http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/06/20/interrupt-the-broadcast/ news and views from uc berkeley Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:57:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/06/20/interrupt-the-broadcast/#comment-1097 Anthony Gregory Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:33:59 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/06/20/interrupt-the-broadcast/#comment-1097 With all the Seseme Street merchandise on sale everywhere, one would think the show could easily pay for itself in the free market. With all the Seseme Street merchandise on sale everywhere, one would think the show could easily pay for itself in the free market.

]]> http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/06/20/interrupt-the-broadcast/#comment-1096 Scott Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:47:56 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2005/06/20/interrupt-the-broadcast/#comment-1096 This is somewhat of a difficult issue for me. Of course there is leftwing bias at PBS. The Left and the MSM insist there is no bias because they are looking at it from their own leftwing point of view. Since it reflects their worldview, it' not biased - to them. However, there are other issues. NOVA is probably one of the best show they've got. It can easily find a home on one of the Discovery Channels. Mystery and the other Brit dramas run on A&E and other cable channels. The biggest argument in favor of PBS comes from those who insist that rural areas have no other non-commercial sources of programming. Sorry, but if they are so rural, they can't get broadcast TV anyway, which is why most people in very rual areas have dish TV. Who is PBS really serving here? Low income families without cable TV? Fine, then subsidize cable TV for poor people. It'd be cheaper than financing an entire network that competes with 100 other cable channels. This is somewhat of a difficult issue for me. Of course there is leftwing bias at PBS. The Left and the MSM insist there is no bias because they are looking at it from their own leftwing point of view. Since it reflects their worldview, it’ not biased - to them. However, there are other issues. NOVA is probably one of the best show they’ve got. It can easily find a home on one of the Discovery Channels. Mystery and the other Brit dramas run on A&E and other cable channels. The biggest argument in favor of PBS comes from those who insist that rural areas have no other non-commercial sources of programming. Sorry, but if they are so rural, they can’t get broadcast TV anyway, which is why most people in very rual areas have dish TV. Who is PBS really serving here? Low income families without cable TV? Fine, then subsidize cable TV for poor people. It’d be cheaper than financing an entire network that competes with 100 other cable channels.

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