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- From: bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Robert Church)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
- Subject: Re: obnoxious PUBLIC television
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.165852.24101@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 16:58:52 GMT
- References: <1g3cg3INNdbf@roundup.crhc.uiuc.edu <BzqCq5.3r7@encore.com> <BzrnLt.IMF@encore.com>
- Organization: Ohio University School of Art. Athens
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- In article <BzrnLt.IMF@encore.com> jpenovic@encore.com writes:
- > They're cutting back on what support they
- > are giving, and many PBS stations get minimal government
- > support to begin with. The producers of shows aren't going to donate
- > their programming. So what do suggest?
-
- I suggest they stick to the original idea, which was government
- supported, commercial free tv. If it doesn't work drop it. If the people
- in congress need to boost financing then call for a write in or something.
- When the pledge drives continually tell people that if they don't pay they
- shouldn't watch (and they do) they've negated the whole idea anyway.
-
- >
- > I feel that if people can afford to contribute, and they
- > watch the programming, they should help pay for it. When I
- > was making very little money, I still sent in a few dollars
- > every year even though it wasn't nearly as much as they were asking
- > for a membership.
-
- But the question still goes unanswered. If individuals are expected to pay
- for PBS what's the difference between it and HBO. If PBS goes the way of
- private support like HBO, A&E etc then the programming will go the same way.
- The original idea of exposing people to things they wouldn't have bothered
- paying for is lost and why not just turn the thing off?
-