Save NPR & PBS!!!!!!! MoveOn has 300,000 signatures, seeks 100,000 more.

[paineinthearse]

Received by email from MoveOn.

NPR, PBS vote TOMORROW -- help reach 400,000 signers

Dear MoveOn member,

In less than a day, we've blown past our goal—more than 300,000 of us have signed the petition to save NPR and PBS from losing public funding. This is huge, but we need your help.

Tomorrow, the House Appropriations Committee will decide whether to approve these severe cuts to NPR and PBS. We can stop the cuts—and save public TV and radio—with a strong show of public outrage. We'll report to the committee members on our petition before they vote.

Can you help us reach 400,000 signers by the end of the day?

http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?id=5665-3146535-B5qW400V9vjF98u8U8iCtA&t=1

Once you've signed the petition, please pass it along to friends, family and neighbors who count on NPR and PBS. You can use the note below.

Thank you for all you do,

–Noah, Joan, Rosalyn, and the MoveOn.org Team
Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

P.S. Here's a note to send your friends:

Hi,

You know that email petition that keeps circulating about how Congress is slashing funding for NPR and PBS? Well, now it's actually true. (Really. Check at the bottom if you don't believe me.)

Sign the petition telling Congress to save NPR and PBS:

http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?t=2

A House panel has voted to eliminate all public funding for NPR and PBS, starting with "Sesame Street," "Reading Rainbow," and other commercial-free children's shows. If approved, this would be the most severe cut in the history of public broadcasting, threatening to pull the plug on Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch.

The cuts would slash 25% of the federal funding this year—$100 million—and end funding altogether within two years. The loss could kill beloved children's shows like "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Arthur," and "Postcards from Buster." Rural stations and those serving low-income communities might not survive. Other stations would have to increase corporate sponsorships.

The next vote on the cuts will take place tomorrow (Thursday). Help us reach 400,000 signatures to be delivered to the committee members.

http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?t=3

Thanks!

P.S. Read the Washington Post report on the threat to NPR and PBS at:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=745



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[Bozita]

1. Thanks, I forgot to do it yesterday

Done!

[Lorien]

2. Done! n/t

[paineinthearse]

3. Thanks for Helping Save NPR and PBS

Thanks for Helping Save NPR and PBS

Dear friend,

Thank you. Your name has been added to the petition and your comments will be delivered to your senators and representative.

Please take a moment to invite your friends and colleagues to sign. You can just forward the sample letter below.

Spreading the word is critical, but please only pass this message along to those who know you, of course -- spam hurts our campaign.

Thanks, for all you do.

Sincerely,

--The MoveOn.org Team

Here's a sample message to send to your friends:

Subject: This time, it's for real: Save NPR and PBS

Hi,

You know that email petition that keeps circulating about how Congress is slashing funding for NPR and PBS? Well, now it's actually true. (Really. Check at the bottom if you don't believe me.)

Sign the petition telling Congress to save NPR and PBS:

http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/

A House panel has voted to eliminate all public funding for NPR and PBS, starting with "Sesame Street," "Reading Rainbow," and other commercial-free children's shows. If approved, this would be the most severe cut in the history of public broadcasting, threatening to pull the plug on Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch.

The cuts would slash 25% of the federal funding this year—$100 million—and end funding altogether within two years. The loss could kill beloved children's shows like "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Arthur," and "Postcards from Buster." Rural stations and those serving low-income communities might not survive. Other stations would have to increase corporate sponsorships.

Already, 300,000 people have signed the petition. Can you help us reach 400,000 signatures today?

http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/

Thanks!

P.S. Read the Washington Post report on the threat to NPR and PBS at:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=745

[Conker]

4. I signed the petition, and I am currently emailing people about it.

[CottonBear]

5. Done! n/t

[Strawman]

6. Signed. Thanks for posting this n/t

[kick-ass-bob]

7. kicking.

just got the email and kicking this back up...

[Liberal In Texas]

8. Done and kicked.

I said they should INCREASE the funding.

[Liberal In Texas]

9. Hitting the recommend button too. n/t

[kick-ass-bob]

10. good. I'm glad we got this up to the greatest page!

:thumbsup:

[spooky3]

11. up to 386,547 signatures!

[Oreo]

12. Done - now at 394,172

[BrightKnight]

13. Killing Bigbird won't be very popular. - n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

14. Done!

:kick:

[BrightKnight]

15. Common Cause letter and petition

Last week a House subcommittee voted to cut funding for public broadcasting, aiming to radically change programming on National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The proposed cuts include $23.4 million in federal funds for children's educational shows, such as "Sesame Street," "Clifford the Big Red Dog," and "Arthur." The loss of these shows would deprive millions of American children of valuable educational programming.

The subcommittee also voted to "zero out" or eliminate within two years all federal money for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). That loss would be about 15 percent of public broadcasting's total revenues. Small stations serving rural communities and minority audiences would be particularly hard hit by these cuts because they operate on very tight budgets and, in many cases, are one of the only stations serving the community.

We need to kill this funding-cut proposal immediately. Please call the leadership of the Appropriations Committee today and demand that they immediately work to restore full funding for public broadcasting:

Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-CA): [phone]
Vice-Chairman Ralph Regula (R-OH): [phone]
Call these leaders and ask them not to meddle with the funding for public broadcasting. In addition, please also email your Member of Congress and let him or her know that you oppose efforts to slash funding for public broadcasting. You can do so by going to:

http://www.commoncause.org/savepublicbroadcasting

We must take these actions today. Last week's vote was "a malicious wounding, if not outright attempted murder, of public broadcasting in America."1

Unfortunately, this kind of congressional effort to cut funding for public broadcasting is not new. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) unsuccessfully tried to eliminate funding for public broadcasting in the 90s and there are still some in Congress who share his vision. And, it is not a surprise that the congressional opponents of public broadcasting have chosen this time to renew their efforts, considering the powerful friend they have on their corner, Kenneth Tomlinson, the chairman of CPB.

Mr. Tomlinson is waging an all-out campaign to politicize the CPB and interfere with the editorial independence of NPR and PBS because he thinks they are biased.2 Tomlinson and his friends in Congress, who are trying to gut public broadcasting, cling to this opinion despite the results of two recent CPB-funded polls that showed that overwhelming numbers of Americans view public broadcasting as a trusted source of news and information.3

This is why we need to move fast to fend off these overt attacks on public broadcasting, which a vast majority of Americans find to be a "trustworthy" source of information.4 So please call Representative Lewis at [phone] and Representative Regula at [phone], and email your Member of Congress, urging them to restore funding for public broadcasting.

Let us know how your calls are going by posting on our blog at:

http://www.commonblog.com/section/Media_reform

Thank you again for all you do for Common Cause.

Sincerely,

Chellie Pingree
President & CEO, Common Cause
==================

Common Cause petition:

http://www.commoncause.org/ProtectPublicBroadcasting

[luaptifer]

16. PITA, i shoulda figured you'd beat me to it, you always usedta!

howya doing?!

well, since i'm also seeking help with a dKos diary to promote the effort, i won't delete my parallel post here but please send people to recommend my diary to get more petitioners signed on.

[paineinthearse]

22. LTNS!

Good to see you. Hope all is well.

[CatWoman]

17. done

and a :kick:

[kick-ass-bob]

18. New goal of 500,000.

At 424 now.

[Pinboy]

21. Up to 444,587! n/t

[Mr_Spock]

19. I signed, I signed!

And you ought to also :D

[napi21]

20. DONE! I only wish Bill Moyer was back, and I told them so in my

message!

[DemoTex]

23. Signed and kicked

:kick:

[DemoTex]

24. Signed and kicked

:kick:

[RandomKoolzip]

25. Done, and sent to my relatives and friends.

[Shallah Kali]

26. done! I grew up on National Geographic & nova

Good stuff!

[paineinthearse]

27. .

evening :kick:

[kymar57]

28. Done and kicked n/t

[Gloria]

29. done

eom

[LightningFlash]

30. Done. Got to keep the news around!!

[Rainscents]

31. I sign the petition... However, I want NPR to always remember, who

is the one support their effort, LIBERAL! Report Un-bias news, please!!!

[Pinboy]

32. Now at 533,077!!!

[BrightKnight]

33. 700 k -n/t