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PBS Channel 8 (KAET-TV) is crying wolf over its financial situation, but it’s a real wolf. Make that a metaphorical real wolf. Whatever — they’ve got a cute, little drawing of it on an e-mail sent to potential donors and a Web page.
Money problems plague the station because the public is donating less, what with the recession and all. The Arizona Capitol Times reported recently that the local public affairs show Horizon is only a few cutbacks away from becoming TV snow.
According to KAET, “the wolf is at the door:”
The Wolf is at the Door!
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