In my conversations that I've had the opportunity to have over the last couple of days, clearly, public broadcasting understands that they are going to have to share the pain with everyone else. It's one thing to cut somebody's budget by 3 or 4 percent. It's another thing to eliminate somebody's budget. No one survives when somebody's budget is eliminated. People survive and prosper when they have to make up 3 or 4 percent. That's what I'm urging our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to really think about it.
Burgess Owens: “In my conversations that I've had the opportunity to have over the last couple of days, clearly, public broadcasting…”
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The speaker discusses budget cuts and their impact on public broadcasting.
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