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A year after Trump funding cuts, public media finds support from audiences

A year ago, President Trump cut all federal funding for public TV and radio. Hundreds of public media staffers got laid off. But listeners and viewers are also stepping up with support.

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David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.

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