NPR caught pandering to Muslim Brotherhood (so they thought)

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Penguin

They don't live solely on tax money, otherwise they wouldn't have sponsorships or fundraisings.

You're right, they don't. However, they do receive government subsidies, which are funded by our tax dollars.

Not even regarding the quality of these channels in compariusion to PBS: FOX and MSBNC also get their funds by you: anytime you buy a product advertized in one of these stations, you pay them a sum.

You're also right, but in this case it is my choice to buy that dish soap or motor oil. I don't get a say in terms of my tax dollars; that hand goes into my pocket whether I like it or not.

I would also agree with you about the quality of PBS vs that of the cable networks.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

You're also right, but in this case it is my choice to buy that dish soap or motor oil. I don't get a say in terms of my tax dollars; that hand goes into my pocket whether I like it or not.

yes, of course you choose what you consume, I just wanted to point out that the "free" stations are also not free.

However you chose to pay those stations, the result would be the same. Wheather you take tax dollars, or a fee per household, or an impost on every sold TV. Fact is they don't make stuff that is always compatible to the masses, but rather try to cover many interests, even those of a minority of viewers. If you want to have this and also commercial free television, they have to be subsided in some way.

One point is also very important : that they are independent of the government, so tax dollars can only be a sollutiuon if they are guaranteed independently of the stuff they send, wheather the government likes it or not.

[Tchocky]

Mr. O Keefe is a true patriot

Yes, fighting the good fight.

A conservative activist known for making undercover videos plotted to embarrass a CNN correspondent by recording a meeting on hidden cameras aboard a floating "palace of pleasure" and making sexually suggestive comments, e-mails and a planning document show.....

.....Listed under "equipment needed," is "hidden cams on the boat," and a "tripod and overt recorder near the bed, an obvious sex tape machine." Among the props listed were a "condom jar, dildos, posters and paintings of naked women, fuzzy handcuffs" and a blindfold.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/29...ank/index.html