LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK.(Michael Oxley of the House Banking and Financial Services Committee sends note to National Public Radio)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, February, 2001

Never let anyone say the chairman of the House Banking and Financial Services Committee has no sense of humor. Rep. Michael Oxley (R-Ohio) Last week sent a letter to National Public Radio "applauding" the service after reading a story in the Washington Post on NPR's plans to lease the exterior of its headquarters for a billboard. "This is just the kind of innovative thinking that has kept NPR on the cutting edge of noncommercial broadcasting," he wrote.

But anyone who follows public broadcasting's tumultuous relationship with House Republicans knows there's got to be a punch line. There is: "When you receive your first check from the agency, just send me a little note including the amount. I'll forward it to our friends on the Appropriations Committee, and...

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