Funding for public TV, radio worth preserving

[struggle4progress]

June 21, 2005

It is time for those who value independent and thoughtful public television and radio, and all they provide and stand for, to be counted. <snip>

Let's call a political spade a political spade. If it looks like politics, sounds like politics and stinks like politics, it's politics. This assault is politics at its worst, and if allowed to stand, the ramifications for public television and radio will be devastating.

When the Republican leadership in Congress calls for cutting funding for public broadcasting - and all that would mean - by 45 percent (more than $100 million) at the same time conservatives are attacking public broadcasting for allegedly liberal programming biases, the public should be alarmed.

The public broadcasting system is about as independent as you can get in a politically divided nation. Far more importantly, it is a national treasure. On so many cultural, scientific, artistic, news and informational levels, the current assault is unworthy of true conservatives or Republicans. <snip>

http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/op_editorials/article/0,2565,ALBQ_19867_3871595,00.html