On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:22:01 -0700, John Larkin
wrote:
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,
I liked both Dalgleish and Morse, though they're ancient re-runs now.
I'm a Monk fan, and have most of his seasons on DVD.
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.
I'm happy to announce that KAET is laying by the bucket load... even
decided they don't really need a general manager ;-)
If Ifill betrays the public trust I suggest everyone join my
class-action suit to disband PBS.
Not likely to succeed.
John
One can only hope... that's all we're going to have left after the
election :-(
...Jim Thompson
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