For today, links to commentary from nader.org and to a report from the Center for Study of Responsive Law; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names below. (Scroll down for MEDIA 1-3-26. Scroll up for today’s GAZA, IRAN, YEMEN and VENEZUELA.) — MCM

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FROM JAN. 2  Eight new year’s resolutions for NPR and CEO Katherine Maher to consider, by Ralph Nader | nader.org  Congress created National Public Radio under the Nixon Administration to fill the yawning gaps of commercial radio in local, national, and international news coverage and to give voice to the people without the censorship that comes from advertisers. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 19, 2024  The case for a democratically funded and locally rooted news media in an era of newsroom closures, by Michael Swerdlow | Center for Study of Responsive Law  Democracy in the United States requires an informed citizenry. Factual, verified infor- mation and news analysis are its lifeblood. Yet today . . . Click HERE for all 84 pages.

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