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The future of public media in South Dakota

By David Folkenflik

Published September 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM EDT

With federal funding ending later this week, our media correspondent went to South Dakota to learn what people want from public media today.

David Folkenflik

David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.

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