PBS is unwatchable crap. There's plenty of that on TV without government backing.

Sesame Street and all of the other non-offensive children's programs are just the smiley-faced fronts for the prime-time leftist agenda of PBS. It's not Sesame Street that liberals are worried about funding (it makes millions in royalties from marketing its videos, CDs, toys etc.) it's Frontline, Bill Moyers and the leftist agenda that would die if they hadn't leeched on to the taxpayers' wallets. Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, etc. may lean right, but they pay their own way. Liberals can't get anybody to buy their crap so they have to loot money that could be going to Head Start, child nutrition, drug rehab, etc.

Also realize that something around less than 10% of PBS funding comes from any government source, the other 90+% comes from private donations (like you and I) and corporate donations. before people start throwing shit-fits do some research.

Also, I was listening to the NPR story about this (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4698411) and they point out that this going on in the House right now and that the Senate is generally more supportive of CPB. What this really is is an intimidation tactic, politics. When this has happened in the past, they eventually get their full budget.

It's good to know that PBS won't necessarily lose funding due to this. Being an US ex-pat living in Australia the only real US news I get is from a delayed broadcast of the Lehrer report (and if I remember correctly that is a PBS show). Who knows how much it is edited before it gets here, but it still does. So I thank all the US taxpayers for this avenue to get real news (Australian freetoair and cable tv news is completely anti-world sports-based useless babble in a 30min shrinkwrapped for utterly sweet goodness).

I just wanted to mention that CPB and PBS are different entities. Just b/c CPB's budget will be cut does not necessarilly mean that PBS will cut their budget. There's fundraising and some very big donors who can make up the difference. Your title is misleading.

I think sarcasm is implied when calling Arthur' "filth". I say they privatize PBS. PBS Kids is trying to immitate Nick Jr. or Playhouse Disney. They should go back to I.T. (instructional television) programming mornings and afternoons for schools to tape and use.

I think sarcasm is implied when calling Arthur' "filth". I say they privatize PBS. PBS Kids is trying to immitate Nick Jr. or Playhouse Disney. They should go back to I.T. (instructional television) programming mornings and afternoons for schools to tape and use.

If it's not Fox News propaganda, it's gotta go! PBS loses tax money, yet Bush didn't have a problem using taxpayer dollars to pay Armstrong Williams $240,000 to promote controversial No Child Left Behind legislation on a nationally syndicated television show. The hypocrisy is unreal.

Where did you get the cd?