In defense of public broadcasting — wide-ranging views, community service (Letters)

In defense of community broadcasting wide-ranging views locality provision Re I love inhabitants radio but it shouldn t get a federal subsidy July commentary Like largest part conservatives columnist Krista Kafer presents a deceptive argument on the subject of citizens broadcasting The abandonment of PBS and NPR funding has little to do with unbalanced reporting It has more to do with the quality of information and information has dependably been kryptonite to the interests of the right wing The far right sees an informed constituents as a liability The last thing they need is a Nova edition documenting man s contribution to global warming a concept that their leader describes as a hoax I strain to discern a bias when I listen to say the Friday News Roundup on NPR s A I purely come away with a deeper understanding of the week s stories The conservative The Devil s Advocate on PBS has been a staple for countless years And bulk of the activities on the population airwaves is not political but cultural or educational Nova the Ken Burns documentaries classical music etc General broadcasting will never be the darling of conservatives But our democracy can only be enhanced by an information source that operates with a free hand unencumbered by the bottom line of profitability Wrong Krista to confuse an funding with a subsidy Scott Newell Denver Corporation for Society Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress targeted by Trump This file is auto-generated function d l use strict l querySelector d addEventListener undefined typeof URL d wp d wp d wp receiveEmbedMessage d wp receiveEmbedMessage function e var t e figures if t t secret t message t value a-zA-Z - test t secret for var s r n a l querySelectorAll 'iframe data-secret ' t secret ' ' o l querySelectorAll 'blockquote data-secret ' t secret ' ' c new RegExp https i i i