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From: LindyBill	6/23/2005 4:45:09 AM
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Media Culture Public Broadcasting Rally NRO - 06/22 05:59 PM Reuters reports that the White House is standing by Corporation for Public Broadcasting Chairman Kenneth Tomlinson after a handful of Democratic senators demanded that he resign. One of their reasons? The letter from the Democratic senators also accused him of not fighting hard enough against efforts by U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers to make big cuts in the broadcasting corporation's budget. I didn’t know that was part of his job description. We’re in the midst of a spending crisis, yet Democratic lawmakers are campaigning with giant puppet dogs to restore a piddling $100 million in public broadcasting funds. Cliff Kincaid at Accuracy in Media has a lengthy, up-to-date report on why it’s time to defund public broadcasting. The fact, as honest liberals admit, is that non-commercial public broadcasting has become commercial anyway. PBS and NPR programs feature pitches for the corporations that underwrite the shows. They are not exactly commercials but they serve the same function. The Media Research Center throws a spotlight on a new PBS advertising campaign against CPB budget cuts. PBS viewers in and around Washington, DC, as well as across the country, are being repeatedly exposed to a saturation ad campaign urging them to contact their member of Congress to decry "devastating" cuts in the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget for next year. Federal funding for public television is a political issue, as those of us who feel strongly about it know. So here we have our tax dollars, not just paying for a government program we don’t support, but funding ads opposing our position. Jeff Jarvis had some interesting thoughts a few days ago: I have a humble suggestion for how to save public broadcasting: Make it truly public broadcasting, supported by its public instead of by government." media.nationalreview.com

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