Settle Down. New Legislation Didn’t Create Trump TV

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2017-01-19

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The CPD Blog

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The headlines were ominous: “Trump to inherit state-run TV network with expanded reach.” “Donald Trump to gain total control of US public broadcasting networks.” “Trump TV could really be a thing… and on the government’s dime.” Such language was misleading and overblown. Here’s a more even-handed version of what transpired: The National Defense Authorization Act of 2017 contained much-needed changes to the management structure of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, a U.S. government agency that outside consultants, members of Congress and even secretaries of state have variously described as “dysfunctional”, “illogical”, “chronically troubled” and “practically defunct.”

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Metzgar, E.T. (2017). “Settle Down. New Legislation Didn’t Create Trump TV.” The CPD Blog. University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy. Available at: http://bit.ly/2xDeEoQ

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