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October 10, 2012 06:18 pm PDT
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Should your tax dollars stop funding PBS?
Chris Schmidt, a senior producer with the PBS program NOVA scienceNOW, responds to the GOP talking-point that the public broadcasting system should no longer receive federal funds. The network currently receives about 17% of its funding from the government. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney even name-checked Big Bird during a presidential debate, and proposed that [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/O98-ysLMW3Q/should-your-tax-dollars-stop-f.html
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