Maybe they're mad at "Morning Sedition" at AirAmerica Radio?

I signed this petition today and passed it along: "Subject:NPR/PBS In a message dated 12/21/2004 10:45:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, DrewMcVety@aol.com writes: On NPR's Morning Edition, Nina Tottenberg said that if the Supreme Court supports Congress, it is in effect the end of the National Public Radio (NPR), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). PBS, NPR and the arts are facing major cutbacks in funding. In spite of the efforts of each station to reduce spending costs and streamline their services, some government officials believe that the funding currently going to these programs is too large a portion of funding for something which is seen as not worthwhile. This is for anyone who thinks NPR/PBS is a worthwhile expenditure of $1.12/year of their taxes. The only way that our representatives can be aware of the base of support for PBS and funding for these types of programs is by making our voices heard. Please add your name to this list and forward it to friends who believe in what this stands for. This list will be forwarded to the President and the Vice President of the United States. This petition is being passed around the Internet. Please add your name to it so that funding can be maintained for NPR, PBS, & the NEA." One wonderful new experience I had was attending classes at the "Media Center" in Buffalo, NY, that was partially funded through Gerald O'Grady's efforts to obtain Federal funds for the "Media Center" (on Bailey Avenue) in 1973, there next door to Buffalo University. In it, were held community film showings and artists from the area were encouraged to show their work and others. Sometimes pilots for TV were shown too. At the time, around 1974, Kodak, was also promoting the use of Super 8mm (and other film) to be used in youth centers in towns in America, according to their freely available handbook. To help teach story telling skills and encourage self-confidence they printed an "Outline for Teaching a Course in Basic Movie-Making" (Kodak Publication No. AT-106, Rochester, NY). I remember being strangely enthralled by other descriptions of problems, for example, in Kodak "clean room" production about the time of the announcement of "compact disc" technology by Phillips, Inc. Without the "Media Center" funding I think Buffalo, NY might have been a much poorer place, as a large media festival was held with film-makers from as far away as Brazil, coming to town to visit and exhibit. Experiments in 3D projection were very interesting. One was "live" as the audience wore 3D glasses, while a child rode a tricycle in front of a red/green projector, behind a series of rear projection screens (part of a lecture hall at Buffalo College), part of a performance piece "Lost Doll Found" a tribute to American composer Charles Ives, by film-maker/professor, Ken Jacobs. I was in the piece to get credit in classes by Paul Sharits at the Media Center in film analysis and experimental film-making held jointly with the English Department. This was before Watergate and a Polish Pope. Later I recall a film program, the "1/2 hour film lunch" in the main branch of the library downtown there. A short film (or two) was shown during the lunch hour. One, about careers was funny, a gentleman under a wide brim hat in the strong sunlight, referring to a career in archaeology, remarked that, "Archaeologists careers are in ruins". I hope people in the arts, NPR and PBS don't end up literally so.