PBS: Save Julia Child's TV Channel!

By JULIETTE ROSSANT Who is the Queen of PBS? Julia Child, of course. Now, the U.S. House of Representatives is taking steps to remove $100 Million for the budget of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the major funder of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). I say, "Foodies of the world, unite! We cannot lose our Julia Child TV channel!" You ask, "What can I do?" And MoveOn.org has the answer: sign their online petition. MoveOn.org claims to have received 300,000 signatures on the first day of the petition -- but Americans number nearly 300 million (that means Congress wants to save us taxpayers about $0.33 on every $1.33 paid to CPB for PBS programming -- surely we can all afford $0.33 extra a year for PBS programming!) Within just a few days, the number of signatures has risen to 626,554 (as of this hour) -- but many, many more are needed. Click here to sign the online petition. Forward this article to anyone and everyone you know (with taste) and help save PBS! Related articles: 2005.06.15 - The New York Times 2005.06.15 - The Washington Post 2005.06.15 - Associated Press (AP) 2005.06.12 - The Chicago Tribune 2005.06.12 - Variety 2005.06.12 - CNN 2005.06.12 - United Press International (UPI) 2005.06.10 - The Washington Post Previous articles: Tell Laura Bush: White House Woman Chef Vote for White House Woman Chef Julia Child Tribute at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books James Beard, Emmys to Honor Julia Child Julia Child Remember'd, by Judith Jones Forthcoming on Julia Child: the Spy, the Student, the Master Suzanne Goin Eats a la Julia Child Julia Child: The Queen is Dead Technorati Tags: chefs food restaurants cooking branding Television PBS Democracy Julia Child --> back to superchefblog