PBS and NPR - Petition

In 1995 two well-meaning but misguided students at UNC started an email petition regarding pending legislation that would affect the funding for PBS and NPR. They didn't mean to open a can of worms, but they did. The petition is still circulating on the Internet and has taken on a life of its own.

If you have received this petition, please delete it and advise anyone within hearing distance to do the same.

For further information you can try these links:

• http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa052798.htm
• http://www.snopes.com/politics/arts/nea.asp
• http://www.npr.org/about/urbanmyth.html

We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes members of the Internet community.

Please be careful in forwarding any kind of email to large numbers of people. Too many people will take a message at face value without checking on its validity.