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National Public Radio CEO Katherine Maher (left) and Public Broadcasting Service CEO Paula Kerger testify during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo: AFP/Drew Angerer)

CPJ: House hearing on PBS and NPR a ‘dangerous mischaracterization’ of US public media

Washington, D.C., March 26, 2025 —The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the willful mischaracterization of the vital work and role of public broadcasters NPR and PBS during today’s Congressional hearing, titled “Anti-American Airwaves: Holding the Heads of NPR and PBS accountable.” “Millions of Americans from major cities to rural areas rely on NPR and PBS…

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The U.S. Capitol building as pictured in 2023. (Photo: CPJ/ Loghman Fattahi)

CPJ, FPF, and RSF urge Congressional support for public broadcasting and press freedom

On Tuesday, March 25, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) sent a joint letter to the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency. The press freedom organizations called for bipartisan support for media freedom and public broadcasting ahead of the subcommittee’s March 26 hearing…

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Ethiopian police detain journalists reporting on drought, escort them back to capital

Ethiopian police on August 8, 2016, detained three journalists reporting on the effects of a severe drought in the country before escorting them back to Addis Ababa with a warning not to work outside the capital, the Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Ethiopia said in a statement.

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Five journalists injured in bomb attack in Thailand

Bangkok, October 22, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the recent roadside bomb attack that injured five reporters in southern Thailand and calls on both sides of the region’s insurgent conflict to refrain from attacks that imperil journalists.

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