Bush vs. Sesame Street- 25% cut in Public Broadcasting (part of the plan)

[underpants]

Bush Proposes Steep Cut to PBS Funding
February 5, 2007
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=11508

President Bush is reopening the fight over government support of public television, unveiling a 2007 government fiscal year budget that would cut federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by nearly 25 percent.

There was some confusion on how to tally the exact cut, but public TV and congressional sources said at least $114 million of the $460 million CPB budget for the fiscal year that starts in October would be cut. The Association of Public Television Stations said the total impact could be $145 million when cuts in related programs are added, including a program to upgrade radio station satellite facilities.


A CPB analysis of the budget said the cuts include the $50 million already appropriated by Congress for next year, elimination of additional funding for digital conversion of public TV stations and a slight decrease in the Ready to Learn program. In addition to the cuts, the traditional advance funding for future years' programs would disappear, potentially making it harder for public stations to commit to future TV programming.

Do you think this is new?

Public Broadcasting Targeted By House
Panel Seeks to End CPB's Funding Within 2 Years
Friday, June 10, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/09/AR2005060902283.html

[waiting for hope]

1. They have been trying to cut

funding for PBS and NPR for a few years now - I think NPR got saved when they began to slant their news a bit. The problem is, they can't control PBS. Hopefully, they can pull out from this. Sesame Street, a program that has won 109 Emmy's needs to be protected for the value to the community.