[Drango]

26%...This is a good start...However, when it reaches the Senate, Ted Stevens will add the money back in.

[cake_crumb]

Only 26%? Darn...I was hoping for 100%.

[gcruse]

Same old Democrat crap. The didn't get the increases they wanted, so they call it a cut in spending. I'm surprised they didn't hire David Bonior to be a spokesterrier on this.

[gunnedah]

95% of all public broadcasting is a left reaching faction of the Democrat Party. Nothing but a brainwashing organization for the DOPES who will listen and fall for their garbage.

[Drango]

PING *NPR/PBS*

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[MistrX]

Three Hundred and Eighty Million Dollars???!!! Think of the cruise missiles that would pay for.

[upchuck]

If enacted, the Subcommittee’s recommendations would be a double blow to public broadcasting.

HALLELUJAH!!

'bout damned time.

Let the Corporation for PUBLIC Broadcasting be supported by the public.

It toasts my Cheerios every time I see some leftest spew program on PBS and think that I involuntarily helped pay for it.

[Bill Davis FR]

LET THE MEMBERSHIP PAY...FREE THE TAXPAYERS

[Digger]

They just can't slay the dragon. ..and with your money. Thanks to the "Two-Party Cartel".

[McGavin999]

And, they would inflict serious damage on programs and services that are essential to children, parents and educators alike.

What essential services? There are a hundred gazillion stations out there who would pick up anything that the public thought was really essential. @6% is a good start, the cuts should continue at the same rate for the next couple of years.

[hattend]

Further, these cuts would hit public broadcasting stations at an already difficult time, when they are eliminating programming and cutting other services due to the weakened economy, cutbacks in state funding, and increasing operating costs. And, they would inflict serious damage on programs and services that are essential to children, parents and educators alike.

Based on what I see in toy stores, let Big Bird and the rest of Sesame Street make up the difference. Where do the profits from that show go? Henson Company? Maybe PBS should get a bigger cut.

[Let's Roll]

"... inflict serious damage on programs and services that are essential to children, parents and educators alike."

Essential? Give me a friggin' break.

[RippleFire]

bump

[jagrmeister]

The liberal drivel disseminated by PBS is non-essential and redundant. People can be exposed to the same kind of biased coverage on CBS or ABC. Same goes for NPR. If the GOP is willing to cut spending for these sacred cows, good for them. They also cut another feel-good but inefficient program in Americorps. Every dollar saved here can go straight to working families.

[cloud8]

If PBS doesn't get the funding to go digital, it's not going to kill Big Bird. The article is signed by these public tv liberal media bigwigs:

Robert T. Coonrod, President and CEO, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Appointed to current position by CPB board (which in turn is appointed by potus for 6-yr terms) in 1998 during clinton administration. Was CPB VP and COO since '92 [talk about entrenched!]. While known as cost cutter, he and cpb "encourage partnerships between public broadcasters and community institutions in an effort to address the goals of education, diversity and an agenda to help position public broadcasting for the future [I'll bet he has an agenda.]" Joined the USIA right out of college (1967) and oversaw VOA & office of Cuban broadcasting [which some say had turned into a tool of the clinton State Department].

Kevin Klose, President and CEO, National Public Radio
Came to NPR in 1998 during clinton adm. He spent 25 years as a reporter and editor at the Washington Post. "Radically downsized" Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe [fits in with Coonrod's VOA and Cuban operations above]. Harvard grad & Woodrow Wilson fellow.

John Lawson, President and CEO, Association of Public Television Stations
Joined APTS in 2001. As far as I can see, this organization is strictly a lobbying group to which public tv stations belong. Lawson's "priorities include digital conversion, an expanded role for public television in education, use of DTV datacasting for homeland security, and universal access to public television through all distribution technologies. During Lawson's first year as president of APTS, public broadcasting persuaded Congress to approve the first federal funds specifically targeted for the digital conversion of stations [i.e., he's the bag man: give us digital or children's programming goes down the tubes]."

Pat Mitchell, President and CEO, Public Broadcasting Service
Came to PBS in 2000 as CEO. The bio doesn't say who hired her. 25 years producing tv beginning in Boston, but was a big shot at CNN: "Prior to her current role, Pat was president of Time Warner's CNN Productions and Time Inc. Television, where she was responsible for developing, commissioning and supervising original, nonfiction programming projects for CNN, TBS and other Turner and Time Warner networks and businesses...."

...only a start. Drango you might bump this post to your NPR list. My take is that public broadcasting is one of the biggest liberal scams of the last 50 years. --Bill

[WorkingClassFilth]

Personally, I can hardly wait to hear the next fund raiser crying and pleading...

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NPR AFFILIATE HOST - MALE: "Where else are you going to hear the fine programing you've come to expect from NPR and your affiliate stations? The time is now, to pick up that phone and show your support!"

NPR AFFILIATE HOST - FEMALE: "That's right, people. When you want news, where do you turn your dial? When you want entertainment, where do you turn your dial? Some of you, though, just come here week after week and enjoy the high-quality programming we all enjoy but you still haven't stepped up to the plate to help. Pick-up the phone and start doing your part today!"

NPR AFFILIATE HOST - ETHNIC MALE: "You make a good point, [name], too many people take what we do every day for granted and never put up there fair share. I mean, we work hard day after day and we pay taxes and all the other bills all of you pay too. Still, some of you don't care enough to go above and beyond and show your support."

NPR AFFILIATE - FEMALE: "I hear ya! The funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is only a small portion of our needs. We have bills too. Our buildings don't have the latest technology and we want to lead the world in having all-digital-all-the-time facilities. Our staff budget grows every year and at the same time there are those in government that want to cut our budget! Imagine that! Come on, people! Get out those wallets and give us a call! To show how much we appreciate you donation, you can get all sorts of nifty premiums..."

NRP AFFILIATE HOST - MALE: "You got that right [name]! For our lowest support catagory, the 'Silver Comrade', we'll send you a thank you and a post card showing all of us at our Colorado ski retreat last winter. For the next level, the 'Golden Comrade' you'll also get a bottle of Chardonay from the Winery of Defrocked Priests in San Francisco. For the highest level, you'll get all of the stuff the others are getting, but you'll also get a top security clearances for any kind of sensitive military information you might desire. Oh wait, that was the offer we gave out under the Clinton administration..."

NPR AFFILIATE HOST - ETHNIC MALE: "Look, let's cut to the chase. We need money. You've got money. We'll get it now, voluntarily, or we'll get it later with a pair of pliers when we get back in power. You wine-sipping liberals better get out your plastic, NOW!"

[Public Service Announcement]

[The studio microphones come back up...]

NPR AFFILIATE HOST - FEMALE: Well, [name], there certainly has been a lot of excitement here today. Oh, wait! The phones are ringing..."

[The sound of subdued chatter and the ring of a single phone is heard. An operator has picked up the phone and can be heard, indistinctly, speaking to someone…]

NPR AFFILIATE HOST - MALE: "The staff is excited today like I can't remember when, [name]! But excitement isn't enough! We need you support like never before. The talk has even been that some of our staff may face layoffs if your support dollars are enough to make up the difference between what we demand, er, ask of government funding and what we are spending. Like you, I have two new SUV's to pay for and my family just bought a vacation home in Vail. We all have obligations, but some of us are doing something about fighting for the world view we want to rule in the generations to come. Won't you please, please, please pick-up that phone and give us a call?"

NPR AFFILIATE HOST - FEMALE: "What did the caller say, [name of operator]?"

OPERATOR: "Nothing. It was a wrong number…"

[There is a long silence.]

[Music plays and a voice intones: 'Please Stand by…']

[Valin]

A $100 million here, a $100 million there, next thing you know you're talking real money.

[philman_36]

There ought to be a whole bunch of "specials" scheduled for begging "funding" to continue broadcasting.

Send us some money so that we can continue brainwashing entertaining you...Without your help we couldn't continue indoctrinating entertaining you.
And look at the programming we've got in store for you this week! Our "Specials" are just the kind of quality entertainment that you can expect from us here at ??? Public Broadcasting (though you'll only get to see such "Specials" during begging "funding" promotions).
Be sure to tune in during the next year for our begging funding "Specials".
We now return you to your regularly scheduled bias programming.

Some things are better left unsaid.

P.S...This in no manner reflects on the donation drives here at FR, so don't anyone get in a tizzy. Our donations are gifts and aren't expected as they are at public broadcast stations. Americans are made to feel obligated to keep those stations going when Americans have no obligation whatsoever to do so.

[philman_36]

...every community in America has access to a wealth of independent, non-commercial programming and educational resources, as well as local services that are highly valued by their citizens.
A real headache came over me upon reading that causing the preceding rant. Pardon my rant.

[jwalsh07]

Cut it all.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Ping!