Markey Protests Bush CPB Budget Cuts

[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Representative Ed Markey (D-Mass.), is complaining that the Bush Administration's new budget, released Monday, proposes to cut $53.5 million from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 2007 and $50 million in 2008. "Oscar the Grouch has been friendlier to the Sesame Street characters than President Bush," said Rep Markey "In a world of fast-and-furious television with ratings-driven content, the public broadcasting system represents the last stronghold of quality, child-oriented programming - we owe this to America's children." Rep Markey was among the leading voices of protest when Republicans tried unsuccessfully to slash noncom' funds last fall.
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* REACTION FROM FREE PRESS
“Once again, the Bush administration is ignoring the strong support for public broadcasting. Although these cuts are a minuscule fraction of the federal budget, they could be devastating to local stations and the quality education and news programming treasured by the American public."
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