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2007-07-20 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Delphi 2007-07-20 08:55|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Don't mourn too much. In a lot of rural America, where PBS are just a micro stations, Pat Robertson's broadcast group has been capitalizing on a loophole in FCC regulations to buy out the PBS license and replace it with religious broadcasting.

They can show that not only is Robertson's group far more capable of supporting such stations, but also that they are far more popular than was the PBS station they replaced.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-07-20 10:22|| 2007-07-20 10:22|| Front Page Top

#2 they're more popular because the constituency in rural america would rather be told by pat robertson what to believe and how to think as they're so saturated with Rupert Murdochs Broadcasting that the independent "thinking" part of their tiny little brains dissolved along time ago, hey, just like all you rantburgers, just like you Fred.

Posted by bk 2007-07-20 12:30|| 2007-07-20 12:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey, don't be bashing PBS. Without it, Bill Moyers would be just another bum sleeping on a steam grate somewhere, writing op-eds for your local 'alternative' newspaper.

Posted by SteveS 2007-07-20 12:50|| 2007-07-20 12:50|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder if they'll all get tote bags?

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-20 12:55|| 2007-07-20 12:55|| Front Page Top

#5 There was a time when Public Broadcasting served a useful niche but with today's profusion of media sources it has become obsolete.

For educational programming on cable alone we have a History Channel, Discovery Channel and a variety of other scientific and cultural networks. That does not even take into account the ever expanding number of sites on the internet for political analysis, news, entertainment etc.

The only function of PBS today is to act as one of the last refuges for the leftist viewpoint of aging liberal dinosaurs like NPR and the New York Times.

Posted by Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-07-20 19:17|| 2007-07-20 19:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Is that what passes for intelligent debate with you, #2 ~~troll~~ bk?

*Yawn*

On the trollery scale, I'd give that a -2. And I'm in a generous mood tonight.

Now run along, little troll, back to your koskiddie buddies and tell them ~~what a pathetic idiot~~ how brave and insightful you were, and leave this site for the adults. You're not even worth batting around.

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