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The 2013 Tennessee Pork Report was released earlier this week, and already numerous TV, radio, and newspaper reporters have covered Beacon’s findings. Below is a run-down of the recent media coverage of the report’s release. WSMV, Channel 4 News (Nashville) Annual Pork Report notes more than $500M in wasteful spending Fox 17 News (Nashville) Tennessee ‘Pork Report’ released WMC-TV (Memphis) Report exposes millions in wasteful Tennessee government spending ABC 24 (Memphis) State Pork Report Names Wharton’s Cadillac, Civil Rights Museum Grant WBIR, Channel 10 (Knoxville) Pork Report: TN ‘squandered’ more than $511 million in 2013 Pork Report broadens definition for $511 million figure WJHL, Channel 11 (Tri-Cities) Over a billion gallons of water unaccounted for in Carter County WGNS Radio Beacon Center Reports on Tennessee Government Spending that Could be Described as Wasteful Tennessean Beacon Center of Tennessee claims state wasted $511 million in past year Knoxville News Sentinel Hemlock, Beef, Film Incentives Make ‘Pork Report’ List Jackson Sun Group claims TN wasted $511 million last year Chattanooga Times Free Press Nashville Notebook: Pork Report targets EPB; Chattanooga Airport Nashville Business Journal Hemlock, ‘Nashville’ show in crosshairs of new ‘Pork Report’ on government spending TN Report Think Tank’s Annual ‘Pork Report’ Lays Bare Half-Billion Dollars in TN Taxpayer-Financed Waste Pork Report pokes holes in TN subsidy spending Murfreesboro Post Corporate welfare, TV show singled out in annual ‘Pork Report’ Nashville Post Beacon Center claims governments wasted $511M the past year Tennessee Watchdog Tennessee Watchdog Contributes to Half-Billion Dollar Pork Report Nooga.com New “Pork Report” slams public money spent on Chattanooga projects in most recent year