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Public broadcasting in the crosshairs.

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The Republican Congress has voted to eliminate federal money for public broadcasting, including $94 million NPR once restored by the Senate.

Republicans see NPR as too liberal and felt vindicated when NPR fired Juan Williams for comments on Fox News.

Now, in an ambush interview, an NPR fundraiser called Tea Party Conservatives' anti-intellectual

racists and NPR's president has been fired.

Is NPR really biased?

Is it ready for damage control?

What about public stations that need federal money but don't even carry NPR news?

On reporter's notebook later on, has Wisconsin's governor gone too far.

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Mormon-Aulney, back with To the Point. At a crucial moment in the effort to restore federal

funding for public broadcasting, NPR appears to have shot itself in the foot for a second time.

Is there real evidence of biased news reporting or administrative incompetence? Is taxpayer

money needed to perpetuate reliable coverage to compete with

the commercial focus on opinion and commentary. On reporter's notebook, Wisconsin's new governor may be

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