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PBS Chief Calls For Viewers To Oppose Romney

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 03.05.2012

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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The head of PBS wants viewers to oppose Mitt Romney's call to end funding of public broadcasting. PBS chief P...

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PBS Launching New Reality Show

AP | Posted 03.05.2012

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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — PBS is giving the genteel "Antiques Roadshow" a fierce partner with "Market Wars," an antiques-hunt reality competition show...

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Republicans Try to Convert America Into Pottersville

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 02.25.2012

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Leo W. Gerard

Republicans are attempting to impose a selfish belief system on a selfless American people, people like the citizens of Bedford Falls who rush to the rescue of neighbors. It won't work, just like it didn't in It's a Wonderful Life.

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Up With Stereotypes! Is Defining a Real Man Today Really Politically Incorrect?

Janet Carlson | Posted 01.09.2012

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Janet Carlson

At pivotal times, stereotypes serve as just the platform we need -- something solid and obvious against which to rebel. Lucille Ball's antics on I Love Lucy were that funny because they were so not the proper behavior of a proper housewife in the 1950s.

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Amanda Terkel

Public Broadcasting Groups Denounce Debt Commission's Recommendation

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and NPR are denouncing the recommendation of the co-chairs of President Obama's Fiscal Com...

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Not Just Kid Stuff: From Kidz Bop to The Fuzzy Stones

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

When did children's music get so awful? It wasn't always as painful to listen to. Some historic recordings, though not exactly classified as "children's," have been cherished forever.

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