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Written by: Tom Rieland
Date: February 17, 2011

TOTN Host Neal Conan is joined by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), who supports federal funding for public broadcasting, and Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), who thinks it should be eliminated. Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, will provide context of the role of public broadcasting in the media landscape. Talk of the Nation airs every weekday on WOSU 89-7 NPR News.