Public Broadcasters Prepare to Fight Federal Budget Cuts

By ELIZABETH JENSEN

Published: February 6, 2008

It’s a familiar dance: for eight straight years, the Bush administration has proposed deep cuts in federal funds for public broadcasting, and seven times so far, Congress has restored them. But the magnitude of the proposed cuts put forth this week — Patricia Harrison, president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, called them “draconian” — still sent public broadcasters scrambling.

Matt Martin, general manager of KALW-FM in San Francisco, went on the air Monday night to tell listeners about the effects of the proposed budget, which would cut in half the $400 million allocated in advance by Congress for fiscal year 2009 and cut $220 million from the $420 million already planned for 2010.

Lee ADDS: Of course the LIBERALS want the U.S. taxpayers to continue to pay for their drivel! It is about time we told them to makwe money or get off the air!