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Preventions and Interventions

Campion not officially Catholic. Tobacco's end of the road. PBS dissed. The pursuit of OxyContin. More Uncle John. Frank Natoli responds. Plus much more.

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p>Instead of trying to force government-funded broadcasters to balance their politics, it would be easier simply to bar them from any news reporting or political commentary. It is impossible to balance political coverage as a practical matter. It would be much easier to say, if you want taxpayer money, you stay out of politics, including "news" reporting. If you want to get political, go find another source of funding. br> -- John Friedman /p> p> One of the reasons I dropped PBS from view is the insufferable Beg-a-thons they ran every few weeks, where they played reruns of the best BS of PBS, and promising to quit when their pledge goal was reached. Had they had one pledging to go off the air I would have been interested. These people blather about their self-serving importance and commercial-free programming while playing what would appear to be ads for the leftist foundations they get funding from and running the drivel filled Beg-a-thons. I am not aware that Big Bird has ever contributed, though he and his buds have taken in millions from the public sector. It's time for PBS/ NPR to have to subsist on their own or go off the air. Public funding for this stuff is an insult to the taxpayer. br> -- GMS br> Media, Pennsylvania /p> p> Don't worry. I emailed the link to George Neumayr's story to all six people in PBS's viewing audience.... br> -- unsigned /p> p> THAT HAPPINESS THING
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