In an age of austerity, public media has to either find a compelling way to make a case for its continued importance or learn to live with belt tightening.
I completely agree with the quote above. NPR, PBS and any program, deparment or group that gets government funding *must* find ways to do more with less.
Still I just wonder why the American people tolerate subsidies for oil companies (that make billions in profits), billions in bailouts for corporations like AIG, Goldman Sachs, GM and Chrysler, and still let the politicians treat programs like public media, the arts, public education and health care as unnecessary, extravagant and discardable. We, as a nation, will become what we invest in. What will that be?
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