This article might not be partial at all. WP writes say "Reading Rainbow was cancelled abruptly in 2009 after nearly three decades on the air. Per John Grant, t

This article might not be partial at all. WP writes say "Reading Rainbow was cancelled abruptly in 2009 after nearly three decades on the air. Per John Grant, the content director at WNED Buffalo, which co-produced the series, it would have cost “several hundred thousand dollars” to renew the show — i.e. far less than what the Kickstarter is asking for now. But neither WNED nor PBS wanted to pony up because both believed that the show was no longer the best way to teach kids reading skills. " However if you google a little bit these two, you can find that PBS has a partnership with Washington Post. PBS said, in their website: "We’re very excited to announce this partnership because the Washington Post is an ideal partner for many reasons." Read: http://tinyurl.com/mj48log http://tinyurl.com/mj48log That lead me to think that Washington Post has actually some other interests they are not mentioning here, in order to write this article against Reading Rainbow.