Word: defunded
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There is posturing on both sides. Popular kids' shows like Sesame Street and Barney & Friends, for one thing, are well enough established to weather any federal funding cuts. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- the federal agency that Gingrich and his supporters want to "defund" -- supplies only about 14% of PBS's annual income, with the rest coming from corporations, member donations and other sources. If the $285.6 million the CPB is handing out this year were wiped out, public TV would still survive, though in a hobbled condition...