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(B.F. Goodrich) wrote in message . com...
On NPR's Morning Edition last week, Nina Tottenberg said that if
the Supreme Court supports Congress, it is in effect the end of
the National Public Radio (NPR), National Endowment for the Arts
(NEA) & the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). PBS, NPR and the
arts are facing major cutbacks in funding. In spite of the
efforts of each station to reduce spending costs and streamline
their services, some government officials believe that the
funding currently going to these programs is too large a portion
of funding for something which is seen as not worthwhile. The
only way that our representatives can be aware of the base of
support for PBS and funding for these types of programs is by
making our voices heard. Please add your name to this list and
forward it to friends who believe in what this stands for. This
list will be forwarded to the President and the Vice President
of the United States. This petition is being passed around the
Internet. Please add your name to it so that funding can be
maintained for NPR, PBS, & the NEA. HOW TO SIGN & FORWARD:

The beginning of the end was a long time ago when Newt Gingrich
sucessfully got spending on these things cut back during his tenure in
congress. If you recall the republicans at that time were decrying a
liberal imbalance in funded arts programs and citing such works as
Maplethorpe? for being vulgar and having no real value.

After those cutbacks public broadcasting, both TV and radio suddenly
started have corporate tag lines before and after programs. They
essentially ammount to commercials and they have gotten more and more
like the traditional broadcast commercials. Obviously this is because
they are courting money from big corporations.

So any further cutbacks would be the end. But the current product
already is far from what we once knew.

Mike http://www.mmeproductions.com