Policy Update

Defend public broadcasting before House vote on Thursday

6/21/2005

Express your view.

Contact your congressional representative before the House votes Thursday, as expected, on the proposed cuts to public broadcasting.
Tell them "Do not eliminate taxpayer funds that help underwrite children's educational programs such as 'Sesame Street,' 'Reading Rainbow,' 'Arthur'... "
 
You can find the name and an e-mail link for your representative by typing in your ZIP code at www.house.gov/writerep.
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The San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
EDITORIAL

Defend public broadcasting
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/21/EDG3VDANSL1.DTL

Kenneth Tomlinson, appointed by President Bush to be chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, continues to insist that public television has a left-wing tilt.

Last week, the House Appropriations Committee slashed $100 million from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's current budget of $386 million -- 90 percent more than even the Bush administration had requested be cut.
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The Seattle Times
Tuesday, June 21, 2005 
Editorial

The newest threat to public broadcasting
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2002342277_publiced21.html

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee's vote to cripple public broadcasting stations is a cynical political move that should be overturned by the full House.
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New York Times
June 21, 2005
by STEPHEN LABATON

Public Broadcasting Monitor Had Worked at Center Founded by Conservatives
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/politics/21broadcast.html