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“‘We all knew that our jobs could go at any moment if politicians fought that hard enough,’ says former West Virginia Public Broadcasting reporter and producer Roxy Todd. ‘Gov. Justice’s presence was always looming over us.’ Since 2017, politicians have sought to eliminate state funding. The governor appointed partisans hostile to public broadcasting to key oversight positions. And the station’s chief executive has intervened repeatedly in journalistic decisions.” —
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Jim Justice,
press freedom,
public media,
West Virginia,
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
