PBS and NPR

[Yssup Rider]

Ahhh, a stomp down memory lane.

Howdy Doooody and Romper Room were not broadcast by PBS. Nor was the Mickey Mouse Club or Captain Kangaroo. No federal funds ever paid for those programs.

Your recollection is as false as your accusation that 1970S Sesame Street was a tool for indoctrination.

ICU I’m beginning to worry about you, bro.

Seems like you have abandoned the topic of this thread for an angry march down memory lane.

[winn dixie]

Snick'em

[VitaMan]

Wasn't this thread closed ?

[Schwarzer Ritter]

My reminisces of public television are of the adult variety. What can I say, I was precocious unlike the Big Bird watchers here that seem to still be watching. Great Performances and the British television are the only thing left. You can subscribe to Britbox.

[biomed1]

Originally Posted by VitaMan

Wasn't this thread closed ?

If it was closed - YOU would not have been able to post your question.
Please return to the Original Topic.

[Schwarzer Ritter]

Of course if you want to fund NPR and PBS...I can write up some treatments for new, conservative programming. I'd love to bring back Miller's Court. I have an idea for a radical, female representative who finds love with hard working, conservative, blue collar man who throws her whole perspective for a loop.

[Precious_b]

Originally Posted by Schwarzer Ritter

A penny for any "information" outlet is too much. Why doesn't the left dip into their reserves if it is that important.

Every good dictatorship has its own govt. mouthpiece. CNR, CCTV and peoples daily in China. RTR, VGTRK and Pravda in Russia. North Korea...Hermit Kingdom. Nuff said.

Why so sour on USA having their own???

Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do

I would think donations are tax deductible. Let 'rm eat donations.

Don't think. *I* know they are. Been using them for deductions for many years.

Originally Posted by Salty Again

... Sesame Streets and Mr. Rodger are NOT on NPR...
Leave those programmes on PBS. ... Defund NPR.

#### Salty

Oh. Just because the Koch brothers fund on PBS it's good to stay, eh?

How soon you forget when a repub was president and Congress freely let PBS get funding. Is that why they get a hall pass?

Personally, The could strip funding from both. Wanna bet they'll still be around?

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Picking cherries, again, mate?

So you want to keep one publicly funded info source (the expensive one) and can the cheap one because ...

Definitely.

Originally Posted by Schwarzer Ritter

Proving my point....

And that would be?

Originally Posted by ICU 812

Yes . . .I do remember all of that. Stationes signed on at 5AM withg the Natinal Anthem and often a poem thatt began, "I have broken the surly bonds of Earth . .", having been silent and black since maybe midnight or !AM . As a kid, I weas THERE on SAT for cartoons!

And the walk cross the room . . .when the first wireless remote casme out it was an amazing thing. Many boomers still call a TV remote "The Clicker" from the n oise the TV made when mechanically switching channels.

Definitely memories.

And there was a remote back than. It was the kid closest to the TV that changed the channel when instructed to do so.

[Schwarzer Ritter]

Knee jerk reaction of the left. If anyone on the right takes a stand, the left has to oppose it. Not because of the problem but because of who the messenger is.

[txdot-guy]

Originally Posted by Schwarzer Ritter

Knee jerk reaction of the left. If anyone on the right takes a stand, the left has to oppose it. Not because of the problem but because of who the messenger is.

You’re talking about defunding public tv and radio. Opposition to that is not knee jerk. Right wing republicans have been trying to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting since Nixon.

The reason that they have been so unsuccessful is that people like PBS and NPR and only the reddest of right wing republicans want to defund it.

[Schwarzer Ritter]

Want to tell us all how many people watch NPR and PBS?

[txdot-guy]

Originally Posted by Schwarzer Ritter

Want to tell us all how many people watch NPR and PBS?

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-re...r-npr-and-pbs/
March 26, 2025

Americans more likely to support than oppose continuing federal funding for NPR and PBS

About a quarter of U.S. adults (24%) say Congress should remove federal funding from NPR and PBS, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted March 10-16. A larger share (43%) say NPR and PBS should continue to receive funding from the federal government, while 33% say they are not sure.


https://blog.marketenginuity.com/by-...o-public-radio

NPR has a broader listenership than any other radio station in the United States. In fact, 44 million weekly listeners across the country. Even more impressive is the representation of demographics.


https://foundation.pbs.org/

Our reach is wide and deep. Over the course of a year, 58% of all U.S. television households—over 130 million people—watch PBS. And thanks to our loyal viewership, we’ve ranked as America’s No. 1 most trusted media institution for 20 years running.

[Schwarzer Ritter]

The PBS News Hour was ranked 2365 yesterday. Right behind Anderson Cooped 360.

Weekly viewership is estimated at 5 million according to PBS fast facts. By comparison, CBS gets over 6 million viewers during prime time only and every night.

Still trying to justify the indefensible.

Do you really listen to The Fish Fry?

[txdot-guy]

Originally Posted by Schwarzer Ritter

The PBS News Hour was ranked 2365 yesterday. Right behind Anderson Cooped 360.

Weekly viewership is estimated at 5 million according to PBS fast facts. By comparison, CBS gets over 6 million viewers during prime time only and every night.

Still trying to justify the indefensible.

Do you really listen to The Fish Fry?

And pbs and npr do all that with minimal public funding and minimal commercial interruptions.

It’s a product with a return that is well worth the public investment.

[Why_Yes_I_Do]

Originally Posted by txdot-guy

...The reason that they have been so unsuccessful is that people like PBS and NPR...

Then those people can pay for it with their own $$.

[Schwarzer Ritter]

Originally Posted by txdot-guy

And pbs and npr do all that with minimal public funding and minimal commercial interruptions.

It’s a product with a return that is well worth the public investment.

only if you're into propaganda and misinformation. You go to a restaurant expecting steak. They give you dog food and some say, for the price this is pretty good.