Shifting the funding

On Crooks and Liars, they have talk about the administrations move to slash at Public Broadcasting - meaning PBS and NPR - budget.

At the same time Bush's budget proposes steep cuts to federal funds for public broadcasting by nearly 25%. According to the Association of Public Television Stations, the Bush budget would cut up to $145 million from the $460 million proposed FY 2008 budget for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting.
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These tax dollars would flow to government mouthpieces including the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Alhurra, Radio Free Asia, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting.

So the money is going from the public interest source to the mouth piece. What ever the logic, it's not good for any of us.