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rubberloon
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I trust PBS and NPR to bring me some of the most unbiased news reporting available on television and radio. I can't believe anyone would think that FOX, MSNBC or CNN provide the same quality of unbiased "news." So without government funding, and the reliance on public support - i.e. big money by special interest groups - will public broadcasting remain free of bias?
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CarolinaPanthersFan
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I trust PBS and NPR to bring me some of the most unbiased news reporting available on television and radio.
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rubberloon
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| Posted: 10/5/2012 5:10:13 PM
>>Seriously?<<
I guess you disagree. Who do you look to for objective journalism and reporting?
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Darcy_Collins
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Jim Lehr is better than most, but if you're listing to NPR morning edition - it's farther left than Brit Hume at fox is Right (he's ironically about as far right as the major networks are left) - But everyone equate Fox with Hannity etal. Here's how 20 major media outlets rank on Groseclose and Milyo's slant scale, with 100 representing the most liberal and zero the most conservative:
ABC Good Morning America - 56.1
ABC World News Tonight - 61.0
CBS Early Show - 66.6
CBS Evening News - 73.7
CNN NewsNight with Aaron Brown - 56.0
Drudge Report - 60.4
Fox News Spec. Rept. w/ Brit Hume - 39.7
Los Angeles Times - 70.0
NBC Nightly News - 61.6
NBC Today Show - 64.0
New York Times - 73.7
Newshour with Jim Lehrer - 55.8
Newsweek - 66.3
NPR Morning Edition - 66.3
Time Magazine - 65.4
U.S. News and World Report - 65.8
USA Today - 63.4
Wall Street Journal - 85.1
Washington Post - 66.6
Washington Times - 35.4
Freakonomics
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blondiek237
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| Posted: 10/5/2012 5:29:40 PM
Wow Darcy that is very interesting. No snark I am serious. No wonder Obama is getting away with all his crap | |
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jacqab
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| Posted: 10/6/2012 9:33:03 AM
Let's talk about funding for Public television
I like PBS and NPR. o pay for it.
I like not having commercials interrupt children's programing I like how they only say program sponsored by *** company. They are the only cartoon programs my kids watch.
I like the tone and style of the news on the radio. That's the news that I listen to while driving.
I don't mind limited government sponsorship in funding public tv and radio, but I don't want the government to borrow money to pay for it.
Honestly, I've never given it that much thought.
I can't find current figures and I'm not sure I trust the site that I found numbers, but in 2002 CPB (which is an umbrella over NPR and PBS) received 300 million dollars.
That's interesting. According to PBS,
http://www.pbs.org/about/background/
235 million people watch it over the course of the year. If all those people send in $1 and 64 of them send in $2 it would fund (and cover the government's portion)not only PBS but NPR as well.
I really think we need to get away from this government gives me free stuff, whether it's tv or birth control, we all need to recognize that it's got to be paid for by someone.
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lucyg819
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ABC Good Morning America - 56.1
ABC World News Tonight - 61.0
CBS Early Show - 66.6
CBS Evening News - 73.7
CNN NewsNight with Aaron Brown - 56.0
Drudge Report - 60.4
Fox News Spec. Rept. w/ Brit Hume - 39.7
Los Angeles Times - 70.0
NBC Nightly News - 61.6
NBC Today Show - 64.0
New York Times - 73.7
Newshour with Jim Lehrer - 55.8
Newsweek - 66.3
NPR Morning Edition - 66.3
Time Magazine - 65.4
U.S. News and World Report - 65.8
USA Today - 63.4
Wall Street Journal - 85.1
Washington Post - 66.6
Washington Times - 35.4
There's something very wrong with these figures. Aside from the fact that they're dated (Aaron Brown left CNN in 2005), they list the WSJ as by far THE most liberal news source ... I don't think so. They also have liberal numbers for the conservative-leaning U.S. News & World Report and USA Today. To say nothing of the Drudge Report. LOL
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There are PhDs who devoted their entire lives to researching TV and kids. To ask if there's educational value in Sesame Street is like asking if snow is cold.
Please tell me your question isn't serious? I get those who don't want the government to find it. I don't agree, but I get it.
But to question if Sesame Street has any educational value is just plain absurd. Truly.
This. I should be amazed at some of the shit that's posted here, but sadly, I'm not.
I also firmly believe that banks, auto companies, airlines and the oil industry should all succeed or fail without federal welfare. As far as I am concerned cut them all
^And this.^ If Romney wants to cut funding to CPB, I'm fine with that as long as he's cutting funding to the above-and more.
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I don't think the government should be funding ANY portion of television, radio, print, etc.
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| Posted: 10/6/2012 12:23:14 PM
Public television is wonderful. However, you have to pay for cable to get it so its not available to everyone. I would cut other government spending for public television because it is so educational, but I would not want to borrow money from China or continue to cut funding for schools to finance it. | |
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