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Apr 24, 2006

National pubcasting orgs launched a website earlier this month designed to generate grassroots support as the system tries to stave off proposed federal funding cuts, reports the New York Times. In its first week, the website, www.tellthempublicmatters.org, generated "a couple thousand" e-mail messages to Congress from 39 states, said Mike Riksen, NPR's v.p. for government relations.

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