Sesame Street must be destroyed!

Once again, we see that making concessions to the neo-fascists of the GOP is like loading the guns for your firing squad. While much has been made of the Republican effort to promote "balance" in public broadcasting (keep in mind that Republican pollsters asking the public found that some 80+ percent said there was no bias), their real agenda is to crush any outlet that could criticize their agenda by reporting the truth. From Salon:

It appears the GOP is moving in for the kill on public broadcasting. In a stunning vote yesterday in the House, Republicans opted to drastically cut back on what had already been dwindling funds dedicated to public radio and television.

According to the Washington Post's page 1story today, "A House subcommittee voted yesterday to sharply reduce the federal government's financial support for public broadcasting, including eliminating taxpayer funds that help underwrite such popular children's educational programs as 'Sesame Street,' 'Reading Rainbow,' 'Arthur' and 'Postcards From Buster.'"

Even more dramatic was this move:

"In addition, the subcommittee acted to eliminate within two years all federal money for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- which passes federal funds to public broadcasters -- starting with a 25 percent reduction in CPB's budget for next year, from $400 million to $300 million."