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The Spectacle Blog
David Boaz makes a fantastic cultural case against federal funding of PBS, an organization that consistently confuses its ability to cater to a niche bourgeoisie audience with an unquestionable moral crusade on behalf of all. Here’s the final paragraphs, but please do go read the whole piece:
The main point here isn’t the money, it’s the separation of news and state. If anything should be kept separate from government and politics, it’s the news and public-affairs programming that informs Americans about government and its policies. When government brings us the news — with all the inevitable bias and spin — it is putting its thumb on the scales of democracy.
A healthy democracy needs a free and diverse press — but Americans today have access to more sources of news and opinion than ever before: more broadcast networks than before, cable networks, satellite TV and radio, the Internet. Any diversity argument for NPR and PBS is now a sad joke.
We don’t need a government news and opinion network. More important, we shouldn’t require taxpayers to pay for broadcasting that will inevitably reflect a particular perspective on politics and culture. The marketplace of democracy should be a free market, in which the voices of citizens are heard, with no unfair advantage granted by government to one participant.
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Ken (Old Texican)| 6.2.11 @ 9:51AM
Shawn,
you are KIDDING right?
Hey! We NEED the PRAVDA!
Rick V.| 6.2.11 @ 11:22AM
Hmmm . "We shouldn't require taxpayers to pay for broadcasting that will inevitably reflect a particular perspective on politics and culture." Sounds good, but how can we make people understand that? I know, let's cut all the funding for PBS and divert it to Fox. You know, share the wealth. Then let's see how that goes over with the New York Times.