Why should the government ( me and you ) fund either ? Do you know what the difference between PBS and NPR and regular media outlets is ? They can't sell advertising. So instead they sell "Sponsorships". Do you know what the difference between ads and sponsorships is ? Nothing.
My tax money I imagine gets wasted way more than on PBS?
NPR has those Tiny Desk shows that are cool, but that’s all I know of.
Yeah there are other much more expensive ridiculous things that are taxpayer funded, but that doesn't make these legitimate.
you can't have government money going to any news/broadcasting outlets IMO. At least not how political power is used today. News has to go back to being non-biased, or it's just propaganda. I loved those shows too, but they've become tools to shape adolescent minds.
Don't be jealous cause I have that executive level membership, the coffee cup, the PBS sweatshirt, and the calendar. Viewers like you? Hell no, viewers like me!
When someone says "speak truth to power" that have identified themselves as a moron. On the same level as "full stop".
Austin city limits went down the crapper when they stopped booking blues and country and started booking any bullshit trendy band. Rock music has no place there. Antiques roadshow is actually a scam. One of their civil war era appraisers was caught red handed over at blade forums making forgeries of civil war era bowies and selling them for $$$ to unsuspecting collectors. The scam included the same "experts" writing a book with values assigned so that he could back up his own scam with "credible sources".
If he would just say the opposite of everything that he thinks he would be right about everything
Damn, I like to fuck around and such, never realized how ignorant I was?
You probably weren't paying close attention. I get what you are saying though. Austin City Limits and the short lived Lonesome Pine Special was the only access I had to live music growing up. But it's also not 1989 anymore. We shouldn't be funding them any longer when just about everyone can watch live streaming concerts on youtube. They are no longer supporting the arts they are just supporting deep state corporate powerhouse bands. Further, they run interesting nature shows that are used to subtly convey ideas like "climate change" and "global warming".
I have good friend, that has watched CNN and NPR up till now, thinking they were credible news organizations. He wouldn't vote for Trump because of the "very fine people on both sides" BS clipped propaganda. He's slowly waking up, after watching Dems fight losing the deep state money.
Like you, up North we didn’t have cable, but PBS had programming.
Totally get your point.
hey man, I'm not knocking you. I actually wish sometimes I knew less, because it's infuriating. Especially after being a Democrat for the vast majority of my life.