Re: funds cuts for PBS
Public broadcasting is already too indebted to corporate interests. Example: some years ago NPR used to do regular exposés on ADM (Archer Daniels Midland.) Then ADM became a major sponsor of NPR and those reports suddenly stopped. This was, IMO, an egregious failure on the part of NPR, who has a mandate to report on issues salient to the American public. ADM's environmental record is certainly one such issue, and NPR caved to ADM.
If anything, though, this shows that public broadcasting needs more support, not less. Had it not been for routine funding cuts and inappropriate political pressure upon their editorial staff, I doubt that NPR (or PBS) would now be feeling such pressure from corporations. They could effectively ignore them. As it stands now, though, public broadcasting depends on corporate funding to survive. This is outrageous, and antithetical to the stated mission of public broadcasting.
We must demand full government funding for public broadcasting... NOW!
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