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2006-06-08 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by ryuge 2006-06-08 07:33|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ok, here's what.

Let's call NPR and PBS what they actually are - taxpayer funded propaganda machines for redistributionism and cultural marxism which throw in a few moderate or conservative programs in an attempt to inoculate themselves against accusations of being taxpayer funded propaganda machines for redistributionism and cultural marxism.

As such they are repugnant and should just be gone. If leftist media outlets cannot do well in the free market (and we know they can't - see Air America) then they don't deserve to exist at all, least of all with money extracted from people who work and produce by the IRS. I'd go even further and say that if by some miracle PBS and NPR were to develop a right-of-center bias, that would be equally wrong.

I doubt that ANY of the Founding Fathers would have approved of a government owned media outlet which shilled for any political party regardless of its orientation. Organs like public broadcasting are artifacts of the wrong-path times of the mid-20th century. There is a general air of un-Americanism about them just in their existence, without regard to the politics.

The 20th century is over. It's time for things like NPR and PBS to be tossed on the ash heap of history.

Posted by no mo uro 2006-06-08 08:00|| 2006-06-08 08:00|| Front Page Top

#2 PBS's biggest argument has been taken away from them over the past few years with the media explosion. They can't (at least with a straight face) trot out the old 'we're the alternative if you want quality programming' horse anymore, because of the proliferation of dozens of nature channels, science channels, arts and music channels, etc. If they can't compete heads up against everyone else without tapayer funding, f*ck 'em, and you go GOP.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-06-08 08:08|| 2006-06-08 08:08|| Front Page Top

#3 *sorry, that's 'taxpayer'....damn typos

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-06-08 08:09|| 2006-06-08 08:09|| Front Page Top

#4 "You're going to choose between giving a little more money to handicapped children versus providing appropriations for public broadcasting."

Whatta Joke! Dont hand us this handicap and orphan bullshit. W.s reluctance to find his veto pen on other projects has had as much, if not more, to do with the budget deficit. This is a big loser for the GOP. Reign in spending? Hell yes! Should NPR/PBS be immune? Hell no! Folksthis isnt about spending. Its all about what social conservatives find as taxpayer funded programming they find distasteful.

Posted by DepotGuy 2006-06-08 09:56|| 2006-06-08 09:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Shut down PBS !
Shut down NPR !
There's a tear in my eye...after all these years, we're finally growing a pair of balls.

Posted by Grealing Claling5844 2006-06-08 09:59|| 2006-06-08 09:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes disassemble!

Posted by Secret Master 2006-06-08 11:13|| 2006-06-08 11:13|| Front Page Top

#7 If they get one dime its 10 cents too much. If there message is so popular, let them get sponsors, if not let them delivery pizzas.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-06-08 11:29|| 2006-06-08 11:29|| Front Page Top

#8 There's a tear in my eye...after all these years, we're finally growing a pair of balls.

No, it's an election year. Nothing will really happen; it'd piss off the country-club types too much if Buffy can't get her internship at WGBH.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-06-08 11:38|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-06-08 11:38|| Front Page Top

#9 PBS = People's Broadcasting Service =
People's Propaganda Service

Posted by 3dc 2006-06-08 13:41|| 2006-06-08 13:41|| Front Page Top

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