On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:17:15 -0400, Cliff wrote:

"Despite this incredible progress, the House Republicans did manage
to cut over $100 million, including funding for children's programming
like "Sesame Street." "

"The Republican-dominated board of the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting (CPB) hired a former Republican National Committee chair
as the next president, injecting partisanship into the very
organization designed to shield public broadcasting from political
meddling."

http://www.democracynow.org/article..../06/22/1347234
[
"Bill Moyers: "The Radical Right Wing is Very Close to Achieving a
Longtime Goal of Undermining the Independence of Public Broadcasting"
......
"National Public Radio reported that they had obtained emails from a
CPB official that showed that CPB Chair Kenneth Tomlinson had
conferred with the White House in hiring decisions and in shaping
policy at the corporation. In past interviews, Tomlinson has said that
the White House does not interfere with CPB.
Last year, he secretly paid more than $14,000 to an outside
consultant, to monitor the political content of the guests on the PBS
program NOW with Bill Moyers. The consultant, Fred Mann, worked for
the American Conservative Union for many years.

And earlier this month, it was revealed that a former co-chair of the
Republican National Committee is Tomlinson's favored candidate to take
over as President of the CPB. Patricia de Stacy Harrison is currently
a high-ranking official at the State Department. She was co-chair of
the RNC from 1997 until January 2001, helping to raise money for
Republican candidates, including George W. Bush."
]

False alarm......Big Bird won, they got the money anyway

Regards

Daveb