Is Big Bird really in danger?
Is Big Bird really in danger? The Christian Science Monitor's Schuyler Velasco discusses the likelihood of PBS disappearing under a Romney White House.video.msnbc.msn.com
Romney getting backlash for PBS comments at debate
On PBS released this of statement -- as a supporter education governor Romney should be a champion a public broadcasting. It is willing to wipe out services that reach the vast majority of Americans including underserved audiences such as children who ...video.foxnews.com
DC NOTEBOOK: PBS? Romney could ask LePage about that
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's candid remark Wednesday night about cutting federal funding for the Public Broadcasting Service probably elicited gasps and groans from PBS lovers across the country. But I suspect few audiences collectively gasped as ...www.onlinesentinel.com
PBS to air War of 1812 documentary tonight
Upper Peninsula -- Michigan is marking the bicentennial of the War of 1812 with many public events and programs, including the broadcast of "Michigan at War: The Struggle for the Old Northwest, 1812-1815" on WNMU Marquette, 10 p.m.www.sooeveningnews.com
UCSC scientist featured on PBS science show
SANTA CRUZ -- UC Santa Cruz professor Richard "Ed" Green will be featured on the season premiere of NOVA scienceNOW on Wednesday.www.mercurynews.com
PBS CEO Paula Kerger: Mitt Romney's Debate Attack Was 'Stunning' (VIDEO)
"I'm sorry Jim, I'm gonna stop the subsidy to PBS," he told moderator Jim Lehrer, who has worked for PBS since the 1970s. "I like PBS, I love Big Bird, I actually like you too, but I'm going to stop borrowing money from China to pay for things we don't ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Should PBS Try to Supplant Private Sector?
It just seems hard to believe that PBS feels it lacks money when it takes what little it receives to start websites and programs that compete directly with private initiatives.www.commentarymagazine.com
A Post-PBS Educational Television Landscape
With the latest tirade against the Public Broadcast Service (PBS) by republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the first debate, it is worth to look at a world without PBS through children's eyes. Much has already been said of the short ...blogs.scientificamerican.com
PBS-KLRN of San Antonio Adds Platts Energy Week to its Sunday Line Up
"We're off to a great start in bringing important policy, market and energy industry information to the state of Texas through San Antonio's KLRN and our partner station PBS-KHUT in Houston," said Allan Horlick, executive producer, The PowerBlock, W*USA.www.sacbee.com
SMH! Mitt Romney Actually Helped PBS Funding When He Was A Governor ...
Even though Mitt Romney said he would cut off funding to public broadcasting, which would include channels such as PBS, he hasn't always been so harsh with them.globalgrind.com
Battle of 'Sesame Street': Political fight over PBS has long history
When Mitt Romney vowed to cut government funding for the Public Broadcasting Service during Wednesday night's presidential debate, network chief Paula Kerger says she "just about fell off the sofa" out of shock.www.latimes.com
PBS film series Half the Sky brings celebrity advocates close to global women ...
A depiction of a Somali family's visit to a clinic for women's health is part of the Trailer for "Half the Sky - Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" showing on PBS - Independent Lens. Image: Half the Sky Movement/PBS. (WNN/TLW) New ...womennewsnetwork.net
Weekend Meme: Chris Colfer Talks "The Breakup," LeVar Burton Defends PBS ...
Rick Santorum just won't go away. In an interview with CNN, the failed presidential candidate was asked about Mitt Romney wanting to defund Big Bird and PBS, and Santorum noted that he had voted to defund PBS in the past. But it was his phrasing about ...www.afterelton.com
PBS Responds to Romney, Defends Big Bird
During the debate with President Barack Obama, Romney said to moderator Jim Lehrer (a PBS newsman) that: "I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I'm going to stop other things. I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you too. But I'm not going to ...blogs.wsj.com
PBS: 'Romney does not understand'
"We are very disappointed that PBS became a political target in the Presidential debate last night," PBS said in a statement.www.politico.com
Has Hugo Chavez Lost His Mojo?
Venezuela's charismatic and outspoken leader Hugo Chavez faces his toughest challenge yet for the presidency from newcomer Henrique Capriles.www.pbs.org
PBS president: 'Stunning' that Big Bird being debated
Kerger told CNN Newsroom's Carol Costello that Mitt Romney singling out Big Bird and PBS funding ("I like PBS, I love Big Bird ... but I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China") was a "stunning moment." The debate ...www.politico.com
Romney Reveals True Self in PBS Remark
Watching the debate on Wednesday I felt I was in a bizarro world. Governor Romney was looking presidential, spouting statistics and talking compassionately about people he met who are unemployed, and President Obama was looking vulnerable, ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Mr Rogers Demonstrates Why PBS and Big Bird Will Survive Without Your Tax ...
NPR and PBS are largely funded–80% by some estimates–by private donations and private foundation grants. Good. That is the way it should be.caffeinatedthoughts.com
PBS & Obama flipping Mitt the Big Bird
Federally funded PBS is buying ads on Twitter to exploit the flap over Mitt Romney's threat to nix subsidies for Big Bird and the rest of the public-broadcasting crew.www.nypost.com
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