Poll: Do you want to save PBS or do you not care?

[Rainbow]

Since the debate more people have been joining save big bird Facebook page and some people say that if big bird is gone = no more education. Others have been saying that without PBS is better. So which one do you agree with? Explain why.
Actually yes. There is a save Elmo, grouch, and the rest of the characters pages too. Even the Muppets.

[DynaFlowHum]

Really don't care. Their programing is old and stale and I don't believe the government should own a TV station in the first place.

[Zaza]

Government funds are a very small part of PBS funding. Big Bird will survive without federal funds. Public Broadcasting survived long before the federal government.

[RitchWilliams]

PBS has definitely outlived its usefulness. With the 800 cable channels we have out there, the many community channels, there is something out there for every one and every need. There's no reason for a government sponsored channel.

[Uncle Pennybags]

I like PBS.

But at a time when we are borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend, we need to make cuts in spending. And many cuts will be painful. We simply cannot afford to keep doing everything.

So yes, I support cutting funding to PBS and Big Bird.

[Harry]

What is PBS?

[whoyeah]

Sesame Street was brought to you today by the letter P (for poverty)


She's got pink hair, she's terribly cute and she's hungry. In a bid to reflect the harsh realities of recession-era America, the makers of the nation's favourite children's TV show have introduced a new puppet. Her name is Lily and her chief character trait is that she lives on the breadline.


The so-called "hungry Muppet" was introduced to viewers on a special episode of the programme aimed at educating the public about the growing proportion of US families suffering from what sociologists term "food insecurity."

And Conservatives are quite upset...

Thanks to the polarised state of US politics, there are few public gestures that don't provoke at least some controversy, however. And Lily has been criticised by right-leaning commentators who believe that she represents an effort to brainwash the nation's youth about the perils of unchecked capitalism.

"Why is Lily a class, a group?" asked Eric Bolling, a commentator for Fox News. "Do we single out the black Muppet? Or the Hispanic Muppet? Why do we need to single out the hungry Muppet?"

The Blaze, a blog that is very popular with American conservatives, was more succinct about the programme's new star. "Uh-oh," it announced. "It's time to redistribute the Cookie Monster's cookies!"

Lily doesn't understand why Mr. Romney wants to take away her food.

[zuma]

Yes,..Absolutely....

It's a ..Lie.. that PBS is profitable enough.The Big Bird Programs are not profitable enough to support all of PBS,..Neither can the Public ..

Republicans have a Vendetta to undo any group that would put them in an unfavorable light...
They want the Program..... "Front-Line".... to disappear..

Front-line... often plays the Whistle-Blower.

PBS ..Cost the Public 350 million a year,..That's Pennies compared to other Cost...

Ask Romney about his Corporate Well-fare,..write-offs, and Loopholes.,..That's where the cost is..

[?]

PBS makes double just in royalties, over what they get in government grants. In hard times, you have to cut out what you don't need to survive, and the government is. I different. If PBS can't survive on its own, then it has to go. Children learn better by reading than By watching tv anyway

[adeline]

DO you want your money going to support a tv and radio station? If I could choose between spending my money on wars that cannot be won, corporate bailouts, stimulus programs, and the like, or spending less than 1% on PBS, I would choose funding PBS. It amazes me how upset people have become to the idea of not funding a tv station, but say very little about losing over 2000 American lives in Afghanistan.