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Re: Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations

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Post by efitz »

thrownawaysz wrote: post #68
another_twist wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thats expected. In functioning democracies state media is run for the purpose not profit. It doesnt have the corrupting influence of political money. PBS in the US could be so much better. Just look at what BBC is able to do in the UK.

>Just at what BBC is able to do in the UK. This is funny because BBC is a prime example of being a propaganda channel for the government of the day. And that's not new at all just look back at the coverage of the Troubles or the miners strikes in the 70s-80s. Yes it's not on the level of CGTN or Russia Today but BBC is not neutral at all https://theconversation.com/hard-evidence-how-biased-is-the-...

A lot of people are unable to see their own political bias; they look at BBC or Fox News and see “unbiased true reporting”.

I highly suggest using Ground News (ground.news) for a week or a month as your sole portal into news stories, and then use their features to analyze bias in your selection of news stories and outlets.

I use it regularly to try to offset my own biases.

Re: Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations

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Post by wffurr »

NoMoreNicksLeft wrote: post #89
mgkimsal wrote: post #66

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> but it's laser focused on education and has zero agenda. I totally support public broadcasting of all stripes, and do not advocate for this POV at all, but ... there are people who claim the opposite. Sesame Street is 'full woke', apparently, because it has talked about skin color and race with muppets. What many people consider normal... is 'full woke agenda' to others.

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What the hell does that have to do with PBS?

Re: Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations

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Post by tptacek »

burkaman wrote: post #95
tptacek wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What would they have been able to do? CPB mostly just funnels money to stations. They don't produce content.

They could have chosen which specific shows they would fund, they weren't required to give out no-strings-attached grants. They once hand-picked Tucker Carlson to host a new PBS show that they would fund.

OK, but now they're funding zero shows.

Re: Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations

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Post by JohnMakin »

digitalsushi wrote: post #2

When I was a teenager in the 90s an old guy took me aside and told me there'd be a day we get rid of public radio, and a day we'd have our final serving of affordable tuna sushi, and that after that, I'd be living in what he deemed the future. One down.

Tuna, at least bluefin, is definitely not too far behind.

Re: Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations

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Post by arrosenberg »

otterley wrote: post #73
arrosenberg wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how the people at NPR feel about all those donations they took from the Koch Foundation over the years...

They feel fine about it. They're run plenty of pieces that run counter to Koch Industries' interests. (Also, did you mean the Charles Koch Foundation or the David H. Koch Foundation? The Koch Foundation is a different entity with a different mission.)

You obviously know which ones I mean.

Re: Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations

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Post by [deleted] »

wffurr wrote: post #84
digitalsushi wrote: post #2

When I was a teenager in the 90s an old guy took me aside and told me there'd be a day we get rid of public radio, and a day we'd have our final serving of affordable tuna sushi, and that after that, I'd be living in what he deemed the future. One down.

What's happening to tuna sushi?

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Re: Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations

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Post by NoMoreNicksLeft »

Onawa wrote: post #27
thevillagechief wrote: post #13

Woah! This stuff is unwinding faster than my priors. I'm going to have to re-evaluate everything I thought true about the US. I just always assumed "strong institutions" meant something here. That it was all a house built on sand is disconcerting.

The dissolution and dismantling of US gov institutions that we are witnessing is unprecedented in modern times. Hell, a few of the agencies being attacked were created with bipartisan support. I would say it isn't that our institutions were built on sand, more that its hard to stop a madman who broke into your house with a chainsaw (a la Musk) from knocking down a few load-bearing walls. It is easier to destroy almos…

>more that its hard to stop a madman who broke into your house with a chainsaw

I think it's very fitting that you'd use this metaphor, because the people you oppose wouldn't even find that slightly challenging.

Re: Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations

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Post by atonse »

elzbardico wrote: post #55
atonse wrote: post #12

According to this page [1] PBS only receives about 15% of its funds from federal funding. The rest is from donations. 1: https://foundation.pbs.org/ways-to-give/gifts-to-the-pbs-end... So this certainly won't be the death of PBS, as I had feared. Update 2: For the record (easier to respond in this original post than to each response), I am not defending the decision at all. I grew up listening to NPR, and have been o…

Man, sometimes losing 15% is enough to make things unsustainable. It is not like they are an Ivy League university with an endowment bigger than a developing country's GDP.

Totally agree. But there's a much bigger chance to survive with a 15% change, rather than a 30% or 40% change, for example.

Re: Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations

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Post by dfxm12 »

wffurr wrote: post #84
digitalsushi wrote: post #2

When I was a teenager in the 90s an old guy took me aside and told me there'd be a day we get rid of public radio, and a day we'd have our final serving of affordable tuna sushi, and that after that, I'd be living in what he deemed the future. One down.

What's happening to tuna sushi?

Overfishing? 15% Tariffs?
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