President Obama came out today against defunding of public broadcasting.
President Obama
defended public broadcasting from cuts on Friday, emphasizing that defunding networks like NPR and PBS would do little to rein in spending.
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"I think it's going to be important for us to have a conversation after we get the short-term budget done, about how do we really tackle the problem in a comprehensive way," Obama said at a press conference on Friday.
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Republicans included in their continuing resolution to fund government the rest of this year provisions that would severely cut support for public broadcasting. Calls to defund those networks have only intensified after a conservative activist's video emerged this week showing a former NPR executive referring to the Tea Party movement in harsh terms. Democrats, in turn, have accused Republicans of trying to defund "Sesame Street," the popular children's program on PBS.
I wonder if he would feel the same if Fox News received Federal support!
