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Cable companies created and fund C-SPAN

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The channel known for airing incredibly tedious government hearings is not tax-funded. It is entirely paid for by private cable companies who created it as a massive public relations shield to avoid federal regulation. They willingly burn millions on a channel nobody watches just to keep Congress happy.

Cable companies created and fund C-SPAN
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