Public Broadcasting Targeted by House
The Washington Post reports that a panel seeks to end the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's funding within 2 years.A House subcommittee voted yesterday [Thursday, June 9] to sharply reduce the federal government's financial support for public broadcasting, including eliminating taxpayer funds that help underwrite such popular children's educational programs as "Sesame Street," "Reading Rainbow," "Arthur" and "Postcards From Buster." In addition, the subcommittee acted to eliminate within two years all federal money for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- which passes federal funds to public broadcasters -- starting with a 25 percent reduction in CPB's budget for next year, from $400 million to $300 million. ...
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