Public broadcasting in the US is set to take another giant budget hit, if something isn't done soon.
WASHINGTON — House Republicans yesterday revived their efforts to slash funding for public broadcasting, as a key committee approved a $115 million reduction in the budget for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that could force the elimination of some popular PBS and NPR programs.
I suppose the Republicans have to do something to shore up the national debt, but this seems to be a drastically silly way to go about it, considering the general popularity of the threatened programs: do they really want to be taking on Big Bird during an election campaign that could put Democrats back into the majority? Didn't they already fail to do it once already? Do we have to keep fighting this fight? <br>
See also: freepress.net, though I'm sure there are a million indy media sites that are up in arms already.
