DU help is needed...

[whistle]

...got this e-mail from a friend just a few minutes ago:
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This is very important! Please pass along and sorry for any repeats!! N.P.

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!

[dddem]

1. done

[liberaltrucker]

2. Done

and thanks for the heads up:toast:

[Tsiyu]

3. kick n/t

[DFLer4edu]

4. Done, but there are already a few threads going around on this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3861452

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3861452

[deacon]

5. done n/t

[whistle]

6. Looks like this e-mail is a hoax.....

...I just received this reply from the person at the email address that was attached to the original piece:

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http://www.unco.edu/petition.html

PBS and NPR - Petition

In 1995 two well-meaning but misguided students at UNC
started an email petition regarding pending legislation
that would affect the funding for PBS and NPR. They didn't
mean to open a can of worms, but they did. The petition
is still circulating on the Internet and has taken on a
life of its own.

If you have received this petition, please delete it
and advise anyone within hearing distance to do the same.

For further information you can try these links:

http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/petition/nea.htm

http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa052798.htm

We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes members
of the Internet community.

Please be careful in forwarding any kind of email to large
numbers of people. Too many people will take a message at
face value without checking on its validity.