Subj : Re: PBS & Your Money
To : Aaron Thomas
From : Ron L.
Date : Fri Jul 25 2025 07:20 am
-=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-
AT> My 8 year old is "tired of the racist crap." I like PBS enough to watch
AT> the extra channels they have (with cooking shows, travel shows, etc)
AT> but I'll never forget Elmo giving a lecture about police brutality, and
AT> I won't miss PBS one bit when I see the puppets sitting out on the
AT> curb.
They sold that IP long ago. They are just broadcasting it now.
AT> To me it seems like most people are watching Instagram/TikTok videos
AT> more than TV. (I still watch TV but I'm a weird guy.)
I haven't watched TV in years now. The number of shows that I cared about got
smaller and smaller as they either went off the air, or went Woke.
AT> I used to always see the ad that says "This show was made possible from
AT> contributions from viewers like you," and now I know what it really
AT> meant: "Made possible with squandered tax dollars from taxpayers like
AT> you."
The "viewers like you" probably only accounted for 50% of their operating
budget. And that would have been decades ago when they played shows that people
wanted to watch.
I remember about 20+ year ago when I moved out to the area that I live now, I
used to watch PBS a good deal. Tracks Ahead, Red Green, etc. Then I got to an
area that I now recognize as more left-wing and the only time those shows got
broadcast was during pledge week.
I talked to a local who'd been here for a long time and he told me that was the
norm for this PBS station. They only play the good stuff during pledge week,
but back to ballet, opera, etc. that the station president likes.
It was obvious that if the local PBS was an actual, non-subsidized broadcaster
they would quickly go out of business.
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