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That was close.(The Week ...)(subsidy bills)(Brief Article)
That was close. For a minute there, it looked as though the House was going to cut $100 million from a $400 million subsidy bill for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Then cooler heads--and the moldy oldie "Save Big Bird" appeal--prevailed, and the threatened funds were restored. Big Bird will get his subsidy. The decision comes amid unprecedented controversy in public broadcasting, which began when the Corporation's chairman, Kenneth Tomlinson, had the nerve to suggest that some programs on PBS and NPR lean a bit to the left. Imagine that! Just because Bill Moyers has made all manner of far-left speeches to far-left groups and used his old program, Now, as a platform to ...
- Big bird goes cold turkey: public broadcasting can flourish without government...
- Magazine article from: Policy Review Jarvik, Laurence March 22, 1995 700+ words
...cries of outrage grew louder. Public broadcasting, which has always presented...subsidies for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Lobbyists attacked him for wanting to "kill" public broadcasting. This same lobby counters...
- Big Bird Taken Off Death Row; Congress May Soften On Public Broadcasting
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Paul Farhi July 13, 1995 700+ words
Big Bird may stay on the public...federal funds for public broadcasting, Congress appears...the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, at least through...federal cash to the Public Broadcasting Service, National...
- Public broadcasting gets reprieve -- for now.(Originated from Knight-Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Seplow, Stephen November 30, 1995 700+ words
...t want to kill Big Bird. Public broadcasting is important...t want to kill public broadcasting. We just don...affection for Big Bird, Brugger said...possible to keep public broadcasting going for several...
- GINGRICH PLAN FLIES IN THE FACE OF BIG BIRD'S SUCCESS
- Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) VIRGINIA MANN December 29, 1994 700+ words
...purple dinosaur? Could Big Bird face extinction -- or...government's role in public broadcasting, and although kiddie pals like Big Bird and Barney are not the...the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which, he said...
- Pols set to clip Big Bird's wings.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Szaniszlo, Marie June 19, 2005 700+ words
...bald eagle. Big Bird may be taking...Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget...liberal bias in public broadcasting. Critics of...funding for public broadcasting also argue...characters like Big Bird could reap...
- Muggings on Sesame Street: American broadcasting. (cuts proposed in federal...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) March 11, 1995 700+ words
...subsidies for PBS--the public broadcasting service which introduced the world to Big Bird on "Sesame Street...congressmen, he says that public broadcasting is needed to counter...which provide 14% of public broadcasting's income. And...
- Big Bird and the dumb frog: one of these things is not like the other.(Column)
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century Wall, James M. December 6, 1995 700+ words
Big bird entertains and educates. So, unfortunately...Which is why it is so amazing that Big Bird and the rest of the Public Broadcasting System are targets of congressional...which for 26 years has utilized Big Bird and his friends to serve rather...
- An open-sesame for budding engineers.(input output)(Public Broadcasting Service...
- Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering-CIME Hutchinson, Harry February 1, 2006 700+ words
Think of the power of Sesame Street. Who doesn't know Big Bird? Now, some people hope to bring the Public Broadcasting Service's magic to engineering. They're developing a TV series called Design Squad that aims to bring out the engineer...
