PBS, NPR avoids ax
Support from "viewers like you" helped stop a proposed $100 million cut for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, allowing smaller stations like WQPT Quad Cities PBS to continue serving the community, station officials say.Thanks to those who contacted legislators at my urging. You helped keep the vandals away from this valuable institution.
The proposal would have lowered the corporation's budget by 46 percent. However, the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday restored the $100 million to the budget. By reducing the cut to 25 percent, the total 2006 budget was back up to $400 million.
People contacted their representatives to urge them to oppose the cut, said Lora Adams, marketing director and pledge producer for WQPT.
"The fact that it was ratified on the floor, 284-140, certainly shows the power of the people and how dearly they hold public broadcasting," Ms. Adams said.
posted by The Inside Dope @ 6/25/2005
5 comments
5 Comments:
We threaten to do it every 10 years or so. Never happens. Much to do about nothing.
I love that bird. I love Sesame Street. My children love it and I actually like PBS. Factis, tho, it's pretty liberal when it comes to political content.
Well Dave, your side did manage to slash their budget and put about a thousand tons of misdirected and totally inappropriate pressure on what is supposed to be an independent organization to either start spewing the right wing line or else get their funds dried up.
It's loathsome and proves that to the right, anyone or anything that routinely disseminates the truth is automatically in their sights.
They simply could not function or hold office if the truth were widely known, and they know it.
You're one news story behind. They've backed off the funding cut issue. I told you they always do.
Hey, how about that Durbin
The Cookie Monster disseminates the truth? You mean of course that "C" is for COOKIE.
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