[masteryxisman]

Last year the Bush admin cut NPR and PBS by $100,000,000.

On average, public radio stations (including NPR Member stations) receive the largest percentage of their revenue (34%) from listener support, 24% from corporate underwriting and foundations, and 13% from CPB allocations.*

(* These figures are derived from the most recent CPB data available, FY03. The remaining average revenue breakdown is: 6% from local and state governments, 14% from institutional support, and 8% from all other sources.) NPR : Annual Reports, Audited Financial Statements, and Form 990s CBP is the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

The most significant budget affected is that of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the organization created by Congress to administer federal funds to help support public radio and television programming, stations, community service, educational projects and technology. Additionally, there is separate, smaller fund for public broadcasting technical projects administered through the Department of Commerce. NPR: Proposed Cuts to Public Broadcasting Budget Bush wants to cut that 13%. I think the educational value of public broadcasting is important for our democracy. We have to get our priorities in order in the USA. Sign the petition to stop this budget cut.

President Bush just proposed drastic cuts to NPR and PBS. We've stopped similar cuts in the past, but enough is enough: With the new Congress, we can make sure this never happens again.

We need Congress to save NPR and PBS once and for all.

Can you help out by signing this petition to Congress? It's really easy—just click the link below:

MoveOn.org Civic Action: Save NPR and PBS once and for all

Thanks!

[N95FzmMw]

Sent my check in. I love NPR!

[masteryxisman]

Cheers Kengle Sign the petition too? Let congress know this is out of the question.

[meteeratymn]

Dump PBS! If they cant survive then they go out of business.PBS is a left winged liberal network instead.Its fools cant accept MR Rogers Neighborhood on Sesame Street isnt the real world.

[Gymnfacymoota]

How else will he fund his war of aggression? Money has to come from somewhere, and he sure as hell won't pay for his war.

[Andoror]

As long as they’ve been on the air and still can’t secure sponsors should tell you something.
If they could get through one penguin or walrus doctoredmentary without condemning civilized man or America, I myself would send them a check.

[PypeMaypetasy]

i dontate only during the drives for PBS screw NPR its too politicised now.

[Prererularl]

Last year the Bush admin cut NPR and PBS by $100,000,000.



CBP is the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.



Bush wants to cut that 13%. I think the educational value of public broadcasting is important for our democracy. We have to get our priorities in order in the USA. Sign the petition to stop this budget cut.

Samantha .. good morning.

Just so you know, the President of the United States sends Congress a detailed proposal for the next fiscal year. At that point, Congress develops its resolutions and those resolutions go the House and Senate floors where they can be amended. Any differences between the two versions are rectified by the conference committee and sent back for a vote;

I like NPR and listen to it when I get the opportunity; however, this year, while Bush may propose the cuts, it is up to the Democrat majority to change this proposal.

[Biassasecumma]

I agree with Rak.
PBS is worth preserving, not everything that cannot survive commercially should end.
However NPR has no more or less value than any other commercial media news outlet..therefore it does not deserve public funding.

[Assentesy]

I've always liked PBS, they have some good quality programming like NOVA, Frontline & NOW. Not to mention the amount of children programming that I'm sure all of us grew up on. Mostly though they don't skimp on quality, I mean most commerical channels that are similar are often filled with bias and for the most part have skewed their programming to entertain. Not that PBS is perfect, but its value is apparent in a world of 200 hundred channels of nothing.

[Inettypofonee]

Well, if you are going to support the "Fairness Doctrine", you should be hollering for Limbaugh to receive as much funding as NPR being as he has more listeners. Equal time, equal support.

[Biassasecumma]

Well, if you are going to support the "Fairness Doctrine", you should be hollering for Limbaugh to receive as much funding as NPR being as he has more listeners. Equal time, equal support.

Precisely.
NPR is nothing more or less that another radio station...it does not do anything special for the public outside what any other station does.

PBS is different, it does many things on a local level, and I am sure just like our PBS station, it is many times the only place where the community has a voice.

[RilmAlime67]

Dump PBS! If they cant survive then they go out of business.PBS is a left winged liberal network instead.Its fools cant accept MR Rogers Neighborhood on Sesame Street isnt the real world.

It pains me when people such as yourself paint truthful programming as "left winged." I suppose you also have problems with the History, and Discovery Channels as well.

PBS is the Public Broadcasting System, to be funded by the PUBLIC. That's you and me. It provides a valued service to our society that is unrivaled in the private sector.

What have you got against Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street?

I'm having difficulty understanding your english, maybe you should have been watching more PBS when you were a growing up.

[RilmAlime67]

However NPR has no more or less value than any other commercial media news outlet..therefore it does not deserve public funding.

NPR was more informative with raw news before the Bush Administration bastardized it. In it's current form it's news has been sterilized to the point of uninformative. But NPR still has great programming like Car Talk, All Things Considered, All Songs Considered, Fresh Air, and Talk of the Nation. I wouldn't throw NPR under the bus, just because the Bush Administration screwed with it's news segments.

I shudder the thought of living in America without PBS and NPR.

[Susanleech]

I would rather he take all the money away from NPR and give it to PBS.

[Biassasecumma]

NPR was more informative with raw news before the Bush Administration bastardized it. In it's current form it's news has been sterilized to the point of uninformative. But NPR still has great programming like Car Talk, All Things Considered, All Songs Considered, Fresh Air, and Talk of the Nation. I wouldn't throw NPR under the bus, just because the Bush Administration screwed with it's news segments.

I shudder the thought of living in America without PBS and NPR.

I disagree.
PBS is worthy of continued support.
NPR is not.

The difference is not in quality of programming, nor has it anything whatsoever to do with popularity of it's shows - it is simply because it is no different than commercial enterprises good or bad. To obtain public funding, I believe an organization must have an inherent and unique value to the public that cannot be commercially duplicated.
In my opinion - it is unlawful to continue to give money to NPR.

[mygalinasoo]

I support public TV and NPR. Gotta have my "Car Talk" and "Are you Being Served?"

[funnyPasds]

I like both PBS and NPR and think both are, on the whole, fair. But if these orgs cannot survive in the marketplace, they should do what real businesses do; cut back spending, increase revenues, or go out of business.

[meteeratymn]

QUOTE=Angry American;916864]
What have you got against Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street?

I'm having difficulty understanding your english, maybe you should have been watching more PBS when you were a growing up. [/QUOTE]

Naw! This is what i watched when i was growing up

YouTube - The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show Opening - 80's Version[
YouTube - Looney Tunes 1964 opening

[masteryxisman]

I support public TV and NPR. Gotta have my "Car Talk" and "Are you Being Served?"

Isn't Car Talk great! I love those guys. And Wait Wait Don't Tell Me is very funny too.