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Originally posted by ktsnake
As a member of the media, you should know better. A factual, intelligent discussion of the issues can be found -- on PBS.
What are their ratings like?
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It's all in the eye of the beholder. The conservative members of Congress decry PBS as being liberal. In fact, they have basically cut all government support -- which is why we have to live through all of these damned pledge drives.
Newt Gingrich led the charge to "zero out" Federal support for NPR and PBS.
I posted this in another thread, but I think it's important food for thought. It's not a new idea. We talked about it when I was in college. It seems to be much more strident, though, in this election year.
"The more people believe passionately in an issue, the less they want to see anything critical about it in a paper. People want to see only the justification of the conclusion they've already reached. I think my highest concern as a journalist is not to become a propagandist, and so I get an almost mischievous delight in going against the grain."
- TONY AUTH, political cartoonist, 2003, on questioning prevailing "Wisdom"