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Trainwreck2100
08-31-2009, 02:17 AM
Butterfly in the sky, Reading Rainbow goodbye
According to a report at NPR, Reading Rainbow is ending because it cannot get funding to renew the broadcast rights, apparently the result of changing priorities. From the NPR report:

… the decision to end Reading Rainbow can also be traced to a shift in the philosophy of educational television programming. The change started with the Department of Education under the Bush administration, he explains, which wanted to see a much heavier focus on the basic tools of reading — like phonics and spelling.
Trainwreck2100
08-31-2009, 02:18 AM
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Dex
08-31-2009, 02:21 AM
At least Bill Nye is working again.
DMX7
08-31-2009, 02:26 AM
At least Bill Nye is working again.

I fucking loved his show "Bill Nye the Science Guy".
SonOfAGun
08-31-2009, 08:27 AM
LOL, Bush gets pinned for the death of Reading Rainbow.

You can't make this stuff up. :lmao
manufan10
08-31-2009, 08:58 AM
It's in a book.. it's Reading Rainbow!

Man I watched this show when I was growing up. It was awesome! Sad to see it go.

:depressed
PakiDan
08-31-2009, 09:18 AM
LOL, Bush gets pinned for the death of Reading Rainbow.

You can't make this stuff up. :lmao


Wow.... the blame Bush Nazis are still at it!