# New e-mail forwarding...save NPR, PBS **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 17, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-e-mail-forwarding-save-npr-pbs/50507 "2001-01-17T14:49:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-e-mail-forwarding-save-npr-pbs/50507/1 "2001-01-17T14:49:34Z")
I just got this e-mail. Real, or just real stupid? > [@](#): > > On NPR’s Morning Edition last week, Nina Tottenberg said that if the Supreme > Court supports Congress, it is in effect the end of the National Public > Radio (NPR), NEA & the Public Broadcasting System(PBS). PBS, NPR and the > arts are facing major cutbacks in funding. In spite of the efforts of each > station to reduce spending costs and streamline their services, some > government officials believe that the funding currently going to these > programs is too large a portion of funding for something which is seen as > not worthwhile. > > ``` > The only way that our representatives can be aware of the base of > > ``` > > support for PBS and funding for these types of programs is by making our > voices heard. Please add your name to this list and forward it to friends > who believe in what this stands for. This list will be forwarded to the > President and the Vice President of the United States. This petition is > being passed around the Internet. Please add your name to it so that funding > can be maintained for NPR, PBS, & the NEA. > > HOW TO SIGN & FORWARD: IT’S EASY: Please keep this petition rolling. > Do not reply to me. Please sign and forward to others to sign. If you prefer > not to sign, please send to the E-mail address indicated below. > > DON’T WORRY ABOUT DUPLICATES. This is being forwarded to several people at > once to add their names to the petition. It won’t matter if many people > receive the same list as the names are being managed. This is for anyone who > thinks NPR/PBS is a worthwhile expenditure of $1.12/year of their taxes, a > petition follows. If you sign, please forward on to others. If not, > please don’t kill it - send it to then E-mail address listed here: > wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu > orkubi7975@blue.univnorthco.edu > > \*\*\*\* If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc., signer of this > petition, please forward a copy to: > > wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu > > This way we can keep track of the lists and organize them. > Forward this to everyone you know, and help us to keep these programs alive. > > Thank you! NOTE: It is preferable that you SELECT (highlight) the entirety > of this letter and then COPY it into a new outgoing message, rather than > simply forwarding it. In your new outgoing message, add your name to the > bottom of the list, then send it on. Or if option is available, do a SEND > AGAIN. ---
**Author:** ![Doubleclick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Doubleclick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubleclick)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-e-mail-forwarding-save-npr-pbs/50507/2 "2001-01-17T15:00:06Z")
I hate theswe things…I havn’t done any research on this particular message but you can always go to [http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/](http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/) and check it there. My advice is, if you ever get a message that asks you to froward it off you others…dunp it in the trash. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-e-mail-forwarding-save-npr-pbs/50507/3 "2001-01-17T15:04:21Z")
Oh baby. Get familiar with Snopes, Toad, it’ll save you a lot of fruitless wondering (plus they’re a gas to browse through). 😃 [http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/nea.htm](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/nea.htm) It’s baaaack! Word for word, the 1999 version (scroll down to the middle). ---
**Author:** ![Cantrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Cantrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cantrip)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-e-mail-forwarding-save-npr-pbs/50507/4 "2001-01-17T15:17:14Z")
I usually prefer [about.com’s site](http://urbanlegends.about.com/science/urbanlegends/library/blhoax.htm?pid=2733&cob=home), which I find easier to navigate than Snopes (and it loads quicker, being much less graphic-intensive). Anyway, follow [this link](http://urbanlegends.about.com/science/urbanlegends/library/weekly/aa052798.htm) for the whole story. [Aside] **Doubleclick** , “miningco” changed to “about” a while ago, although I imagine your link forwards to the ones I’ve provided.[/Aside] ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-e-mail-forwarding-save-npr-pbs/50507/5 "2001-01-17T15:26:10Z")
I first checked AFU and didn’t see it on their Zeitgeist page. Thanks for the confirmation.