Corporation for Pakistani Broadcasting?

So we learn from the UK government-funded BBC about a US government-funded Pakistani version of Sesame Street. And that’s only the beginning of what’s wrong with this.

The United States is funding a Pakistani remake of the popular TV children’s show Sesame Street.

In a new effort to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, USAID – the development arm of the US government – is donating $20m (£12m) to the country to create a local Urdu version of the show.

$20 million dollars. That’s an awfully expensive puppet show. Harry Reid will undoubtedly defend this as necessary spending on Urdu Cowboy poetry or something, but it ought to be a target in the next round of cut talks.