Screw NPR and Public TV, Government should subsidize C-Span...

[Hippo_Tron]

Frankly I don't know what I would do if I couldn't get it because of lack of cable or high speed internet.

[woofless]

1. Let the theiving cable industry fund it like it always has.

We don't need tax dollars in it. They can afford it.

[Stephanie]

2. Did you know Tucker Carlson is getting his own show on PBS?

Oh yes.

[libbygurl]

4. Oh, gawd.

To balance the overwhelmingly liberal PBS with its shows like....uhm (I'm thinking, I'm thinking)...all I can think of is Bill Moyers' NOW and maybe the occasional POV? Why can't PBS be more like the CBC???

[cprise]

3. Government should control C-Span?

You're out of your mind.

[Hippo_Tron]

5. Not control, just give money to no strings attached n/t

[Earth_First]

8. No Such Thing

n/t

[cprise]

10. Bingo

Which is why PBS is a world of difference from the BBC. One receives money from the government budget, the other is chartered as a Public Corporation with the right to directly levy a fee on each TV sold.

[Earth_First]

6. "The following program has been underwritten by...

Raytheon and Boeing."

I cringe when hearing this during NPR sponsorship recognition 'ads' The last thing we need is government intervention in C-Span...

[napi21]

7. Absolutely NOT! C-Span is the ONLY fair chanel on TV!

Yes, there are callers who think they are right, or left, or who knows....someting else, and yes, there are some guests I just don't watch. But C-Span is the ONLY broadcast that stays neutral.

God forbid they get Government subsidies. They then will owe something to the politicians!

Lamb would never let that happen! That God!

[Earth_First]

9. Not entirely true...

EARLY in the primary season, were talking New Hampshire early, they were showing the same media bias against Dennis Kucinich...