Public broadcasting plan aims to end federal funding
A consortium of public broadcasting entities proposes cutting federal appropriations for broadcasting, influenced by threats to funding and rapid changes in communications technology, with the goal of reducing the annual support to zero.
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Trust Fund
Public Broadcasting Trust proposal gains cautious support
The plan by Public Broadcasting Service and partners to create a Trust for Public Broadcasting would shift funding from federal appropriations to private contributions and spectrum sale revenues. It envisions a gradual decline of taxpayer funding by 2002 while exploring private taxes, spectrum leasing, and relaxed underwriting rules to attract donations and sustain public stations.
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Public Broadcasting System
National Public Radio
Association of American Public Television Stations
Public Radio International
Public Broadcasting
Public Broadcasters
Dole
After Dole The fault lines are drawn in media debate
The piece surveys public opinion split over Dole's criticism of Hollywood and TV. It cites a Times poll showing 71 percent agree with his view, USA Weekend finding 97 percent deem TV too vulgar, and mixed media reactions from Bart, Rich, DuBrow, Kempley, Siskel, Streisand, Baldwin, Wolf, and others. Bozell of the Media Research Center is noted.
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USA Weekend
Dole
Peter Bart
Daily
Variety
Hollywood
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Rick DuBrow
Melrose Place
Roseanne
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
Kempley
Robert Frost
Cole
Ed Asner
Oliver Stone
Voice of
Barbra Streisand
Gene Siskel
Alec Baldwin
Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Dick Wolf
Wolf
Law & Order
Bozell
Media Research Center
Education that works in black schools challenges prevailing views
Lowell, a syndicated columnist and Hoover Institution fellow, recalls early 1970s pieces on black schools with high standards that showed real gains. He notes widespread dismissal, political agendas, and these educators’ impact despite critics, and questions affirmative action’s real benefits for the poorest within minority groups.
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Lytton Industries
At&t
Washington
NAACP
United States
Lowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
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