THE END OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING?
I don’t know if any of you watch PBS or NPR, but if you do you might be interested to know that a house subcommittee voted yesterday to sharply reduce the federal government’s financial support for public broadcasting with a view to end public broadcasting funding within 2 years.
I suppose that shouldn’t come as a great surprise though, I mean money must be a little tight over there now since another subcommittee just added $49 billion more for funding the Iraqi occupation on top of the $82 billion recently appropriated (along with your new national ID cards) as part of the $491 billion 2006 National Defense Authorization Act.
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Public Broadcasting Targeted By House
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Wrote the following comment on Jun 16, 2005 at 5:57 am
No problem Jess. :-)
Wrote the following comment on Jun 16, 2005 at 6:50 am
Ernie and Bert rule! Even though Burt is evil. :-)
Wrote the following comment on Jun 16, 2005 at 5:48 am
on an unrelated note, glad you liked the sound clip! and thanks for echoing my thoughts on the mj post…
Wrote the following comment on Jun 16, 2005 at 6:09 am
argh…mother fucker! Idiots! Ok, outburst out of the way. That’s damn near the only I watch, and NPR is the only radio station I listen to for news. Sigh. That sucks.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 16, 2005 at 6:14 am
someone emailed me that petition yesterday, and i’ve been passing it on, too. i couldnt fathom a world without sesame street, and would be completely lost without NPR.