On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:57:50 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:


This Ifill situation reminds me of my feelings for PBS...

Until ~7 years ago I was a "PBS gold card" ($500-$1000/year)
contributor to PBS. (I know the time frame because I remember using
my "gold card" for a discount at a Sedona resort (Gawwwwd's and
McCain's country).

Then it struck me how biased PBS (and NPR) had become.

NPR especially. A lot of their stuff is blatant hit pieces, and a lot
of contempt for the people in flyover country.



So I stopped being a contributor. Not that I'm reminded often.
_Nothing_, anymore, on PBS is worth watching ;-)

Some of it is. Some of the Mystery series (Foyle's War, Dalgliesh,
Morse) was OK, even if the plots were absurd. But around here, we are
barraged by Suzie Ormund, doo-wop music re-re-reruns, some
inspirational speaker who paces and rants, basically a ton of
cheap-or-free crap.



Given the quality of private enterprise cable TV, I think it
appropriate to cut off PBS (and NPR) from the public teat.

I think DVD rentals and sales have killed a lot of formerly good/free
stuff, Monte Python and such. Our local TV station, KQED, spent tens
of megabucks on a state-of-the-art studio that they hardly use, have a
staff of fat cats, and spend zip on programming.


If Ifill betrays the public trust I suggest everyone join my
class-action suit to disband PBS.


Not likely to succeed.


John