Pulling The Plug on Public Broadcasting

New York Beacon, The;  March 17, 1995 ;     624 words ......The 03-17-1995 Pulling The Plug On Public Broadcasting. If you were to believe everything...everyone on welfare is lazy and public broadcasting is only for the elite. All of us...others, continue their attacks on public broadcasting, threatening to take away Federal...

Pulling the plug on public broadcasting

Michigan Citizen;  April 1, 1995 ;     637 words ......Citizen 04-01-1995 Pulling the plug on public broadcasting. If you were to believe everything...everyone on welfare is lazy and public broadcasting is only for the elite, all of us...other, continue their attacks of public broadcasting, threatening to take away Federal...

Committee OKs $3B for public broadcasting.(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable;  July 5, 1999 ;     429 words ......authorize government funding of public broadcasting through 2006. Reps. Billy Tauzin...authoring a bill that proposes to fund public broadcasting at levels it requested: $300 million...the amount is not more than 40% of public broadcasting's total budget. Public ...

Cutting Public Broadcasting Sends Wrong Signal

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 8, 1995 ;     700+ words ......wasteful is government support for public broadcasting. Yet the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is about to be subjected to 15...the objective is to eliminate public broadcasting altogether, and they may yet get...

American Public Broadcasting: Will It Survive Adolescence?

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media;  June 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Public broadcasting in the United States is in its adolescence...critics express frustration when evaluating public broadcasting. The optimism that followed the birth of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 has given way to ambivalence...

PUBLIC BROADCASTING:MR. ROBERT COONROD

Congressional Testimony;  July 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ......President and CEO Corporation for Public Broadcasting Committee on House Energy and Commerce...understanding of the many contributions that public broadcasting makes to the American people. I...mark the 35th anniversary of the Public Broadcasting Act, signed by President Lyndon...

Public broadcasting gets reprieve -- for now.(Originated from...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 30, 1995 ;     700+ words ......don't want to kill Big Bird. Public broadcasting is important. We don't want to kill public broadcasting. It just can't have continued...said, `We don't want to kill public broadcasting. We just don't want federal...

Opponents On Different Wavelengths; Public Broadcasting Fight's Partisan...

The Washington Post;  June 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ......and views over conservative ones. Public broadcasting, they say, is committed to presenting...biggest federal cutback ever for public broadcasting, there isn't much diversity to be...either side. The battle lines over public broadcasting have been drawn in sharply partisan...

KEEP PBS FREE OF POLITICAL MEDDLING THE BIGGER QUESTION IS WHETHER PUBLIC...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  June 24, 2005 ;     500 words ...The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ought to protect America's public...politically motivated attack on public broadcasting's editorial independence. Tomlinson has pressured public broadcasting to add politically conservative...

Public broadcasting: free at last? (privatization)

Columbia Journalism Review;  November 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......that federal appropriations for public broadcasting were high on their hit list. But...funding arm, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, from the process. If it survives...suggest, it could give both wings of public broadcasting an editorial and creative boost...

Public Broadcasting Targeted House; Panel Seeks to End CPB's Funding...

The Washington Post;  June 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ......government's financial support for public broadcasting, including eliminating taxpayer...federal money for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- which passes federal funds to...represent the most drastic cutback of public broadcasting since Congress created the nonprofit...

Turmoil over public broadcasting funds illustrates difficulty of budget...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 26, 1995 ;     700+ words ......hotly debated proposal to shut off public broadcasting's federal subsidy, the ``tough decisions...friends _ I'm serious _ have worked in public broadcasting. One of my best pals is today general...pleasure in supporting plans to slice public broadcasting out of the federal budget. ...

Public broadcasting sells. (Out?)(Cover Story)

The Nation;  December 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......want to see the future of American public broadcasting, go visit a shopping mall. Drive...WNET, one of the nation's largest public broadcasting stations. Between Rodier Paris and...Learningsmith. It displays both the Public Broadcasting Service and WNET logos and describes...

WHY PUBLIC BROADCASTING IS STILL SUBSIDIZED.(FRONT)(Editorial)

The Virginian Pilot;  April 20, 1996 ;     568 words ......federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Privatize public broadcasting, he cried. Let it fend for itself...vanguard suggesting ways to preserve public broadcasting, which derives 14 percent of its revenue...

Who cares about public broadcasting? Ask the public

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  August 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Eliminate Funding and Tax Breaks for Public Broadcasting?" In the July 17 Gazette, singer...that the question of funding for public broadcasting is better answered by those who...because it understands the unique role public broadcasting plays in the crowded media marketplace...