# Now the Republicans are going after Public Broadcast Funding **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 17, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-republicans-are-going-after-public-broadcast-funding/308739 "2005-06-17T19:30:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-republicans-are-going-after-public-broadcast-funding/308739/241 "2005-06-21T02:16:38Z")
> [@Fortytwois](#): > > On the upside, the petiton that Moveon has set up, now has almost a million signatures! 🙂 And precisely worth the paper they’re printed on. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-republicans-are-going-after-public-broadcast-funding/308739/242 "2005-06-21T03:50:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Zoe > You don’t think that pride in a job well done matters any more? Quality of product? Service to a community? A passion for art and creativity? Love of children? > [@](#): > > BrickerIn the pure economic model, what I said matters. Of course, in the “set of all things that matter” there are plenty of other members. If you are saying that these other things don’t also drive the economy, you are either projecting or disingenuous. I’ve never thought of you as particularly ignorant. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-republicans-are-going-after-public-broadcast-funding/308739/243 "2005-06-21T04:28:21Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > You said that the following premise is a stupid argument: > “I _shouldn’t_ have to pay for PBS _because_ it’s not how I learned to read or write.” > > **Duke of Rat** is saying that the following is a stupid argument: > “People _should_ have to pay for PBS _because_ without it, kids will never learn to read or write.” > > You’re both saying different things. (And you’re both right – they are both lame arguments – specifically, the “because” clauses). Thank you-I thought I was going crazy (crazier). ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-republicans-are-going-after-public-broadcast-funding/308739/244 "2005-06-21T11:06:10Z")
> [@Fortytwois](#): > > On the upside, the petiton that Moveon has set up, now has almost a million signatures! 🙂 woo hoo. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-republicans-are-going-after-public-broadcast-funding/308739/245 "2005-06-21T11:08:19Z")
I wish MoveOn would just move on. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-republicans-are-going-after-public-broadcast-funding/308739/246 "2005-06-21T12:52:02Z")
> [@Fortytwois](#): > > On the upside, the petiton that Moveon has set up, now has almost a million signatures! 🙂 Signing a petition to spend someone else’s money costs nothing - “cheap grace”, in the Christian vernacular. How about if all those million signatories actually pony up $400 apiece, and then everybody is happy - CPB supporters can actually do good with their own money, people who prefer to spend their charitable donations elsewhere can do that. And thank you, **Bricker** and **monstro** and everyone else for their service. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-republicans-are-going-after-public-broadcast-funding/308739/247 "2005-06-21T14:27:03Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > **Duke of Rat** --I am confused. And I probably added to the confusion. **rjung** said I should tutor 90 million people/week, not 60 hours/week. I should have dug his post back up, but it was just drivel and I wasn’t really too interested in addressing it. **Monstre** had no problem sorting out my position, many thanks for not only taking the time to dissect the matter, but putting it into wording others could comprehend. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-republicans-are-going-after-public-broadcast-funding/308739/248 "2005-06-28T15:47:23Z")
Bump: NYTimes’ [Frank Rich](http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/opinion/26rich.html?), in a 6/26 op-ed, says CPB golden-boy Ken Tomlinson paid $14,000 to a loyalist to screen NPR’s _Diane Rehm_ and _Tavis Smiley Shows_, as well as PBS’ _MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour._ All guests and commentators were to be classified as a) liberal or b) conservative. All questioning of White House policy was to be labeled “Anti-Administration.” ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-republicans-are-going-after-public-broadcast-funding/308739/249 "2005-06-28T15:51:51Z")
By which I mean to say: _IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE MONEY._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-republicans-are-going-after-public-broadcast-funding/308739.md?page=12)