PSA
You know that email petition that keeps circulating about how Congress is slashing funding for NPR and PBS? Well, now it's actually true. (Really. Check the footnotes if you don't believe me.)
Sign the petition telling Congress to save NPR and PBS:
http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/
A House panel has voted to eliminate all funding for NPR and PBS, starting with "Sesame Street," "Reading Rainbow," and other commercial-free children's shows. If approved, this would be the most severe cut in the history of public broadcasting, threatening to pull the plug on Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch.
The cuts would slash 25% of the federal funding this year—$100 million—and end funding altogether within two years. The loss could kill beloved children's shows like "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Arthur," and "Postcards from Buster." Rural stations and those serving low-income communities might not survive. Other stations would have to increase corporate sponsorships.
If we can reach 250,000 signatures by the end of the week, we'll put Congress on notice.
http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/
Thanks!
P.S. Read the Washington Post report on the threat to NPR and PBS at:
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=745
And here's my response:
Seriously? NPR and PBS? This is perhaps the least public minded drivel to come out of the great halls of Democracy in quite some time. To what end? How does pulling funding serve us as a people? Isn't it bad enough that we can't seem to fund out schools? Isn't it bad enough that we can't seem to fund youth programs after school? Our children suffer from a whole generation of financially strained parents. There are people who are eating ramen and catsup so they can afford the gas to drive to work. For the millions out there who just can't afford cable or satellite TV, broadcast TV and radio is the only option. And to take away to two biggest sources of broadcast TV and radio programming that is educational, informative, and engaging in no way serves the populace of this great nation. Please, for the sake of the people, the people both young and old, the people that served you in your youth, the people that serve you now, and the people that will serve you in your later years, vote to serve them back. Vote to keep public radio and television alive.
Sign the petition telling Congress to save NPR and PBS:
http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/
A House panel has voted to eliminate all funding for NPR and PBS, starting with "Sesame Street," "Reading Rainbow," and other commercial-free children's shows. If approved, this would be the most severe cut in the history of public broadcasting, threatening to pull the plug on Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch.
The cuts would slash 25% of the federal funding this year—$100 million—and end funding altogether within two years. The loss could kill beloved children's shows like "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Arthur," and "Postcards from Buster." Rural stations and those serving low-income communities might not survive. Other stations would have to increase corporate sponsorships.
If we can reach 250,000 signatures by the end of the week, we'll put Congress on notice.
http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/
Thanks!
P.S. Read the Washington Post report on the threat to NPR and PBS at:
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=745
And here's my response:
Seriously? NPR and PBS? This is perhaps the least public minded drivel to come out of the great halls of Democracy in quite some time. To what end? How does pulling funding serve us as a people? Isn't it bad enough that we can't seem to fund out schools? Isn't it bad enough that we can't seem to fund youth programs after school? Our children suffer from a whole generation of financially strained parents. There are people who are eating ramen and catsup so they can afford the gas to drive to work. For the millions out there who just can't afford cable or satellite TV, broadcast TV and radio is the only option. And to take away to two biggest sources of broadcast TV and radio programming that is educational, informative, and engaging in no way serves the populace of this great nation. Please, for the sake of the people, the people both young and old, the people that served you in your youth, the people that serve you now, and the people that will serve you in your later years, vote to serve them back. Vote to keep public radio and television alive.
posted by Rook at 6/14/2005 05:43:00 PM
2 Comments:
I love NPR and PBS. Dude.
WTF is wrong with the government? Oh wait, I know, nevermind.
Dear friend of MoveOn,
In an unexpected move yesterday afternoon, the House of Representatives approved a measure to restore $100 million of funding for NPR, PBS and local public stations.1 Republican leaders were proposing to slash $200 million from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, but you helped stop them.
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