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  • F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into NPR and PBS Sponsorships

    01/31/2025 9:18:24 AM PST · by cuz1961 · 32 replies
    The NY Times ^ | 1/30/2025 | By Benjamin Mullin and David McCabe
    ...Brendan Carr, the chairman, said in a letter to NPR and PBS on Wednesday that the inquiry would focus on whether the news organizations’ member stations violated government rules by recognizing financial sponsors on the air. Mr. Carr said that NPR and PBS stations operate as noncommercial broadcast organizations, but that they may be airing “announcements that cross the line into prohibited commercial advertisements.”..
  • Washington Post Says It Won’t Endorse Anyone for President

    10/25/2024 11:02:22 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 21 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Oct. 25, 2024, 12:28 p.m. ET | Benjamin Mullin and Katie Robertson
    The Washington Post’s chief executive told the newsroom on Friday that it would not endorse a presidential candidate, breaking with decades of precedent at the newspaper. “The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election,” wrote Will Lewis, The Post’s chief executive. “Nor in any future presidential election. We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates.” The Post has endorsed presidential candidates since 1976, Mr. Lewis wrote, when it gave its stamp of approval to Jimmy Carter, who went on to win the election. Before that, it generally did not...