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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1995

Page

4

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.

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.

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.

Los Angeles Times USA Weekend Dole Peter Bart Daily Variety Hollywood Rich 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.

Urban Coalition Lytton Industries At&t Washington NAACP United States Lowell Hoover Institution Stanford University

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