response to January's MONEY poll -- ''Which Taxes Would You Be Willing to Pay to Cut the Federal Deficit?'' -- Ron Tuttle of Redmond, Wash. wrote: ''This is no fun at all. Give...

Fortune: Private mutterings, the cult of Gus, incredible shrinking farmers, and other matters. QUACKING ON PUBLIC TVupdated: Mon Apr 20 1992 00:01:00

As always happens during ''pledge week'' on public television, the latest round (mid-March) featured a certain amount of bitter back talk by your servant anytime the babbling pitchpersons came on-s...

Fortune: Political Expressions, A Media Long Shot, Bankable Moments on 86th Street, and Other Matters. The Moyers Lookupdated: Mon Jan 18 1988 00:01:00

Here is the way the issue is framed in The Kingdom Divided, a ''special report'' on God and Politics that was lately brought to the tube by Bill Moyers, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and...

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