Public broadcasters say GOP funding cuts could be ‘devastating’ to local media and make Americans less safe

By Megan Lebowitz and Raquel Coronell Uribe When a magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck off southern Alaska on Wednesday, officials were concerned about a potential tsunami. It was local public media that helped relay a tsunami alert, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said. But now, looming GOP-led funding cuts are concerning media allies that local public broadcasters would be forced to downsize or shutter, […]