Media Bias

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

70Chip,

You do realize that the President of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is the former co-Chair of the Republican National Committee and a majority of the board of directors are Republicans?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

70Chip,

You do realize that the Chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a Republican and a majority of the board of directors are Republicans?

And that Blue's Clues is on Noggin

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

And that Blue's Clues is on Noggin

Yup, but PBS does have the Teletubbies (which include the gay/purple and red/communist insurgent creatures).

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

70Chip,

You do realize that the President of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is the former co-Chair of the Republican National Committee and a majority of the board of directors are Republicans?

Yeah, but they don't have anything to do with content. That's just a by-product of the fact that the GOP controlled congress from 1995 to 2007. They should have just scrapped the whole thing, instead they use it to give status jobs to their friends. I think if you want to know what the prevailing attitude of the people who actuallyu control what is seen on PBS, the following story is instructive:

Frank Gaffney vs. PBS

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

Yeah, but they don't have anything to do with content. That's just a by-product of the fact that the GOP controlled congress from 1995 to 2007. They should have just scrapped the whole thing, instead they use it to give status jobs to their friends. I think if you want to know what the prevailing attitude of the people who actuallyu control what is seen on PBS, the following story is instructive:

Frank Gaffney vs. PBS

do you really believe that the board that runs the network doesn't have a say on what is put on? i agree that all news is slanted. i think the degree of the bias is the question. it seems fox goes over board in slanting towards the G.O.P. you can still get some real news out of the others, if you try hard enough. fox news is more interested in the entertainment value

[70Chip]

I just remembered that the ex-hippe father on "Family Ties", played by Micheal Gross, was the manager of the local PBS station on the show, which I think shows that the perception even in Hollywood is that PBS is Leftish.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

I just remembered that the ex-hippe father on "Family Ties", played by Micheal Gross, was the manager of the local PBS station on the show, which I think shows that the perception even in Hollywood is that PBS is Leftish.

Are there lefties working at PBS? Yes. Does PBS air programs with a left-leaning slant? Yes. Do people perceive PBS as left-leaning? Yup. It is simply my opinion that PBS airs some of the most balanced, informative, and interesting television programs. PBS doesn't have Glenn Becks, Keith Obermans, Lou Dobbs, or O'Reillys on its airwaves. PBS doesn't try to make its programs sexy, it tries to make them informative. They don't air story after story about Britney showing her s****h in public, Jessica Simpson's latest boyfriend, etc.

I will leave it at that.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

70Chip,

You do realize that the President of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is the former co-Chair of the Republican National Committee and a majority of the board of directors are Republicans?

I think Public radio is owned by the tax payers and I don't think they are a corporation.