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12. The Televangelist (Jim Bakker)

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The FCC's Investigation of Jim and Tammy Faye Baker

In 1979, the Charlotte Observer published multiple stories questioning the funding or lack of funding of PTL's international commitments. Baker had promised to provide audio and video equipment needed to create a TV station in Korea; he raised 350 grand specifically for that project. There were similar promises made to Brazil and the Middle East, and Jim Baker never delivered on any of them. In response, Jim Baker accused the FCC of having an anti-religious agenda. We do not want this church or any other church destroyed or intimidated by the government.

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