Just after shortly naming Bush administration staffer Patricia S. Harrison as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting escaped a proposed $100 million congressional budget cut.So for now, Jim Lehrer, Big Bird and Huell Howser are not out of a job.
It seems to me that the liberal, bris and chablis set who primarily watch PBS could fund it themselves. Liberals always want to tax the rich, why not at least make them pay for their TV. It is true in years past, there wasn't as much of a market for what PBS airs, but in the last decade or so, networks such as the Discovery Channel, Bravo, A&E, etc. have proven there is cash in learning and culture.
PBS creates content that could easily fund its operations. Merchandising alone from Sesame Street is a huge cash cow.
Its time to wean PBS and its video-less cousin NPR off the public teat.
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