Help needed to save NPR and PBS!!!

[DFLer4edu]

From MoveOn:

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

btw, they now have over 736,000 signatures!

[Kolesar]

1. I signed a few days ago. I think this is a BIG issue

[DFLer4edu]

2. It is a HUGE issue

It is a HUGE issue. It is about keeping NPR and PBS alive and stopping republicans from controlling them. You should consider signing and forwarding the following free press petition which speaks out against political control over PBS.http://www.freepress.net/action/pbs