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bipolarber -> RE: Fox News is the Ministry of Information. (7/26/2008 1:05:18 AM)
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Venadval,
PBS is quite aware of the fact that it's fortunes (literally, their budgets) swing with the political wind. As such they tread a very careful line as to not make enemies on either side of the asile. Primarily, they get their "liberal media" label because they a) run Frontline... b)carry Bill Moyers, and c) run science programming, which makes some types think they are irreligious.
The real PBS, however, services two demographics that are usually forgotten about by the larger conglomerates: preschool kids, and seniors.
It, and NPR, also act as the official EBS of the government, in case of disaster. That's another reason why attacks on the system from Newt and others, have never really taken hold... the government (of either party) sees PBS as a resource they can make use of. (But, threatening to "destroy that ol' debbil, liberal PBS" sounds great to the base, and often shakes all kinds of money out of them.) Frankly, I doubt that they give a damn. When they are out blowing $150 billion a year on the war, they really don't worry about a paltry $300 million for PBS nationwide. Or, putting it against the overall federal budget, they make up about 1/800th... To the feds, running PBS is like an average household letting their kid use their allowance to buy a CD once every couple of months.
Besides... what would the world be, without the Cookie Monster?
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