Would it really matter? What would really happen?
Science blogger Kevin Zelnio has the story: A Post-PBS Educational Television Landscape
What is the bottom line of Kevin’s post? Well, go read it and find out.
And for when you get back from Kevin’s post, here is Rick Santorum letting the genie out of the bottle:
It is widely believed that a dumber population serves the elite better. Have you seen George Monbiot’s opinion piece in The Guardian recently? He was ranting about the myth of the “hard worker” and how important the myth is as a tool for keeping the peons under control.