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(Pictured above: typical PBS viewer.)
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is winding down its operations which at least means that for the next few years (hopefully) federal taxpayers won’t have to subsidize a non-stop stream of leftist propaganda interspersed with occasional episodes of Masterpiece Theater which, in its new incarnation, all the characters from classic novels are now black or Muslim and lecture about the evils of capitalism. Also probably Gaza.
The good news is that surely the charitable liberal foundations can divert some money from funding race riots and drag shows in schools to funding whatever that Ken guy chooses to do next. The bad news is that the new ‘pledge week’ will be more of a pledge year or perhaps a pledge decade. In the future, public broadcasting will consist of non-stop pleas for money by celebrities.
Kind of like the Kamala 2024 campaign.
Not that it especially matters because nobody actually watches PBS. Apart from some incidents of elder abuse in nursing homes and desperate parents who haven’t figured out how YouTube works, no one actually turns it on. No one will have to.
Sadly, the BBC will have to find some other way to distribute its new miniseries ‘Bleak House’ in America in which all the characters are black Muslims living in Gaza.
I knew PBS was leftist quite early, but still enjoyed some of their programs when they were in classical liberal mode. Looking back, when I really became disenchanted was with Ken Burn’s Civil War series, since I knew something about the Civil War and was looking forward to the series.
Any worth while PBS show will find another market. Their news shows definitely will not make it. I hope it all goes away. Unfortunately, blue States and universities will try to keep them going. That means some taxpayers will still be footing the bill.
I never cared for those Pledge Breaks and their so called Science Programs like NOVA was way to full of this Darwinian nonsense
Since I was a kid in the late 60’s, my dad has listened to that garbage from PBS. I started listening to Rush Limbaugh in 1989 until his passing. Yeah, fun conversations.
Rush grew on content. PBS’s content needed subsidy from donors or by compulsion through gov’t decree.
The only time the public broadcasting stations played anything worthwhile was when it was pledge week. After that, they put the tapes back in storage. My sympathy is non-existent.
I rather liked Downtown Abbey and Great Performances, but I imagine there will be other network buyers for programs like that in the absence of PBS. The days of Bill Buckley’s Firing Line are long gone, sadly.
you can watch it on Amazon’s TV line up