Bob Dobbs wrote:
D. Peter Maus wrote:

Corporate undewriting would dry up pretty quickly if, there were
no longer the heavily produced spots running on PBS.

Once, during one of the ubiquitous beg-a-thons that KPBS seems to always be in
the midst of, I told a cold call phone person that I wasn't about to donate
anything to support their station's operations as long as they were running so
much commercial advertising, and that they could simply charge more for those
spots and learn to operate within the revenue generated like the all the other
stations in town.


Would you pay if they had no commercials and instead were scrambled?

On 10/23/2010 8:58 AM, dave wrote:
Beam Me Up Scotty wrote:
On 10/22/2010 1:38 PM, duke wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:27:16 -0800, wrote:


He was fired for being one the hatemongers at Fox News after being told
to knock it off. It doesn't matter what he said; what matters is he's
helping destroy America

Actually NPR is trying to stop free speech.

They are trying to coerce the the "press"

No "freedom of speech" issue here. We also have contract law, which is
more relevant. Williams was embarrassing NPR by appearing on Fox News.
His bosses warned him. When he didn't stop going on Fox News they fired
his ass. How can that be "censorship"?

They didn't fire the ones expressing Liberal Bias in other places....

They didn't think spewing Liberal Dogma was embarrassing?


That looks good for losing government money at the very least and maybe
a BIG FAT law suit for Juan Williams, on grounds that "embarrassing" was
not equally enforced and he can throw in that he was also the only black
man and was outed for discrimination reasons..... I see many many legal
questions being asked of *the PBS elites*

On 10/23/2010 8:45 AM, duke wrote:
On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 06:39:46 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
wrote:



"duke" wrote in message
...
Juan was fired for publically expressing a view that NPR felt was less
than impartial. See:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/10/2...ex.html?hpt=T2

Meaning that he is denied free speech.


You are not guaranteed the right to say anything you want in the performance
of your job.

He wasn't on the job. He was a free speaker on another network.

The Government may not abridge your freedom of speech, but
this does not apply to your employer, who can fire you for pretty much any
reason.

No they can't.


PBS/NPR elites think they can do anything they want, the laws and rules
don't apply to the "intelligent" smart and elite of the Liberal class.

Bob Dobbs wrote:
dave wrote:


Would you pay if they had no commercials and instead were scrambled?

I already did.
I paid federal income tax for lo those many years to subsidize the very concept
of commercial free broadcasting, that has now effectively disappeared.

That's because they don't get tax money anymore. Not for operations.
When they do get facilities grants (NTIA) or development grants (CPB)
they are contingent on local matching funds. I can assure you that most
public radio stations are very frugal and good stewards of the public
trust.

Gillespie V. ''Sonny'' Montgomery
http://www.todayinmississippi.com/events.aspx

Soon as Finn Carter loses her trousers in the Tremors movie on the AMC
channel, I needs to gits back to woikin on my old trailer some more.
cuhulin

On 10/23/2010 3:38 PM, dave wrote:
Beam Me Up Scotty wrote:


That looks good for losing government money at the very least and maybe
a BIG FAT law suit for Juan Williams, on grounds that "embarrassing" was
not equally enforced and he can throw in that he was also the only black
man and was outed for discrimination reasons..... I see many many legal
questions being asked of *the PBS/NPR elites*


I see your capacity for complex thought is still running at usual
levels; Juan Williams never worked for PBS.


I can't believe that you actually grab onto a typo for rebuttal....

The elites are Rush Limbaugh and the Koch Brothers. I don't think
anybody's made a million dollars at PBS since Kermit the Frog.

PBS and NPR are the Leftist elites playground supported by tax dollars
and misused by Liberals as their own personal Propaganda network.

The people you attack are using their own talent and money to fund their
broadcasts.

Beam Me Up Scotty wrote:


That looks good for losing government money at the very least and maybe
a BIG FAT law suit for Juan Williams, on grounds that "embarrassing" was
not equally enforced and he can throw in that he was also the only black
man and was outed for discrimination reasons..... I see many many legal
questions being asked of *the PBS elites*


I see your capacity for complex thought is still running at usual
levels; Juan Williams never worked for PBS.

The elites are Rush Limbaugh and the Koch Brothers. I don't think
anybody's made a million dollars at PBS since Kermit the Frog.

wrote:
Gillespie V. ''Sonny'' Montgomery
http://www.todayinmississippi.com/events.aspx

Soon as Finn Carter loses her trousers in the Tremors movie on the AMC
channel, I needs to gits back to woikin on my old trailer some more.
cuhulin


TV makes you stupid.

I wouldn't give NPR and PBS so much as one red cent.But, Mrs.Bucket
comes on PBS tonight, and I also enjoy watching Mississippi Outdoors and
Farm Week and Mississippi Roads and Motor Week and Wood Turning Workshop
on PBS.
http://www.mpbonline.org
cuhulin

NPR = Nitwits Pinheads & Retards

PBS = Propaganda Bull ****