ACTFORCHANGE ACTIVISM UPDATE: May 19, 2005

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Karl Rove out of PBS! Tell Congress to defend public broadcasting from partisan pressure. Dump DeLay Tom DeLay violates ethics rules at will. Demand his resignation now.

Tell Congress to Keep Partisan Pressure off PBS

A recent New York Times expose brought to light efforts by Kenneth Tomlinson, the new head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and a good friend of Karl Rove, to tilt PBS programming to the far right. Tomlinson has even told CPB and PBS officials that "they should make sure their programming better reflected the Republican mandate."

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Despite increased attention to the conservative attack on public broadcasting, the CPB has now cut funding for Bill Moyers' popular NOW program in order to hire conservative pundits from the Wall Street Journal. And what's more, the CPB is now taking on NPR by investigating the radio network's award-winning Middle East coverage in search of "bias."

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- the governing body that sets policy for public television and radio - was created to shield public broadcasting from political pressure. Click here to defend PBS from Karl Rove's ideological attack and tell your representatives in Congress to defend public broadcasting from partisan pressure.

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Demand Tom DeLay's Resignation

It's time to dump DeLay. Tom DeLay is a national embarassment. He violates ethics rules at will and has received four ethics violations already. DeLay has accepted a series of corporate-funded travel junkets that clearly violate House ethics rules. He has accepted improper gifts from shady lobbyist Jack Abramoff, best known for bilking Native American tribes out of millions. And he has used Department of Homeland Security resources to track down his political opponents and ram through a redistricting power grab.

Click here to tell your U.S. Representative that it's time for DeLay to resign.

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Will Easton
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