Dictator Bush is at it again. He's recommending for the 7th or 8th year in a row that Congress cut the PBS budget. This time, he wants to shave HALF of the budget away from public TV, which would
essentially kill the ONLY non-commercial television network in the country. Because I work for PBS, I don't usually blog about them due to a conflict of interest. But, I have to stand up for PBS as an institution. Eric Boehlert, senior fellow at Media Matters, a nonprofit media watchdog group says, “PBS is a success story for the government, ranking up there with the national parks. Any cuts would hurt the millions of people who can’t or won’t pay for cable.”
Parade.com asks in an online poll should tax dollars support PBS? You may get more traction by
contacting your local Congress people or
Senators. Tell
them that because ALL other TV is OWNED by major, giant corporations you support the full funding of PBS. Your daily news and programming (including content) is heavily influenced by sponsors and parent companies. Only PBS can stand alone to present an opinion that isn't influenced by GE stock price, Disney's "family" image, the whim's of Fox's right-wing nut-job billionare owner, and Sumner Redstone's personal views on gays. If you allow PBS to die, the LAST hope for an unbiased media will die with it. Nothing on the History Channel can compare to THE WAR or CARRIER. Nothing on the Science Channel, Discovery, TLC, or Animal Planet can compare to NATURE and NOVA. PBS is also a LEADER in documentary film and televisio
n. PBS has always pioneered the use of the web to expand the reach of broadcast TV. PBS only costs $400 million (MILLION with an M!) a YEAR. The Iraq quagmire costs about $400 million per DAY! Maybe we could just take ONE day off of the stupid, pointless, lie of a war and use that money to fund the nation's ONLY independent voice. Please do take a moment to contact your legislators to let them know that you value a truly free press and you support the use of your tax dollars to fund art, science, and education for our children and other citizens
rather than war and death to kill off another 4000 young Americans so we can't find Osam Bin Laden and we can't find any WMDs (because they never existed in the first place, Colin Powell) .
Dictator Bush is at it again. He's recommending for the 7th or 8th year in a row that Congress cut the PBS budget. This time, he wants to shave HALF of the budget away from public TV, which would 
essentially kill the ONLY non-commercial television network in the country. Because I work for PBS, I don't usually blog about them due to a conflict of interest. But, I have to stand up for PBS as an institution. Eric Boehlert, senior fellow at Media Matters, a nonprofit media watchdog group says, “PBS is a success story for the government, ranking up there with the national parks. Any cuts would hurt the millions of people who can’t or won’t pay for cable.” Parade.com asks in an online poll should tax dollars support PBS? You may get more traction by contacting your local Congress people or Senators. Tell 
them that because ALL other TV is OWNED by major, giant corporations you support the full funding of PBS. Your daily news and programming (including content) is heavily influenced by sponsors and parent companies. Only PBS can stand alone to present an opinion that isn't influenced by GE stock price, Disney's "family" image, the whim's of Fox's right-wing nut-job billionare owner, and Sumner Redstone's personal views on gays. If you allow PBS to die, the LAST hope for an unbiased media will die with it. Nothing on the History Channel can compare to THE WAR or CARRIER. Nothing on the Science Channel, Discovery, TLC, or Animal Planet can compare to NATURE and NOVA. PBS is also a LEADER in documentary film and televisio
n. PBS has always pioneered the use of the web to expand the reach of broadcast TV. PBS only costs $400 million (MILLION with an M!) a YEAR. The Iraq quagmire costs about $400 million per DAY! Maybe we could just take ONE day off of the stupid, pointless, lie of a war and use that money to fund the nation's ONLY independent voice. Please do take a moment to contact your legislators to let them know that you value a truly free press and you support the use of your tax dollars to fund art, science, and education for our children and other citizens 
rather than war and death to kill off another 4000 young Americans so we can't find Osam Bin Laden and we can't find any WMDs (because they never existed in the first place, Colin Powell) .
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