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Washington Week

California
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I have been watching Washington Week in Review since the early 1970s when Paul Duke was the moderator. He had great panelists on, such as David Broder and Peter Lisador. Whatever their personal views, they would try to give honesty analyses about the political news and would sometimes differ among themselves. It was must-see TV.

When Paul Duke left, he was replaced by Ken Bode, who carried on in the Paul Duke tradition. When PBS wanted Bode to bring more “edge” to the show, he refused and was then fired.

Gwen Ifill brought an “edge” to the show, now renamed as Washington Week. She hated Republicans and made no effort to conceal this.

She was then replaced by Robert Costa. Costa would begin each show by breathlessly announcing new breakthroughs in the Russian collusion case. After the Mueller report came out, Costa refused to apologize to the audience, even though it was the minimum he needed to do to restore his reputation. Robert Costa is no longer at Washington Week or the Washington Post, for that matter.

Costa was then replaced by Yamiche Alcindor, who sees virtually every issue in terms of race. She has only panelists on the show who agree with her. Washington Week has become a propaganda show.

Newshour

Pennsylvania
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The post-Judy program is dull, flat, and center-less. The segments feel longer, and there’s a diminished sense of camaraderie among the reporters. The two-host format isn’t working, and Geoff’s hosting especially fails to elicit easy responses from guests—even Brooks. Losing Politics Monday just adds to the size of the hole.

The great BRITISH BAKING SHOW

California
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All the other cooking shows are on. But the Great BRITISH BAKING SHOW.? that's the best and most current program. I dont watch kvie cooking show any more

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Elinor Wonders Why to be Renewed for Season 2

Pennsylvania
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Hi, I am submitting you a ticket to renew Elinor Wonders Why for a season 2. In the new season, Elinor and her friends continue exploring and visit new friends from around the world and from a different town. If you renew the series for a second season, I will get back to you.

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Florida
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I have watched the News hour with Judy Woodruff for many years. I am appalled and surprised by the lack of coverage on what is currently happening in Israel/Palestine. The UN Security Council is preparing to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the recent visit by Israel’s new national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. His visit was condemned across the Middle East. Ben-Gvir’s actions could lead to more conflict. Jordan’s Foreign Ministry decrying it as “scandalous and [an] unacceptable violation of international law.”

Al-Aqsa Mosque is one of the holiest sites in Islam and Judaism. Why isn't this important story being reported in the News Hour?

Donald Trump

California
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Why give to a know dangerous individual who has shown that his intent is to influence large numbers of people for his personal gain. Does a man who loves his country not pay taxes?

Bias

Texas
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Enjoy many programs on PBS. Today I was watching and again, in between shows you were promoting the Global Weirding series. Now I admit that I have not seen an actual episode, but I imagine many viewers do not watch the series but see the “ads” in between other shows. These ads promote a single, decidedly left leaning view and I would suggest you provide other views that present the fact that there are indeed two sides to the issue.

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PBS NewsHour

California
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The MacNeil-Lehrer Report was a shiny city on the hill of the TV news wasteland. They would devote each show to a single topic, with opposing advocates being interviewed together. Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer did not tell us what to think. They trusted the viewers to listen to both sides of the issue and make up their own minds.

When Judy Woodruff took over the show, renamed as the PBS NewsHour, she destroyed the show. On virtually every issue, only one side is presented, the left-wing side. For the Friday weekly roundtable, they hired fake-conservative Jonathan Capehart as the counterpart to liberal David Brooks. Instead of offering conservative rebuttals to Brooks, Capehart seems to always agree with Brooks.

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January 9 2023 misinformation on the current measles outbreak

South Carolina
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Not ALL of the measles outbreak is due to not being vaccinated. You can also still get measles if you are fully vaccinated. Please stop spreading misinformation on just about EVERY topic!!!! https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html

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Finished with PBS

South Carolina
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For years I have watched the PBS Newshour, I will no longer donate nor will I support CPB or PBS in any manner whatsoever. Your views are very misleading and one sided. Few people agree with you and your biased opinions. We are both red and blue in the USA and many of us are purple. We do not uphold your one sided values nor the misinformation that "you" are spreading. There are always 2 sides to a coin and 2 views surrounding each subject. This is what is wrong with the media nowadays. It is no longer fact based. Bad reporting. goodbye!

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Startup money for noncommercial educational community radio station

Oregon
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We are in rural eastern Oregon (Ontario) and have been working toward starting a community radio station. We have a tower and building and are in the process of making applications. However, we need startup money. We have a few community supporters and sponsors but we need more. Do you have suggestions? Thank you.

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fundraising from local to you

California
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As KQED is the local part of CPB, I am addressing my comments to you as well. Margaret G*** G*****e.

KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110

January 2, 2023

Hello,

I have supported KQED to the tune of $20 monthly and an extra $200 in donations this past year. This totals $440.00. My income is less than $60,000 annually. I am a renter.

I give what I do to KQED because I watch the PBS NewsHour 4 or 5 times a week and 5 or 6 other shows on channels 9 and 54 each week. That’s less than12 hours maximum KQED time a week, though it is less during your multiple 2 week long periods of fundraising. I mute all your long fundraising spiels if I happen to be tuned into KQED. I mostly avoid KQED apart from the NewsHour when you are fundraising. The filler shows are old, repetitious and of no interest to me and possibly others, .

During regular programming can’t you find a better way to bridge from 50-60 minutes? I wonder why you don’t have more corporate sponsors? The endless replaying of sponsors’ appeals in not encouraging of support. I mute these as well.

If other people are like me, I can understand if you don’t achieve the level of personal donations you wish.

I find it disrespectful to me as a consumer that you never tell us, the public, how much money you are seeking to raise as you beg for money, Likewise, you never tell us how you use your funds. I can’t go out of my way to support an organization so irresponsible to the public it at least somewhat depends on.

With my limited income I support a small number of aid organizations, e.g. Doctors without Borders, UNHCR, Immigrants Rising, for example. They tend to be much more forthcoming regarding the why’s of their appeals , $ goals, and often their progress in reaching those goals. Why aren’t you?

I would be most grateful for and interested in receiving a response.

Two final comments: I’m copying this to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; I rarely listen to KQED radio.

Sincerely,

Margaret (G*** G*****e **** O** S****** Dr. San Anselmo, CA 94960 415-***-**86

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KRCC

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I was in Co. Springs a few weeks in October, 2022. I listened to NPR online via KRCC. I returned to my home in Guatemala and KRCC came with me! It interrupts my NPR programming with its Colorado station. How can I remove KRCC from my laptop?

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Hosts/Anchors

Virginia
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Why won’t Channel 20 reward their staff rather than bring people in from elsewhere. You have several women doing a great job in the field, etc., and you ignore their service. Jaffnie Gray is a great example of bringing someone in and ignoring current staff. Even Brittany Spears who fills in when the morning staff and does a great job (and there were others there longer than her) was ignored. If she’s good enough to fill in why was she ignored. Also, if you choose to ignore current staff to bring others in, the least you could have someone choose her outfits. It’s sad to see her on air in such horrible outfits and it seems someone could help her!

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Programming on pbs

New Mexico
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I would neverdonate money to pbs.I watch the series but as far as the rest,nothing much I agree with .All of the hosts and guests are liberal,not a pretty picture of democracy !

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The pro basketball player being released

California
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Judith was questioning why they let her out and she got real upset and offensive asking the other person questions, I'm a African American I did not like her response when she was asking questions

Judy interviewing mike pence

Georgia
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The interview of Mike Pence broadcast on 12/1/2022 News Hour was a classic example of journalistic excellence - just what we expect from PBS and Judy. This should be included in training programs for aspiring journalists. Judy we thank you and wish you the best.

bias

Maryland
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Libtards have ruined PBS....Great Job!!! Misinfo on......

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anyone there

Montana
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Hello,

Is anyone there? Do you have any reporters on staff? You must know that airing a news release from the US government is printing the concerns of a select few corrupt, career politicians whose main job seems to be looking after the welfare of their big business men buddies. Is anyone there a journalist? Do you fact check any of that garbage. Do you ever investigate any of your sources. Below is a letter to the editor, or a letter to you who obviously control a very tigDate: December 9, 2022

From: Ed D****r PO Box **** Kalispell MT 59903 ****@mail.com (406) ***-**68

To: Letters-to-the Editor (184 words):

Covid Vaccine: The press in this country is owned by an oligarchy of the few. They sow the wind, Let them reap the whirlwind. Never in the history of humanity have so many people been victimized by the robber barons of Big-Pharm. You are about to discover just what the oligarchy sold you with their covid vaccine. Stop – Think – Ask – Change! But this time, change the right things. The robber barons have always been there. They will always be there. They have plenty of Senators, Congressman, and Judges to hide under. This time fix the yes-men who peddle enthusiastic rubbish. Fix the media! From journalism 101: In those countries where the newspapers are full good news — good men are in jail. In those countries where the newspapers are full of bad news — bad men are in jail. Fix the oligarchy! New Federal law: No individual or corporation in the USA who claims to gather or report the news may own, or be owned by, any other corporate identity. It is the intent of the law that no man can serve two masters. --Ed D****r, Kalispell MTht corridor between the oligarch, NPR, and the public you have be commissioned to protect.

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News Hour and Washington Week

Maine
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I am a regular listener and watcher of both programs and I know you are replacing Judy Woodruff on the News Hour. I am a senior and many of my friends also watch and listen but because we are older we have trouble hearing people who speak fast like Amna Nawaz, Lisa Des Jardins, and Yamiche Alcindor. Young people do not get the news from TV but older ones do so they are the major portion of your audience. Also I have noticed that many of your guests on both programs also speak very fast. I suggest you do not replace Judy with either of these three mentioned but rather with Stephanie Sy, Jeff Bennett, John Yang. William Brangham, and/or Jeffrey Brown. If the programs continue to have people who speak rapidly and not clearly I will reconsider my yearly donation to PBS so please speak to them.

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). CPB does not produce programming or employ journalists. Sharon Rockefeller, President and CEO of WETA and President of NewsHour Productions has named PBS NewsHour chief correspondent Amna Nawaz and chief Washington correspondent and PBS News Weekend anchor Geoff Bennett as co-anchors of the nightly newscast, succeeding Judy Woodruff, who has solo-anchored PBS’s nightly news broadcast since 2016. The PBS NewsHour, co-anchored by Nawaz and Bennett, will launch on Monday, January 2, 2023. Meanwhile, John Yang, who joined PBS NewsHour as a correspondent in 2016, will succeed Geoff Bennett as anchor of PBS News Weekend, beginning Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. https://www.cpb.org/pressroom/Amna-Nawaz-and-Geoff-Bennett-Named-Co-Anchors-PBS-NewsHour https://www.pbs.org/newshour/press-releases/john-yang-named-anchor-of-pbs-news-weekend

donations

Utah
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how do I make a contribution to the public broadcasting system. Do I do it on a local level?

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PBS News Hour

California
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The closed captioning on the PBS News Hour is consistently not synced with the audio. It really makes it difficult for those of us who are hard of hearing.

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I would have given more

Washington
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I used to give thousands of dollars to PBS as it was a big part of my family's life. Passport was a great idea and I was sympathetic to its limitations due to costs. However, I have moved to another city and am forced to use their passport which does not support the shows which I like. I have to log in way too often. In short it is a hassle for what I don't care for. This year, PBS will get the bare minimum for us as we feel that is what we get from you. We feel the rules imposed by CPB are the reason for the failure. We fear that by watching the pennies, you have lost the dollars. PBS has become irrelevant through a lot of its own doing. This is a tragedy. Please consider another structure for online viewing. A little upfront organization on your part could be way more profitable in the long run. I often make recommendations to people who reject the offers because they aren't members. Free samples has always been a successful model when the content is good. PBS still has the best content... but people have become used to sad offerings on other platforms. Please tempt them with something better. To prove my point, people donated when the television showed things for free. During these hard times, people could use something other than YouTube as a free options. We urge you to do something soon.

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What is your function?

California
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First, I think it’s strange that you’re a *private* corporation created and funded by government and managing government resources. Shouldn’t you be public under those circumstances? The public deserves to have more insight and influence into what we’re funding and de facto authorizing. Why is this organization not public?

Second, I think people need more help understanding what it is you actually do. You’re apparently using taxpayer funding to help stations by providing ‘grants, seed money, and operating support’, and you make the comment that you “make “major investments in national content”, but anytime someone has a question or criticism, your standard response is ‘we don’t have any influence or input to programs or content’. I’m trying to understand how this is possible and what your function actually is. Are you purely processing disbursements from government direction without any strategy or analysis on your part? If so, who is providing the direction? And do we really need a private corporation to do that? Where’s the taxpayer benefit? If you do have some true managerial/ developmental/ operational oversight, how is it you give the same form letter response to everyone saying you don’t? If you keep getting comments talking about bad reporting and bias for instance (in violation of NPR/ PBS posted mission statements and code of ethics), how is it that your only response is to say that’s not your area? If you’re making managerial/ developmental/ operational investments and have that kind of business relationship, shouldn’t you at least be collecting these comments for feedback, internal policy/ process decisions, or at least some kind of report? Shouldn’t you be able to point commenters to some kind of official surveys or feedback process you have for your taxpayer funded entity? From this vantage point (with such limited/ non-existent information) it seems kind of like a shell game. It looks as though you are either an unnecessary organization, you’re not being fully upfront about your role, or you’re being used as a means to intentionally block public input into public broadcasting.

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re: anchors

Tennessee
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Dear PBS, Curious if William Brangham was considered for co-anchor with Amna Nawaz? He is a thoughtful and insightful correspondent with a wonderful "broadcasters" voice and for an older person (like myself) very easy to hear and understand. Kindest regards, Jerry Clarke

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Judy Woodruff

California
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When the MacNeil-Lehrer Report first appeared in the 1970s, it was a shiny city on the hill in the wasteland of TV news. They would devote each show to a single issue, with opposing advocates sitting at the same table as they were interviewed by Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer. They were thus forced to make their best arguments because they could be immediately rebutted. The show did not tell the viewers what to think. They trusted the viewers to make up their own minds after hearing both sides of the story.

As the MacNeil-Lehrer Report became the PBS NewsHour and Judy Woodruff took over, she destroyed this once great show. She turned it into a propaganda program. Only one side of an issue is presented, the left wing side. For the weekly roundtable, they hired fake-conservative Jonathan Capehart as the conservative counterpart to liberal David Brooks. Instead of offering conservative arguments, Capehart seems to always agree with Brooks.

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Music Submission

Massachusetts
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I am a composer-pianist from Massachusetts. I would like to make my new composition "For Those Not Here" and others available for use my CPC Producers. Please advise.

Here is a listening link to the work: https://open.spotify.com/track/2OTwmI30NkxySWsIDlFZpV?si=06f81dfe62ba481a

I would be delighted to send the full CD, if appropriate, or send other links digitally if preferred.

Dan Kennedy Amherst, MA www.dankennedy.us

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Poison Water

Georgia
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The Savannah River is so polluted that most people who live in a large sector in Savannah and around Savannah live on bottled water, water gotten once a month at a person’s favorite spring! No one should swallow one drop of that water!

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Chefs Life

New York
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Why cut this great show??? Why not cut the not so jazzy jazzy vegetarian...or the BBQ one...oy!!

Closed captions

Arkansas
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I am hearing impaired and I enjoy Public Broadcast's programming because it is unique and educational. However I rely heavily on clear captions. Recently the captions have been garbled. This is very disappointing. Can you please correct this so I can continue to benefit, along with other hearing impaired patrons. Thanks

PBS News Hour

New Jersey
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If and when Judy Woodruff retires, please consider Geoff Bennett as the next host to replace her. His weekend coverage is very good, he has a pleasant voice and would be the best choice. I'm sorry that Hari is no longer around. He would also be a good choice as a host for the News Hour.

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). CPB does not produce programming or employ journalists. Sharon Rockefeller, President and CEO of WETA and President of NewsHour Productions has named PBS NewsHour chief correspondent Amna Nawaz and chief Washington correspondent and PBS News Weekend anchor Geoff Bennett as co-anchors of the nightly newscast, succeeding Judy Woodruff, who has solo-anchored PBS’s nightly news broadcast since 2016. The PBS NewsHour, co-anchored by Nawaz and Bennett, will launch on Monday, January 2, 2023. https://www.cpb.org/pressroom/Amna-Nawaz-and-Geoff-Bennett-Named-Co-Anchors-PBS-NewsHour

Recent rape in NYC of early morning female jogger

Virginia
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Why isn’t the NYT covering the rape of this middle aged female? Another reason why the media can’t be trusted to report fair, balanced, accurate news.

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I want to build a sound between the news brakes I love your program I want to know how what the name and how program.

Missouri
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I would like to know the name of the sound between the program and it is almost impossible to find out from you folks I know it's not deeper important but it's soon even I would like to know the name of it I watch your program in your station thank you. I pray for blessings of you you folks

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Voting results!!! 11/08/2022

Georgia
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I CALL BULL**** ON THESE RESULTS!!!!!! No Way it can be true or accurate!!!! The only way voting in AMERICA WILL EVER BE TRUE AND ACCURATE IS BY ASSEMBLY!!!!! EVERY VOTER BALLOTS IN HAND WALKING THRU A COUNTER LIKE AT AIRPORTS OR SIX FLAGS!!!! NO MORE BULL****!!! WE THE PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF ALL THE CRAP, BOLD FACE LIES, the INSULT I. OUR INTELLIGENCE!!! ENOUGH!!! WE ARE DONE WITH IT!!!!! TIME TO RISE AND FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT!!! PERIOD! EVERYONE FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS!!!!

Gayla * B**t 346-***-****

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Bias

Feedback:

Unfortunately PBS is now showing more bias than ever. I won’t give any money to them .. they are a Public Broadcaster.. and should not show bias. It’s a sad day..

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Washington week in review ,the host

Feedback:

I just read a comment about the host that she mumbles,she speaks to fast .please tell her to take her time to articulate properly.Before being the host of the show she spoke clearly in her interviews.

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Judy Woodruff

Virginia
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I watched the interview with Judy Woodruff tonight on 60 minutes. I found it interesting. However, having had a bout with thyroid cancer years ago myself, I was concerned about the knot on her neck. Please have her check it out with her Dr. Hopefully, it is nothing to be concerned about.

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News Hour

Arkansas
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I hate it that Judy Woodruff is leaving. She is calm, professional, objective. Amna Nawaz would be an excellent replacement for Ms Woodruff. Please not Lisa Desjardins who appears excitable and talks very fast. The News Hour is my favorite on PBS.

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Washington Week

California
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We are Regular viewers of the program. Very intelligent - often fairly “left leaning” - guest commentators - yet those guest experts responding to a question from start their response. “Yeah, well I mean” or something just as juvenile. Bright people should be able to develop a vocabulary to match their intellect. Can you work with your guests on their vocabulary to reflect the deep topics that they discussing?

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WHAT IS THE REAL HUMAN POPULATION on EARTH? WHEN WILL PBS EVER DO A DOCUMENTARY on this guy. You could put it on late at night.

Maryland
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FROM CONTACT REPORT 825 ------- AT futureofmankind.co.uk

The whole nature of the planet is being destroyed by the machinations of overpopulation, which is growing ever larger – it is mendaciously claimed scientifically that there are currently around 8 billion, whereas there are already more than 9.2 billion.

This, while the Earth at its peak was designed to support a total population of no more than 2 billion. But the human beings of the Earth have proliferated in terms of their billionfold offspring and have multiplied to such an extent that they have become a threat to the continued existence of the whole planet as well as to the whole of nature and its fauna and flora.

As a result, the extinction of many life-forms has increased in number, so that now every year more than 1,000 genera and species of plants, animals, creatures, snakes, amphibians, fish, birds, bees, butterflies, beetles, ants, termites, wasps, hornets and all kinds of other thousand-fold life-forms disappear from the entire surface of the earth, from the waters and mountains, from the skies and from the soil, and are thus eradicated. In principle, demonstrations against environmental pollution and against environmental destruction as well as against climate change and global warming etc. are of no use, because in reality and unstoppably the huge mass of humanity resp. overpopulation continues to grow uncontrolled, whereby the pollution and destruction of the planet, of nature as well as its fauna and flora is rampant and can --PTAAH

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Today about IRAN

California
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AS AN IRANIAN AMERICAN I DISAGREE WITH THE FINAL COMMENT IN TODAYS REPORT .THE Revolution THAT IS GOING ON WILL TRIUMPH AND THE PEOPLE WILL GET A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM .I THINK YOU OWE ALL THE PEOPLE OF IRAN FAIR AND ACCURATE REPORTING NOT PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS OF YOUR REPORTER.WE WILL BURY THESE DEMONS IN THE TRASH HEAP OF HISTORY .ZAN ZENDGY AZADY

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Public Radio Listeners & Staff Creating New Sports For Uninterrupted Play During Pandemics Like Covid-19

New Hampshire
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With one report of the average weekly listeners being over 19 million, why not create a program for listeners to solve the global challenge of playing sports uninterrupted during pandemics like Covid-19 to help the world with emotional, physical, and economic wellbeing? It can be done. Do an internet search for: "New Gender-Neutral Sports That Keep Players Separate." These New sports should 1. Keep players separate at least 6 feet. 2. Have no head or hand contact with shared equipment. 3. Be adaptable for those with a disability. Consider that two schools in Massachusetts had a recent teachers' strike keeping home over 13,000 students. If each student worked just one hour on creating a new sport, that would have been over 1 year project time in just one day. If only 100,000 Public Radio Listeners and Staff out of the more than 19 million worked on creating new sports, that would be over 11 years of project time in just one day. Society missed the opportunity to create these new sports during the 1918 Spanish Flu and the 2005 Bird Flu. Then in 2020, Covid-19 showed the world why these new sports are needed to allow society to be together in physical activity while maintaining social distance. It can be done. The hope is that society will create these new sports and or modify current sports before the next pandemics like Covid-19.

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Morning Edition

Ohio
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You know, some of my friends get angry at NPR’s quotidian promotion of left-wing narratives without pushback or skepticism, such as this morning’s piece on crime by far-left activist Sandhya Dirks. But I, on the contrary, believe that NPR helps the Right. NPR is almost a caricature of a certain type of urban leftist with a big megaphone. Voters and consumers may be as dumb as Dirks and the like implicitly believe, but they know when they are being condescended to, so keep up the segments telling them that issues of violent crime, inflation, illegal immigration, a general public anomie, etc., are the result of their gullibility and imagination, and ‘racist’ as well. In large parts of this country, now, such products of the legacy media help turn swing voters, such as those fabled ‘suburban wimen’, toward pulling the lever for the GOP.

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macneil-lehere news hour with judy woodruff

Texas
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I think Don Henley can be the next vice president of the United States of America. Don has experience as an elected official and is a veteran of the army special services in the Americas. He can write the lyrics to his speeches and he can write the theme songs to his traveling election campaign. He has recent and relevant experience.

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political bias

Montana
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Date: 11/3/22

From: Ed D****r PO Box **** Kalispell MT 59903 (406) ***-**68 ***@ usa.com

To: Patricia de Stacy Harrison Board Officers CPB

Enough! NPR’s political bias is so skewed, it has become intolerable.

There is a well known ‘game’ in politics called, “Lets play Democrats and Republican.”

My older brother just died at 83. At no time in his entire, adult life did he ever vote for a candidate, although he dutifully voted in every election. He signed over, carte-blanche, his entire voting rights to the Republican Party at twenty one and never looked back.

If the powers that be can get everyone playing the ‘game’, they can hide a tone of unqualified, corrupt, and special-interest candidates from prying eyes.

And your stations are right in there with the best of them playing the ‘game’.

Enough already! You are suppose to be autonomous and free to point out the corrupt practices of the political parties, not digging-in to help them.

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Oregon Ballot Measure 114

Oregon
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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/opponents-setting-out-unintended-consequences-oregons-gun-control-measure

Measure 114 is a real bad piece of fantasy and if passed will make it even more dangerous for the average citizen in Oregon. Please address this misleading measure M-114.

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Are they ready for impeachment and lawsuits bye innocent me

Federated States Of Micronesia
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I will prove they are all guilties and they are all facing theirs actions and crimes on the innocent American me making all them very guilties and if you don't believe me then come see for yourself I'll showed the world my evidence against them all

Gershwin Prize

Mississippi
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I would love you to consider Neil Diamond for the Gershwin Prize before he leaves us

Your say new Government funding for you and say you will have more independence we all know Our Government is a total corrupt en

Pennsylvania
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The Us Government with one exemption The mighty US Military Hasn't been constitutional legitimate in about a hundred years all need to be removed peacefully House of Representatives by order of the constitution must have a balanced budget on the president's desk by Sept 30th not negotiable president Biden shut down working US infrastructure with no authority to do so it hurt the poor and working family man the Senate wow start at the beginning of the constitution every school student at a public school must get a full year learning the constitution and when completed each student is to sign that they reserved it then to be put in the national archives or no Federal money the stealing appropriate term of the ssi system is federal fraud until it's repaid not one federal employee should get a pension and why is it ssi is gonna run out of money in 8 yrs but medicaid has unlimited resources nobody put a dime in that account unless we the people the true holders of American might remembering government has no power not given to them by a magarity vote people hold the power there just filling and open position for the people fraud up some 500% call the federal agencies in charge and they care less call your state attorney general I'm in pa so Shapiro they have the answering service in a loop nobody home s sorry Shapiro no governor's job for a bum get a real job slacker and self servant we the people can replace you easy. T

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Frontline Oct 18 2022

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I am a subscriber to pbs and wanted to watch frontline tonight. I clicked play and the message was it is temporarily unavailable. I went to you tube where i also subscribe and it was also not available there. I calked your 1 800 number and the message was ttold the number is not available in our atea at this time. This process has taken up at least an hour of my evening. What is the point of being a subscriber if I can't access the programming? Thank you for your attention to this email. D Le Moyne

Impeachedment and lawsuits bye innocent me

Virginia
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I am coming too prove you all are guilties of yours actions and crimes on innocent me let's get this over with this year come faced your son on the innocent me yes I am calling you all out and I am accusing you all come faced me so we can get America back on tracks were you all messed up big time I will prove you all are 100 percent guilties

Family Members of America and friends worldwide business worldwide

Oregon
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I love you guys Worldwide and kids.

What happened to the integrity of the US

New York
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I am in UTTER disgust to see us selling off hundreds of acres of farmland NEAR A US BASE!!! THEN NOW chinese police noe have units here??? It's the end of America a as we new it. Thanks democrats

One sided "Face The Nation"

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The host of this show is terrible. Completely against Republicans! She often speaks about people coming together but only promotes division.

Taxtation unlawful collection's & foreclosures

California
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I hope you post this it's about taxs, red flags and incent people Losing everything rode them to death I the one to make it right I promised my mother on her death bed one 1⃣ should haft to indure the abuse and aemuleation that she went thought I would like to talk to someone as iong as they say they are who they are the document are safe and I have enough to prove my case I couldn't get an attorney I have no money they took my mother and father life insurance plus there social security mine to work all my life and end up disabled and then no work record so I get ssi well it's taken me a long time to get it together but I need alittle help the problem I see most is the innocent get treated like there the bad person this is going to be one for the people to decide I not said anything that not true please I will call you or email me at d*******0@gmail.com or c*********1@gmail.com but I need someone to listen. No better way then though you. Thank you and God bless. Dale.

All radio, online, and television communications produced by NPR

Florida
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I wish more Fox, Newsmax, and other media outlets’ viewers would watch truthful and useful news as presented by your well-balanced and professional staff. But it will take Trump’s jailing along with his henchmen, and their acolytes dismissed from power, to truly open their minds. Too much to hope for?

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Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Idaho
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My toddler loves DTN and I just wanted to let you know that the Captioning is incorrect many times on the episode with Jodi having asthma.

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All radio, online, and television communications produced by NPR

Florida
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I wish more Fox, Newsmax, and other media outlets’ viewers would watch truthful and useful news as presented by your well-balanced and professional staff. But it will take Trump’s jailing along with his henchmen, and their acolytes dismissed from power, to truly open their minds. Too much to hope for?

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segregating

Florida
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hello, can pbs please stop segregating the tv shows. if your~ funded by the united states you must have all races involved or lose your~ funding.

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Keeping Up Appearances.

Alabama
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Please bring back Keeping Up Appearances on MPB; not showing on Direct Tv!!

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PUBLIC BROADCAST

California
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I am a supporter of public broadcast!! What is the price for " free voices and free press? The price cannot be compared! Many have lost their lives, getting the news to the people. WHAT type of democracy is there, without free press!!! This Nation and World would cease to exist!! NEWS is vital to all concerned, irregardless, country, and it inhabitants!

LET US STOP, this ANARCHY!!! We, are a "Free People and Nation!" Many, a news correspondent have died getting, the Nations news. Let, those you believe in the " FREEDOM of the PRESS" whatever the media, "TAKE A STAND " for free press.

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Keeping Up Appearances.

Alabama
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Please bring back Keeping Up Appearances on MPB; not showing on Direct Tv!!

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Bias

California
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Very very sad what CPB has become very leftist and no regard’s to conservative folks that are not leftist.

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Pbs newshour audio

Minnesota
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The audio for PBS Newshour is poor. The frequency range is similar to the narrow smothered sound of A.M radio. Why not EQ and improve the sound quality?

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Excluding a Recognized Candidate in a PBS Forum

Illinois
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Hello.

It is unfortunate that I am forced to write this correspondence today because I usually tell anyone who would listen to me that, PBS literally changed my life as a child.

However, being that I am legally on the ballot and also a publicly touted candidate for the Illinois Secretary of State, and was excluded from the WTTW Chicago candidate forum last week, has changed my life and not in the way it did when I was younger.

WTTW Chicago television station is partially funded by government monies and also from public funds, from honorable people like myself. Your Producers, picking and choosing which candidates will appear on a forum and which ones won't is not in the spirit of being a "open, transparent company" that is supposed to serve the public interest. Clearly, last nights candidate forum you served no one except the two party system.

I have contacted my attorney and we are now in the process pf exploring any legal options we have in response to your stations purposeful oversight.

I hope you and WTTW responds to this email in a way that satisfies my party, the public at large and convinces me to drop legal action.

Respectfully submitted,

Jon Stewart Libertarian Candidate for the Illinois Secretary of State

Cc: IL Libertarian Party, Matteo Rago, Esquire

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Finding your roots

Pennsylvania
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Don’t white and Spanish peoples have any roots?

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Can’t get it on channel 28

California
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Ion is all I get I am in Glendale Ca.

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Health care had kept me from getting proe deper treatment for systemic blackwidow bite for 11 years

Missouri
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But, paralyzed. Didn't know what it was neither did doctors. I had good insurance, husband left me in poor living conditions. I have develop fungal, bacterial, parasitic and let alone the toxicitu from spider. No treatment can work because of the many poisons in me. Ss messed up on me, been trying for 11years to get disability, on Medicaid. No one will help me. They said I had Medicare and turned around and said I didn't. I am 64 now and still can't get the help I need. I pray I can receive it asap.

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CONCERN: News about the science, politics, and legal proceedings related to wireless radiation safety are not being shared

Illinois
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Submitted 10/16/22: I've been watching the science on electromagnetic fields, specifically power frequencies and wireless transmission frequencies, for 22 years. Despite the fact that there were already concerns expressed by the EPA iby 1980 regarding the carcinogenicity of RF and the adequacy of the FCC exposure limits (before EPA studies were defunded), and already by the 1970s the Navy had compiled over a thousand studies showing biological effects at low intensity levels, and already a great majority of the modern studies are showing biological effects of EMF at levels that are not supposed to be biologically active according to the now out-dated thermal paradigm (which itself was based on animal behavior studies and "hunches" back in the last century), and despite the fact that the NIEHS/National Toxicology Program found "clear evidence of carcinogenicity" at non-thermal levels of RF, backed up by the Ramazzini Institute's similar studies at even lower intensity levels---PBS and NPR seem to be uninterested in investigating and sharing findings -- not industry PR -- with the public. No major insurers or reinsurers will cover liability for the wireless industry should the emissions from their wireless devices and infrastructure cause health harm to users--why? because they have looked at the evidence and they don't want to lose their shirts on another tobacco debacle. Last year a federal judge in Environmental Health Trust v. FCC ruled that current exposure limits are not based on a full review of the current science----that in fact, no federal agency has conducted such a full review, although they all give semi-reassurances of safety on their public information websites. The wireless industry---which funds much of public broadcasting--tells the FCC what to do, and they help place their own people as director and commissioners. They get laws passed in Congress that take away the rights of citizens and municipalities to have any say in where telecom infrastructure goes, what is used and how. They get waivers from FCC to test body SAR on cell phones a slight distance away from the test "body," (a gel filled receptacle) which then registers a much lower SAR than would be experienced by someone carrying a cell phone in their pocket. Brain cancer lawsuits filed in 2001 are only coming to a hearing now in 2022 because of convenient delays perpetrated by the industry. There is so much wrong in the telecom realm, but public broadcasting is not covering any of it---and you have an investigative team for Frontline that could provide the perfect venue with experienced investigative reporters, but year after year, Nothing. As the lawyers say, there is no smoking gun to seek out----all the information is readily available and out there, you just have to put the dots together, and know which "experts," committees and commissions are actually associated with the industry, and not independent of its influence.

This situation has made me very cynical about the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS, NPR, etc. You have every man, woman, and child --all your constituents--exposed to this in nearly every environment they sleep, live, work, grow, and study in. All ages, including pre-birth. They trust that if Public Broadcasting doesn't say there's a problem, then everything's all right. Well, it isn't all right, for people, or for flora and fauna, but you have to be willing to put the present and future well-being of your constituency first, and hold a shady industry accountable for its continued obfuscation of the facts.

I speak from my own experience on committees with the telecoms, and years of communications with scientists. There is a problem. Go there!

EPA history: https://ehtrust.org/epa-recommendations-and-reports-on-cell-phones-radiofrequency-and-electromagnetic-fields/ Navy history: https://zoryglaser.com/ Bioeffects science today: https://bioinitiative.org/ (see H. Lai research summaries) and https://www.saferemr.com/ (J. Moskowitz monthly science updates) History of thermal paradigm: http://www.iemfa.org/wp-content/pdf/RF%20history.pdf References N. Steneck's 1984 book, "The Microwave Debate" NTP report: https://www.saferemr.com/2018/11/NTP-final-reports31.html J. Moskowitz (UC/Berkeley) discusses the studies (with reference links) Insurance liability: https://www.jrseco.com/lloyds-insurance-company-does-not-cover-health-damage-caused-by-electromagnetic-radiation/ Federal judge ruling: https://ehtrust.org/in-historic-decision-federal-court-finds-fcc-failed-to-explain-why-it-ignored-scientific-evidence-showing-harm-from-wireless-radiation/ FCC+Industry: https://ethics.harvard.edu/files/center-for-ethics/files/capturedagency_alster.pdf Flora/Fauna impacts: https://www.microwavenews.com/short-takes-archive/review-emf-and-rf-effects-flora-and-fauna

Margaret M. Glaser Chicago, IL

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Corporation for Propaganda Broadcasting is more accurate

California
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You should call yourselves the Corporation for Propaganda Broadcasting. Could your programming get any more unscrientic misleading and leftist?

You are a national disgrace. De-fund the police? De-fund fake organizations like you. Wouldn't be surprised if the whole board of directors is taking payola directly from the CPP on top of the federal government to spread state sponsored narratives and propaganda. You are traitors to the United States of America and the US Constitution.

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Pinkalicious "The New Girl"

Alabama
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My daughter is four years old and loves to watch Pinkalicious. This morning she was watching "The New Girl" episode. A new family moves to town and its two men and a little girl. The man introduces his "husband" to Pinkalicious' family. I am so upset that this lifestyle was introduced to my preschooler with no parental warning or rating etc. I would not have let her watch the episode if I had of known that material was in there. It is not the job of APT or PBS to decide when my child gets introduced to homosexuality. And frankly in my opinion it should not be in preschoolers programming. They are very impressionable at this age and a certain agenda or lifestyle should not be made to seem okay thru a familiar children's program they love to watch. Something should be done about this! I see your organization helps fund the programming. Could there at least if nothing else parental warnings be put in place so parents wont be caught off guard that dont want their children watching episodes containing this subject matter? Thank you

America and the Holocat

Utah
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Per the expected from Mr Burns et al, this is a superb production. Sadly many of the people who should see it won’t. This is compounded by the six hour length of the series which disengages the marginally interested. A 90 minute version promoted as an introduction to the Holocaust might generate greater viewership particularly among those with little familiarity with the subject.

WW2 Obsession for Fundraising

Oregon
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If it's not bad enough for all the other main broadcasting networks/channel's stations to do all episodes, even changing which shows, so they are all WWII &/or nazi based/mentioning episodes for 5 months straight UNTIL something else (like a certain celebrity dies or certain holiday that locals that run the station give a or too much fabout) happens... then right back to same theme for the past year (year or 2 before it was all religious &/or all christian story/based episodes of all those shows). Now PBS is showing 4 or 5 hours straight of holocaust ALL WEEK?! Whotf would want to fund because they're watching that kind of c***? Before it was 10 or even 15 year old things likely everyone that had seen any of the fund raising knew/remembered seeing that before or even donating some to help in past decades but why would watching more of WW2 make them think "people will pay us/donate if we show them MORE of the holocaust/deaths/nazi-themed shows they've been "watching" for the past year or 2"? Only thing worst would be if they thought everyone wants to become christian (or another religion) again & only watch that themed shows on it (again).... oh &/or if it was all voting commercials like on the other broadcast channels. Yeah people see/read the news not everyone wants to see more of it all day/night to the point they would pay PBS to see it (there are other cable/satellite channels that would/do show that instead that could cost them less). Does PBS/OPB have no clue how long OTHER wars in OTHER countries/areas of the world have been going on &/or still happening? LOL Just as bad as the basic public school system. If "you" are going to show 1 themed thing for weeks/months at least show DIFFERENT shows/episodes & different angles of it like the nature-themed and some music-themed fund raising was. Last time I watched or saw a World war 1 &/or 2 show on was when it was actually near ONE holiday that was about it not EVERY holiday that was war/military(or christian) based. It's like a medical news story becomes trending then instead of showing shows & episodes viewers would want to see they replace them with barely related medical or medical mentioning episodes. Why not have episodes of smoke/ashes & fires for 10 years? LOL Those also human caused events have been happening for a long time too(I'm surprised the other broadcast networks/channels don't show fire/smoke, NOT cig or drug/substance smoking which they have instead in the past, based shows all the time). Nice to not see the same 2 or 3 book &/or DVD 5 or10 or 15 year old based themes, but replacing them with depressing WW2 based theme/s? Really?

Linda Carducci

Virginia
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She is wonderful! We love waking up to her voice on weekdays & always look forward to her Classical Sunrise. She plays a wide range of classical pieces and educates at the same time. Very rewarding to listen. No “same old chestnuts”. Deeply appreciated. When there’s a substitute we definitely miss her. Wish she wasn’t away so often but can imagine getting up at o’dark thirty every day must be exhausting. Thank you, WETA for bringing Linda Carducci to your station & giving her the early weekday morning time slot.

Cult comparisons - MagaRepublicans & People's Temple - similarities are there, let's side by side compare them

Massachusetts
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Jim Jones & Donald Trump have such similarities (from the documentary film on Jim Jones) if that documentary had any truth at all. It isn't hard to recognize the pattern. Approaching the MAGA Republicans with that exposure is only fair and required to reveal the mindset of cult figures milk their sycophants, and fans. That is exactly how the religious group worked against their own self interest and drank that kool-aid.

It is kind for media to identify the peril as real, and recurring under the leaders thrilled to be followed! It's an illness. Exposure is patriotism!

Absence of Covering President Biden Address on September 1, 2022

Maryland
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I am a long term supporter of PBS. I was shocked that public broadcasting did not show President Biden address to the nation yesterday. The decision not to show the President's remarks was a disservice to many people who don't have cable and to the nation as well.

I don't contribute to PBS to be uninformed.

US and the Holocaust

Missouri
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An excellent and moving film until the last five minutes of Part 3, when the storyline left the Holocaust and shifted to blacks, their "oppression", and Lyndon Johnson. What a huge mistake...this detracted a great deal from this otherwise excellent show. It left me convinced Ken Burns has gone woke and lost his mind.

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Inflation and the people in pa

Pennsylvania
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It's not fair that the only people getting any stimulus is the disabled,65 and older and widors....what about the regular struggling people with children going to school that have no money... people who can't get unemployment.... people who can not get to work because of gas prices....the people that are getting property rebate and rent rebate ready for there rebates and now they are getting more...but the regular struggling people are getting nothing it's just not fair...Pennsylvania is not being fair to the people who do pay taxes and do own homes and rent that is sky high...people on disability are aloud to work and make so much money a month... widors do get money from there decreased spouse....but again what are the regular struggling people getting...the Lakers think these people aren't in hardship..it's just not right..Thank you for letting me voice my opinion.

Fresno California

California
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About Your Shows

Oregon
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Dear The Corporation For The Public Broadcasting,

I like your shows and your web sites. Hope you're doing well.

Sincerely, Harrison

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New Member to C.P.B.

Massachusetts
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My name is G.L. M******s. I am the Founder Emeritus Of "Universal Project for Human Development Incorporated" and author of the book based on the Project entitled, "From the Ghettoes to the Promised Land". Due to the materials and concepts, I introduce everywhere I go, I feel it important to sign in with the media for coverage of my activities. Such activities as the introduction of a "Roxbury Stock Exchange Plaza", here in Roxbury, Massachusetts. I am grateful for the opportunity to share with the nation, what I feel will help black America remember the parting words of the late, great Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We as a people will get to the Promised Land in these United States of America.

frontline--lies, politics, and decmocracy

Oklahoma
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As I watched this frontline episode, I have no doubt that everything in the episode is true. Our nation is truly under siege by politicians in both parties. Trouble is when the media decides to take side too! While being true, this episode is so distorted to one side(of course left) that many years from now, people will view this episode and think just how terrible Trump and the Republicans were. What they won't be able to know is that the right AN!D the left were disgusting! Tell the truth! This is PBS, our country deserves dedicated programming that has not been butchered by media bias. I have no problem with the reporting of what Trump did--but what about the Democrats? What did they do? And how was the media complicit in shaping the narrative just like this episode? Just terrible bias--and am NO Trump supporter

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FRONTLINE: Lies, Politics and Democracy

Tennessee
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This "documentary" was nothing short of a campaign contribution to the Democratic nominee in the 2024 Presidential election. There were SO MANY untruths about President Trump--things that have already been proven to be false, yet you continue the narrative. Not only was Trump portrayed in the worst possible light, but NONE of his accomplishments were even mentioned. DID YOU CONSULT WITH A SINGLE REPUBLICAN BEFORE YOU PUT OUT SUCH CATEGORICALLY FALSE PROPOGANDA?? OBVIOUSLY this was a hit-job by the Democrat party in an ALL-OUT EFFORT to sway the 2024 Presidential election and you happily obliged to participate. It's absolutely despicable. PBS lacks ANY sort of objectivity whatsoever. I will be contacting my elected representatives in order to STOP MY TAX DOLLARS from funding your channel.

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New Cheeze Toast Jazz

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Hello 

I want to find where to send my new song for the radio. 

I think you’re going to like this groovin tune and the genre is like Funk Rock. I’ve performed it live often, and Strangers point and say “Cheeze Toast” when they see me, months later. True!

It’s broadcast ready and I can send as .mp3 or .wav. and details for the song too. Cheers  Larry

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Pledge drive

Massachusetts
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Donated during a pledge drive many many many months ago. The pledge gift of a glass bowl never showed up, despite my two follow up phone calls. It was to be a birthday gift from my husband to me. I’m older, no bowl. Not a good way to run a railroad! Very disappointed. Not planning to donate again.

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"Viewers like you."

Arizona
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Isn't that slogan more than a little ancient?! I've never liked the inference that it's other viewers who are like me who support the programming, but that I am exempt. Besides, constant repetition of the same trite phrasing simply becomes noise to the viewers. Our public stations need all the support they can muster. I've been a public station member for decades as the promotions seem to remain the same. In addition, I've been an announcer on two different public radio networks.

I neither request nor need a reply from your offices.

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Suicide

Florida
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The lack of research done on your program about suicide was amazing. When someone calls the cops on you, you are arrested and put face down in the back of a police car. Taken to the hospital and held for a couple days. Then put on the street with no help or plan for help. Unless you have money of course, but how many people are there because of money ,and this awful society we live in. 15 billion to help Ukraine, but I can't get help. Forgiving all the student loans, but I can't get help. Your program will make it worse for people. When you ask for help and you don't get it it's worse. That program did nothing to show how lacking the society is in helping our own.

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Nawaz : vocal defects

California
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Poor enunciation, drops sylablyes,mumbles. Needs a vocal coach to improve delivery.

WHO KILLED RUSSIAN DARIA DUGINE WITH A CAR BOMB?

Maryland
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WHO KILLED RUSSIAN DARIA DUGINE WITH A CAR BOMB ?

THE RUSSIAN GOV. O F COURSE. WHY? TO SPUR ON THE WAR IN UKRAINE. TO INCREASE THE HATRED FOR THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR THE WAR . DOESN'T TAKE A GENUIS TO FIGURE THAT OUT!

WHO'S the NAZI NOW?

DO YOU RELLY THINK ZALENSKIY WOULD DO SOMETHNG STUPID LIKE THAT ?

PUTIN IS NOTHING BUT A SNAKE (2nd definition)

Wampanoag program on Tuesday August 23, 2022

Minnesota
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The program showed a tipi/teepee as a living quarter. I believe they lived in wigwams or wetus, which were more huts and had some permanency as a structure. The tipi was used by mostly Native American plains and some southwestern nations

Illegal data

Alabama
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A null system of theft pay day loan then turned over to a bug bounty program that got way out of hand I refuse to give my permission to be treated with no respect only made up lies to ruin a persons reputation. One day in the pipes hacking next day in the cloud Azure build using null is totally unacceptable by law and by my rights as a human being

Wrongfully declaration of my identity texas

Kansas
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How can let a federal agent who used my identity for unemployment for year and half now I can't get ks unemployment I have no money you and contractor stole all I needed vet gave no one consent to be my doa a guardian or payor I have no business l.United States government can you guys send emergency help my Equifax 2017 data and settlement stolen I can't get medical help after stealing my medical am can not believe our Justice system so I have choice but to get Attorney and go ahead continue watching us one of you fbi is still stalking me after I just had a restraining order. Accessing my phone with spyware malware viruses Can't find out about any court cases nothing.I just wanna cry not to be able pay braces off to buy soap buy clothes shoes new printer a car and sad part is a federal agent you hired to protect us not fun++ us!!!

Judy Woodruff

California
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Have to stop watching her, even before she leaves. More and more it seems that all she does is talk about the Republicans--and not negatively!

2021 Jan. 6 the American attack on freedom

Ohio
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The seizures of precious policies are critical views of principles and security. Undelegated authority of misleading communications over resources of liberty and justice was compromised. Todays accused Senators and State Representatives is escalating violence over racist assaults of criminal opportunities. Citizenship is to unite and motivate equality of independence to consolidate prosperity and sacrifice. Committees must help immigration by reinforcing affordable housing. Enthusiasm of pursuit over a administration of positive remarks and philanthropy will change our world as we know it in the future.

Right when Donald j Trump became president

Colorado
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My friend and I both witnessed this incident and could even take a polygraph test if we had to to prove to everybody in the world is just really happened when it happened and possibly why it happened when Donald j Trump became president my name is Dan and my friend's name is Bill I had a crucifix that belong to my grandmother that in all the years nothing ever happened to it then he got passed to my father and then passed to me when Donald j Trump became president the hands of Christ literally broke off one at a time in a monthly formation then the arms did the shavings of Christ went from being a tone colored to solid white a month later his body fell off the cross the Lord Jesus Christ then when my friend and I were saying the Lord's prayer one day the crucifix blew up and the bottle of holy water flew against the wall like a bolt of lightning all of this happened when Donald j Trump first became president now I don't know why this had happened but it makes me wonder they're obviously was a reason why it happened and is this information wanted to be passed on to the media and if they want to contact me back they can do so at 9:47 South Monaco Parkway Denver Colorado 80224 this is an incident that when it happened it was right before Donald j Trump became president I want to say before but I want to say before and during because it was right at the very beginning my friend and I would be more than willing to take a polygraph test as I said to prove that what I'm saying is true and that if anybody out there wants this message gets out is able to reveal what the possibilities for why this happened it would be terrific but it's really making me wonder because now he wants to go back into presidency I'm not insinuating that he's the Antichrist but it's making me wonder why all of this happened because it was obviously for a reason and it is the truth the whole truth and nothing but so feel free to drop me a card for something in the mail to the address I provided and only for security reasons I'm letting you know that that's why I only gave the address because we would be keeping an eye on any and all that tried to do anything if they did that's why no phone number was given but if when you sent a letter can you send information that would be very beneficial to me getting a hold of certain people please feel free to do so I think everybody in the world should know what happened with that crucifix when it happened and possibly after enough people hear about it they may be able to figure out why it happens but it really did so please take what I said seriously and get back with me and I will get back with you God bless you all God Bless America!

RACISM AGAINST WHITE POPULATION

California
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I have watched our TV being used as the DEMONICRATS PERSONAL LOUDSPEAKER because they OWN THE MEDIA AND THOSE WHO RUN IT especially since OBAMAS DESTRUCTIVE CAMPAIGN AGAINST WHITE AMERICANS and it is WRONG!!!! Why.... PLEASE TELL ME, HOW is it OK to have ALL BLACK TV CHANNELS but there CAN'T BE ALL WHITE ANYTHING because THAT MAKES THEM RACIST yet YOU ALL ARE ALLOWING THIS and DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN to TEAR THIS COUNTRY APART!!!! I hope and PRAY that ALL OF YOU SUPPORTING THIS VILE EVIL AGENDA of OBAMA, SOROS AND THE REST OF THIS DEMONICRATIC TERRORIST CELL are the FIRST ONES TARGETED WHEN THE REAL AMERICAN PEOPLE DECIDE THEY HAVE WATCHED THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR COUNTRY LONG ENOUGH!!!!

January 2021 Ombudsman piece on NewsHour hits

Colorado
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I was surprised at the end paragraph saying the News Hours has to endure more criticism than some? most? other commercial broadcasters. Has she checked the comments section on any MSNBC video? Half of them are trashing MSNBC and CNN. I think the News Hour is going to have to put on their big boy pants. Things have changed. I don't agree with all or even most of the criticisms the ombudsman listed as coming from viewers, but I have my own less than 5 star reviews of the show. It's not a dinner party. It's not Lawrence Welk. It's the news being given at a point in our country's history where people need facts, not polite conversation.

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PBS is driving people away with Constant ads for donations

Arizona
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Twice a year, three times a year for weeks is bad enough. But now during regular programming. That along with the Bias against Conservatives on your outlets now, I'll not be watching any longer. I've told so many people about the great Programs on PBS , sad to see it become a 24x7 money ad.

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BBC

New York
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The BBC has numerous journalists working for its Arabic service who have launched anti-Israel broadsides on their personal Twitter accounts — all of which state they are employed by the BBC — that seemingly fall afoul of the broadcaster’s rules. The fact that CPB carries BBC stops my family from supporting CPB. You can pressure the BBC to live by decent broadcast rules.

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PBS News Hour

Ohio
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I also need to add my voice to my disappointment with the PBS Newshour. I realize that the Wall Street Journal is somewhat right of center, but their news coverage is balanced and they include the more liberal perspectives. I find their coverage to be biased, and driven by the so-called Woke Culture. When I want to watch news, I want balanced information, professional and well thought questions by the newscasters and the avoidance of opinionated information, unless it is an editorial. I am appalled by Judy Woodruff's editorial comments which I find to be unprofessional. I am noticing repetitive questions, more coverage of lived experiences, That can easily be covered elsewhere. I am looking for information and not personal propaganda, for either left or right wing sides. We read the Atlantic, the Economist and I get information analysis from podcasts. I listen to both conservative and liberal perspectives and avoid any podcasts that are parochial. The bar of excellence has slipped tremendously with your coverage, with some notable exceptions such as Amy Walters and David Brooks.

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Is the PBS Newshour really a news organization?

Virginia
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Dear Ms. Woodruff,

I don’t usually watch the weekend edition of the Newshour, but I knew with the ongoing conflict in southern Israel and Gaza last weekend there would be mistakes, misrepresentations, and unbalanced, biased reporting. Recent Newshour reporting did not disappoint!

On Saturday, 6 August 2022, Ms. Lisa Desjardins started her report with the sentence “There is escalating violence in the Gaza Strip amid an Israeli crackdown.” (emphasis added)

I’m not sure exactly how defending the safety of a country’s own civilians as Israel was doing at the time can be called a “crackdown”.

Even though I did appreciate Ms. Desjardins mentioning to your viewers about Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) rockets that misfired and landed back in Gaza, she then went on to state that “Israel claims stray rocket fire from Palestinian militants caused more civilian deaths in northern Gaza.” (emphasis added, and I’ll get to the “militants” issue a bit later)

But why “claims”? I have seen several videos of this.[1,2,3] Have you not? I can clearly see the rockets go up, slow its descent or change direction, and fall back to earth in Gaza. So did you think these videos were a deep fake by the Israeli military? If not, why not report it as fact.

And then on Sunday, 7 August 2022, Ms. Desjardins ended the section on this latest conflict by stating “Gaza officials say 31 Palestinians have been killed, including civilians.”

So Palestinian officials “say” while Israel “claims”?

And who exactly were the “officials” in Gaza?? I presume it was the Gaza health ministry. But how many of those were affiliated with terror groups.? And how many were killed by Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) rockets that fell back into Gaza?

Don’t you think these are important questions? Context is critical in journalism. So are details.

I think you do a disservice to your viewers by not identifying these “officials.” And if it was the Gaza health ministry, you needed to note that it is under the control of the Hamas terror group, the rulers of the Gaza Strip. It is only an extension of the Hamas propaganda machine.

Did the Newshour not learn anything from the 2014 Gaza war when almost everything that was reported regarding casualties from the Gaza health ministry was ultimately proven wrong?[4] Would you accept statistics on casualties and information from ISIS or the Taliban as fact? I doubt it.

On Monday, 8 August 2022, you reported Ms. Woodruff that “A cease-fire held today between Israel and Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza after weekend fighting killed at least 44 Palestinians.” (emphasis added)

I’ll bet you already know where I am going with this…

In a statement by President Biden on the ceasefire in Gaza on 7 August 2022 [5], the President of the United States of America said something that apparently the PBS Newshour can’t acknowledge… "Over these recent days, Israel has defended its people from indiscriminate rocket attacks launched by the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the United States is proud of our support for Israel’s Iron-Dome, which intercepted hundreds of rockets and saved countless lives.” (emphasis added)

PIJ is an Iranian backed terrorist group intent on wiping Israel from the map. PIJ has been labeled a terrorist organization by the United States[6], the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Israel.[7]

Ms.Woodruff, you yourself apparently can use the word “terrorist” when talking about certain groups. On 17 Dec 2018, you stated, “The U.S. military says weekend airstrikes in Somalia killed 62 members of the terrorist group Al-Shabaab.”  (emphasis added)

Please, please, please explain your policy on using the word “terrorist”?? There must be some policy statement, no? And then explain why wouldn’t PIJ meet the Newshour’s definition of a terrorist organization?

And finally, in the online summary of the News Wrap for Monday, 8 Aug 2022 it is written that “a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza is holding after Israel killed 44 Palestinians”. (emphasis added)

Honestly now, did Israel “killed 44 Palestinians”???? Where have you guys been for the last week?? Who writes this stuff? Again PBS Newshour blaming Israel and letting the Palestinians off the hook!

Numerous reports of the ~200 misfired rockets out of Gaza killing innocent Palestinian civilians [8,9] and the Newshour falsely claims that Israel “killed 44 Palestinians”???? Somehow last Saturday, even Ms. Desjardins got that detail correct.

On the same day that this false statement was posted on your website, the AP reported [10] about PIJ killing civilians in Gaza. Are they privileged to some information that the Newshour can’t get?

In fact, the majority of the Gaza civilian deaths were caused by PIJ.[11,12] A very different story than Israel “killed 44 Palestinians”, isn’t it?

Furthermore, of note the Israeli Air Force called off several attacks when children or civilians were seen near a target.[13] Did PIJ stop firing rockets because they were aimed at civilian populations? Of course not.

As a matter of fact, every one of the ~1,000 rocket fired by PIJ into Israel was a double war crime. Yes, a double war crime. Firing rockets from a civilian area is a war crime just as targeting civilian areas is another war crime. Has this ever been reported by the Newshour? Of course not.

Colonel Richard Kemp, who was the commander of British Forces in Afghanistan, has said on several occasions that Israel is “the world’s most moral army.” [14] Why not quote him when reporting on Israel military actions?

So it does make one question if the PBS Newshour is really a news organization if it continues to get so many facts wrong?

ER S*****n Richmond, VA 

(1) https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-says-gaza-terrorists-failed-rocket-launch-kills-several-palestinian-children/ (2) https://twitter.com/OhadZemet/status/1556033017428279297 (3) https://twitter.com/obretix/status/1556336728717262848 (4) https://jcpa.org/the-gaza-war-2014/casualties-gaza-war/ (5) https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/07/statement-by-president-biden-on-the-ceasefire-in-gaza/ (6) https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/ (7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Jihad_Movement_in_Palestine (8) https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-it-significantly-damaged-islamic-jihad-during-gaza-operation/ (9) https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-believes-12-children-killed-in-gaza-by-islamic-jihads-rocket-misfires-report/ (10) https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-tel-aviv-403d37366347e0f2446e2f90a9b0d02f?taid=62f173c49fe1e80001c864a6&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter (11) https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2022/08/gaza-casualties-by-numbers-islamic.html (12) https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-26-civilians-killed-in-gaza-fighting-15-by-terror-groups-rocket-misfires/ (13) https://www.timesofisrael.com/video-shows-idf-delaying-strike-on-pij-commander-due-to-kids-playing-nearby/ (14) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN1MkAGuVyY

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CPB gone Woke

California
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I don't understand why or how you don't realize that there are not only Democrats that might have watched your programs! The "wokeness" you have adopted leaves so many of us choosing to opt out and with no looking back! Enough is enough!!!

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Weather reporting pre-empting regular programming

Pennsylvania
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Am so sick of local pittsburgh TV stations reporting potential bad weather in an area for over an hour. Are you serious. They could cut in when necessary, but no, the keep reporting the same crap for over an hour. Missing regularly scheduled programming. Ridiculous. Happens all the time. Understand issues, but to report same thing over and over for an hour plus is ludicrous.

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PBS news hour

California
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Anna Nawaz interviewed Rochelle Walensky of the CDC and didn’t ask the only question that matters, “How can a political appointee be an effective head of the CDC?” Michael Lewis made a convincing case in his book, Premonition, that only independent civil servants are effective in the public health arena. If Narwaz read Premonition before interviewing Wallensky, shame for not asking the tough question. If she hadn’t read the book, shame on PBS for not helping her be prepared. Hoping for a response.

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WMPG is no longer public radio

Maine
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Wmpg fm from Portland Maine is no longer public radio with community DJs. According to their own website at wmpg.org/volunteer They're college radio now only available for college students. This should be de-funded by mission statement. Along with the Corporation for public broadcasting goals.

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Molly of Denali movie

Virginia
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Dear CPB,

I have an idea for a CG-animated Molly of Denali feature film for Netflix (rated PG), but this time, GBH and PBS Kids WON’T be producing it. The problem is I don’t own the rights to Molly of Denali. I really want to share my ideas with someone like Princess Daazhraii Johnson. What do you think I should do? Thanks for your consideration.

Justin G*****z P.S. I’m not affiliated with any studio, I’m just an ordinary person who has amazing ideas.

20 years a political prisoner

Texas
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To Whom it Should Concern but never does : Any informed intelligence officer knows their is no such thing as Al Qaeda. Your programming along with all the other disinfromation media traitors and religious nuts is about as disgusting as anything America has ever seen . These hateful criminals who are engaged in treason and inhumane treatment by manipulating the democratic process . The Joe Biden crap is gross . That idiot doesnt run in 2016 because he has been emotionally compromised by the death of his son ? Certainly understandable . But no American would ever vote for someone like that . What if he had to send our young boys to war and the deaths that he would have to deal with . He would become an emotional basket case according to his own statement . Emotionally Compromised ? Ha !!! what a joke along with that Obama clown . I have been censored and abused for so many damn years its makes me puke . I am an American Citizen being treated as a political prisoner in a country that has lost its way regarding the ideals and principles that this once great country was founded upon . i have no rights to use mobile phones , I have no rights to watch REAL broadcast news . i have no rights to have an email address . i have no rights to the U.S. mail. I have no rights as to my employment options , I have no voting rights . i have no right to ask questions regarding my banking or insurance purchases. , i have no legal rights including the right to obtain legal council etc... etc... etc.., These are facts , not delusions, mental health problems or conspiracy theories or any other term that defines them .These are facts and many of which i can prove after 20 years of being held a prisoner. I am stalked and harassed on a daily basis . i am treated in an inhumane way . The online editors and/or service login workers who edit real time and past content are criminals . It would make Joseph Goebels proud to see these propaganda discriminators in action. Their have been two attempted murders against me unsuccessfull of course . One in which heroin was used to knock me out and a type of anestetic that was so powerful the dose alone i was given could of put an elephant down . i couldnt move for three days . No police reports are or were allowed to be made because religious nut cases are intercepting mobile communications to police . When i do try and contact police the fakes show up in their police costumes with patches instead of badges with no badge numbers on them henceforth the very reason for the name itself and then they insult my intelligence and my dignity by lying about it . Every individual involved is guilty of manipulating the democratic process by censorship , exchange services , and denial of service attacks on all fronts . The people involved are guilty of TREASON . Either contact the state department in Washington D.C. and move me to the location i have suggested to others or just kill me . . 20 goddamn years and for what ? . I dont create human beings in alternative ways Thats Gods department. Always has been and always will be . Sincerely, Donald A**n D******n Number one political prisoner in the world

news hour villainizing Republicans

Tennessee
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Please help me understand what happened to the PBS I knew and loved. Reporting was once unbiased, clear and contained real and comprehensive news. Now there is a strong leaning toward demonizing all republican views. PBS is actively indicating that the citizens of this great country disregard decisions of the supreme court on multiple cases. PBS has become an agency that focuses on our differences that divide us rather than the principles that we all share as Americans. I look forward to the day when I can again count on PBS to report objectively. And lastly, PBS proclaims on air that you are funded by a foundation that believes America is a country that "neglects its needs" I appreciate the opportunity to provide feedback

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Even Progressives Like Me Don't Get Why We Fund You

California
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I don't get it. So, as far as I can see, this programming is kind of just pure flattery to us liberals. It's like the programming is some sort of church where we would go for comfort. But I already have priests and psychologists, so I don't need television to help me believe my beliefs. So I don't get it. Why do we fund a station that is simply just my own political party. I mean, I donate to liberals, sure, but they're politicians. I don't see why I should donate to a corporation that just funds NPR, PBS and other outlets which are just the Democratic Party. I mean, the Democratic party serves a purpose, and so I understand that we need it; and I'm glad they help fund my Social Security and Medicare. That's good. But I still don't get it. I mean, so I understand we're not Republicans, but if all your shows are just about my own wish list of ideas, that's nothing very challenging. I'm living the Bay Area, so if I needed 24/7 reinforcement for my belief in Medicaid and Section 8 housing, you're in luck, I already get that 24/7 for free. Plus, here in the liberal capital of the world where I live, BLM and MeToo and LGBTQ Diversity is pumping through all portals 24/7-365 without end; so why do we need to actually give money to get more of what we're already just almost drowning in an ocean of. One's own ideas are like love. Love and my thinking are both good, but 24/7-365 flattery of me is not really needed, and no adult should need that. Your programming throughout COVID and BLM and MeToo and Russia Collusion, etc., was all like children's programming. I get it. I don't like Trump either, and you don't either. I get it. But the broadcasting was so simplistic and so soft and meek and asexual and bland and unchallenging that it was just utterly lifeless. I think our people, and I include you in our people a on the progressive spectrum with us all, are somehow losing our minds and becoming weirdly cringeworthy. It's to where the virtue signaling and constant reassurances and tender handling of our feelings — it's just to the point of cloying beyond madness. I think what you did, as well as all my usual media outlets, was just be such control freaks that you basically sent everyone running for the hills; and now no one trusts you; and I can't even quote your stories to my conservative friends because no one other than woke, coastal, control-freak women believe you anymore. Even my fellow progressive men are all fleeing to the other side, in terms of media. Please stop funding NPR and PBS. I know I won't fund CPB or NPR or PBS anymore, not till some kind of actual human life returns to them.

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Over crowding in prison

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I do not believe that building more prisons is the answer to the violence and overcrowding the legislative laws that were passed in Alabama for non-violent criminals to be sent to prison should be demolished it's nonsense more appropriate help should be offered and probation instead of sending them to prison these young people a lot of them are on drugs and that is the main factor to some of the problems that lead them to crime I do not agree to send someone with nonviolent crimes to prison it hurts the young adult more than it helps them has any of these people that agree to send these people to prison actually ever been in prison and if not maybe they ought to watch some of these prisoners stories and what they go through it's traumatizing so how does prison help anybody they need more programs to help these young people yes they commit crime so furthermore they should be punished at more accurately according to the crime committed but some of the laws that have been passing the state of Alabama and I don't know about other states but it's beyond ridiculous prison is not a rehabilitation for young adults and our youth and shouldn't be treated or looked upon no different than other people they are human beings too and if God can't forgive them and love them so should we my point is prison is not the answer for some crimes I also believe that law enforcement judges das should be investigated in little small hick towns like Alabama because a lot of them are biased against your character this includes Randolph county Alabama Clay county Alabama Cleveland county Alabama and so on and so on

Firing Line

California
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Your Firing Line host is a clueless white woman who is out of touch with the history of institutional racism and an evolving United States. She's smarmy, self-satisfied, and unaware of her white privilege and bias. Replace her with Ayesha Rascoe, or someone like her. You can't claim to be part of a public broadcasting system if your hosts do not represent the public.

Washington Week and Yamiche Alcindor

New York
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When Ms. Alcindor speaks, she has a rushed and breathless quality that detracts from her generally cogent points. It feels as if her speech can’t keep up with her head. I’ve started avoiding watching her.

Political Division

New York
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Hear me now. I understand you have zero control over this at the time of writing, but that doesn't change the fact I'll happily utilize this platform of relative publicity.

Politics, are not opinions. Policy, should not be based upon such.

The growing divide between heavily opinionated Americans, is not Political. It is Social.

Now please, whoever you are, (socialists? maybe I guess) Stop mixing the two up.

Every time you confuse the two you are making matters worse. Policy is supposed to shape public opinion, it is NOT supposed to be shaped by it. I.e. I don't make the rules, I just enforce em.

Now that being said, it shouldn't matter whose feelings got hurt. What should, is why they were so goddamn sensitive in the first place.

Thank you, and good night.

Arthur children's show

Mississippi
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My kids grew up watching Arthur. It was their absolute favorite show! I was so pleased to sit down with my granddaughter to continue the tradition, and to my horror, Arthur had a teacher who was gay and had a husband. I cannot believe this company would expose 95% of children who live in a traditional home to homosexually at 4 years of age to cater to the less than 5% of the population who live that lifestyle. Everyone is entitled to live as they please but our children should not be exposed to this politicized and hotly debated issue (or any other adult content). I am very disappointed in this company and will not be watching anything you produce anymore. I will aso spread the word to my church, friends, and community to do the same.

Public Broadcast for the Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Rockies Baseball Broadcast on Sunday July 24, 2022

Wisconsin
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So I also sent an e-mail to the NPR.org, but got an automated response back letting me know that they receive so many e-mails that I should not expect a response. I reached out to them because I really just want to know who to report a term being used on public broadcasts during MLB baseball broadcasts. I do not know if the broadcasters have to be licensed and belong to an organization or if there is a department at MLB. I could not locate anything in a google search. I want to tell you that one broadcaster in baseball that also does public national broadcasts uses the term FISTED when there are other terms to outline this type of batter's hit. Sometimes a batter will swing at the ball and it hits the ball inside close to the fists. I cannot take listening to the TERM it has DEROGATORY meaning and it does not need to be used to outline this type of hit. You are not using a clinched fist to bat at the ball, you are using a bat. I am familiar with the derogatory meaning because I stumbled into it do to some investigations on sexual assault. Maybe people in baseball do not know the derogatory meaning, but I cannot believe it. Who can I report this do along with signatures to get it addressed......maybe there is someone in the NPR org or CPB that would CARE!

FORGET ABOUT THE HEAT--GOOD GUEST FOR NOVA?

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Modern Grand Solar Minimum will lead to terrestrial cooling Valentina Zharkova Author information Copyright and License information Disclaimer In this editorial I will demonstrate with newly discovered solar activity proxy-magnetic field that the Sun has entered into the modern Grand Solar Minimum (2020–2053) that will lead to a significant reduction of solar magnetic field and activity like during Maunder minimum leading to noticeable reduction of terrestrial temperature.

Sun is the main source of energy for all planets of the solar system. This energy is delivered to Earth in a form of solar radiation in different wavelengths, called total solar irradiance. Variations of solar irradiance lead to heating of upper planetary atmosphere and complex processes of solar energy transport toward a planetary surface.

The signs of solar activity are seen in cyclic 11-year variations of a number of sunspots on the solar surface using averaged monthly sunspot numbers as a proxy of solar activity for the past 150 years. Solar cycles were described by the action of solar dynamo mechanism in the solar interior generating magnetic ropes at the bottom of solar convective zone.

These magnetic ropes travel through the solar interior appearing on the solar surface, or photosphere, as sunspots indicating the footpoints where these magnetic ropes are embedded into the photosphere.

Magnetic field of sunspots forms toroidal field while solar background magnetic field forms poloidal field. Solar dynamo cyclically converts poloidal field into toroidal one reaching its maximum at a solar cycle maximum and then the toroidal field back to the poloidal one toward a solar minimum. It is evident that for the same leading polarity of the magnetic field in sunspots in the same hemisphere the solar cycle length should be extended to 22 years.

Despite understanding the general picture of a solar cycle, it was rather difficult to match the observed sunspot numbers with the modeled ones unless the cycle is well progressed. This difficulty is a clear indication of some missing points in the definition of solar activity by sunspot numbers that turned our attention to the research of solar (poloidal) background magnetic field (SBMF) [1].

By applying Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to the low-resolution full disk magnetograms captured in cycles 21–23 by the Wilcox Solar Observatory, we discovered not one but two principal components of this solar background magnetic field (see Figure 1, top plot) associated with two magnetic waves marked by red and blue lines. The authors derived mathematical formulae for these two waves fitting principal components from the data of cycles 21–23 with the series of periodic functions and used these formulae to predict these waves for cycles 24–26. These two waves are found generated in different layers of the solar interior gaining close but not equal frequencies [1]. The summary curve of these two magnetic waves (Figure 1, bottom plot) reveals the interference of these waves forming maxima and minima of solar cycles.

Figure 1. Top plot: two principal components (PCs) of solar background magnetic field (blue and green curves, arbitrary numbers) obtained for cycles 21–23 (historic data) and predicted for cycles 24–26 using the mathematical formulae derived from the historical data (from the data by Zharkova et al. [1]). The bottom plot: The summary curve derived from the two PCs above for the “historical” data (cycles 21–23) and predicted for solar cycle 24 (2008–2019), cycle 25 (2020–2031), cycle 26 (2031–2042) (from the data by Zharkova et al. [1]).

The summary curve of two magnetic waves explains many features of 11-year cycles, like double maxima in some cycles, or asymmetry of the solar activity in the opposite hemispheres during different cycles. Zharkova et al. [1] linked the modulus summary curve to the averaged sunspot numbers for cycles 21–23 as shown in Figure 2 (top plot) and extended this curve to cycles 24–26 as shown in Figure 2 (bottom plot). It appears that the amplitude of the summary solar magnetic field shown in the summary curve is reducing toward cycles 24–25 becoming nearly zero in cycle 26.

Figure 2. Top plot: The modulus summary curve (black curve) obtained from the summary curve (Figure 1, bottom plot) versus the averaged sunspot numbers (red curve) for the historical data (cycles 21–23). Bottom plot: The modulus summary curve associated with the sunspot numbers derived for cycles 21–23 (and calculated for cycles 24–26 (built from the data obtained by Zharkova et al. [1])).

Zharkova et al. [1] suggested to use the summary curve as a new proxy of solar activity, which utilizes not only amplitude of a solar cycle but also its leading magnetic polarity of solar magnetic field.

Figure 3 presents the summary curve calculated with the derived mathematical formulae forwards for 1200 years and backwards 800 years. This curve reveals appearance of Grand Solar Cycles of 350–400 years caused by the interference of two magnetic waves. These grand cycles are separated by the grand solar minima, or the periods of very low solar activity [1]. The previous grand solar minimum was Maunder minimum (1645–1710), and the other one before named Wolf minimum (1270–1350). As seen in Figure 3 from prediction by Zharkova et al. [1], in the next 500 years there are two modern grand solar minima approaching in the Sun: the modern one in the 21st century (2020–2053) and the second one in the 24th century (2370–2415).

Figure 3. Solar activity (summary) curve restored for 1200–3300 AD (built from the data obtained by Zharkova et al. [1]).

The observational properties of the two magnetic waves and their summary curve were closely fit by double dynamo waves generated by dipole magnetic sources in two layers of the solar interior: inner and outer layers [1], while other three pairs of magnetic waves can be produced by quadruple, sextuple, and octuple magnetic sources altogether with dipole source defining the visible appearance of solar activity on the surface.

Currently, the Sun has completed solar cycle 24 – the weakest cycle of the past 100+ years – and in 2020, has started cycle 25. During the periods of low solar activity, such as the modern grand solar minimum, the Sun will often be devoid of sunspots. This is what is observed now at the start of this minimum, because in 2020 the Sun has seen, in total, 115 spotless days (or 78%), meaning 2020 is on track to surpass the space-age record of 281 spotless days (or 77%) observed in 2019. However, the cycle 25 start is still slow in firing active regions and flares, so with every extra day/week/month that passes, the null in solar activity is extended marking a start of grand solar minimum. What are the consequences for Earth of this decrease of solar activity?

Go to:Go to: Total solar irradiance (TSI) reduction during Maunder Minimum Let us explore what has happened with the solar irradiance during the previous grand solar minimum – Maunder Minimum. During this period, very few sunspots appeared on the surface of the Sun, and the overall brightness of the Sun was slightly decreased.

The reconstruction of the cycle-averaged solar total irradiance back to 1610 (Figure 4, top plot) suggests a decrease of the solar irradiance during Maunder minimum by a value of about 3 W/m2 [2], or about 0.22% of the total solar irradiance in 1710, after the Maunder minimum was over.

Figure 4. Top plot: restored total solar irradiance from 1600 until 2014 by Lean et al. [2]. Modified by Easterbrook [3], from Lean, Beer, Bradley [2]. Bottom plot: Central England temperatures (CET) recorded continuously since 1658. Blue areas are reoccurring cool periods; red areas are warm periods. All times of solar minima were coincident with cool periods in central England. Adopted from Easterbrook [3], with the Elsevier publisher permissions.

Go to:Go to: Temperature decrease during Maunder minimum From 1645 to 1710, the temperatures across much of the Northern Hemisphere of the Earth plunged when the Sun entered a quiet phase now called the Maunder Minimum. This likely occurred because the total solar irradiance was reduced by 0.22%, shown in Figure 4 (top plot) [2], that led to a decrease of the average terrestrial temperature measured mainly in the Northern hemisphere in Europe by 1.0–1.5°C as shown in Figure 4 (bottom plot) [3]. This seemingly small decrease of the average temperature in the Northern hemisphere led to frozen rivers, cold long winters, and cold summers.

The surface temperature of the Earth was reduced all over the Globe (see Figure 1 in [4]), especially, in the countries of Northern hemisphere. Europe and North America went into a deep freeze: alpine glaciers extended over valley farmland; sea ice crept south from the Arctic; Dunab and Thames rivers froze regularly during these years as well as the famous canals in the Netherlands.

Shindell et al. [4] have shown that the drop in the temperature was related to dropped abundances of ozone created by solar ultra-violate light in the stratosphere, the layer of the atmosphere located between 10 and 50 kilometers from the Earth’s surface. Since during the Maunder Minimum the Sun emitted less radiation, in total, including strong ultraviolet emission, less ozone was formed affecting planetary atmosphere waves, the giant wiggles in the jet stream.

Shindell et al. [4] in p. 2150 suggest that “a change to the planetary waves during the Maunder Minimum kicked the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) – the balance between a permanent low-pressure system near Greenland and a permanent high-pressure system to its south – into a negative phase, that led to Europe to remain unusually cold during the MM.”

Go to:Go to: Role of magnetic field in terrestrial cooling in Grand Solar Minima However, not only solar radiation was changed during Maunder minimum. There is another contributor to the reduction of terrestrial temperature during Maunder minimum – this is the solar background magnetic field, whose role has been overlooked so far. After the discovery [1] of a significant reduction of magnetic field in the upcoming modern grand solar minimum and during Maunder minimum, the solar magnetic field was recognized to control the level of cosmic rays reaching planetary atmospheres of the solar system, including the Earth. A significant reduction of the solar magnetic field during grand solar minima will undoubtedly lead to the increase of intensity of galactic and extra-galactic cosmic rays, which, in turn, lead to a formation of high clouds in the terrestrial atmospheres and assist to atmospheric cooling as shown by Svensmark et al. [5].

In the previous solar minimum between cycles 23 and 24, the cosmic ray intensity increased by 19%. Currently, solar magnetic field predicted in Figure 1 by Zharkova et al. [1] is radically dropping in the sun that, in turn, leads to a sharp decline in the sun’s interplanetary magnetic field down to only 4 nanoTesla (nT) from typical values of 6 to 8 nT. This decrease of interplanetary magnetic field naturally leads to a significant increase of the intensity of cosmic rays passing to the planet’s atmospheres as reported by the recent space missions [6]. Hence, this process of solar magnetic field reduction is progressing as predicted by Zharkova et al. [1], and its contribution will be absorbed by the planetary atmospheres including Earth. This can decrease the terrestrial temperature during the modern grand solar minimum that has already started in 2020.

Go to:Go to: Expected reduction of terrestrial temperature in modern Grand Solar Minima This summary curve also indicated the upcoming modern grand solar minimum 1 in cycles 25–27 (2020–2053) and modern grand solar minimum 2 (2370–2415). This will bring to the modern times the unique low activity conditions of the Sun, which occurred during Maunder minimum. It is expected that during the modern grand solar minimum, the solar activity will be reduced significantly as this happened during Maunder minimum (Figure 4, bottom plot). Similarly to Maunder Minimum, as discussed above, the reduction of solar magnetic field will cause a decrease of solar irradiance by about 0.22% for a duration of three solar cycles (25–27) for the first modern grand minimum (2020–2053) and four solar cycles from the second modern grand minimum (2370–2415).

This, in turn, can lead to a drop of the terrestrial temperature by up to 1.0°C from the current temperature during the next three cycles (25–27) of grand minimum 1. The largest temperature drops will be approaching during the local minima between cycles 25 − 26 and cycles 26–27 when the lowest solar activity level is achieved using the estimations in Figure 2 (bottom plot) and Figure 3. Therefore, the average temperature in the Northern hemisphere can be reduced by up to 1.0°C from the current temperature, which was increased by 1.4°C since Maunder minimum. This will result in the average temperature to become lower than the current one to be only 0.4°C higher than the temperature measured in 1710. Then, after the modern grand solar minimum 1 is over, the solar activity in cycle 28 will be restored to normal in the rather short but powerful grand solar cycle lasting between 2053 and 2370, as shown in Figure 3, before it approaches the next grand solar minimum 2 in 2370.

Go to:Go to: Conclusions In this editorial, I have demonstrated that the recent progress with understanding a role of the solar background magnetic field in defining solar activity and with quantifying the observed magnitudes of magnetic field at different times allowed us to enable reliable long-term prediction of solar activity on a millennium timescale. This approach revealed a presence of not only 11-year solar cycles but also of grand solar cycles with duration of 350–400 years. We demonstrated that these grand cycles are formed by the interferences of two magnetic waves with close but not equal frequencies produced by the double solar dynamo action at different depths of the solar interior. These grand cycles are always separated by grand solar minima of Maunder minimum type, which regularly occurred in the past forming well-known Maunder, Wolf, Oort, Homeric, and other grand minima.

During these grand solar minima, there is a significant reduction of solar magnetic field and solar irradiance, which impose the reduction of terrestrial temperatures derived for these periods from the analysis of terrestrial biomass during the past 12,000 or more years. The most recent grand solar minimum occurred during Maunder Minimum (1645–1710), which led to reduction of solar irradiance by 0.22% from the modern one and a decrease of the average terrestrial temperature by 1.0–1.5°C.

This discovery of double dynamo action in the Sun brought us a timely warning about the upcoming grand solar minimum 1, when solar magnetic field and its magnetic activity will be reduced by 70%. This period has started in the Sun in 2020 and will last until 2053. During this modern grand minimum, one would expect to see a reduction of the average terrestrial temperature by up to 1.0°C, especially, during the periods of solar minima between the cycles 25–26 and 26–27, e.g. in the decade 2031–2043.

The reduction of a terrestrial temperature during the next 30 years can have important implications for different parts of the planet on growing vegetation, agriculture, food supplies, and heating needs in both Northern and Southern hemispheres. This global cooling during the upcoming grand solar minimum 1 (2020–2053) can offset for three decades any signs of global warming and would require inter-government efforts to tackle problems with heat and food supplies for the whole population of the Earth.

Go to:Go to: References [1] Zharkova VV, Shepherd SJ, Popova E, et al. Heartbeat of the sun from principal component analysis and prediction of solar activity on a millennium timescale. Sci Rep. 2015;5:15689 Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep15689 [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [2] Lean JL, Beer J, Bradley R.. Reconstruction of solar irradiance since 1610: implications for climatic change. Geophys Res Lett. 1995;22:3195–3198. [Google Scholar] [3] Easterbrook DJ. Cause of global climate changes In: Evidence-based climate science. 2nd ed. Elsevier Inc; 2016. p. 245–262. [Google Scholar] [4] Shindell DT, Schmidt GA, Mann ME, et al. Solar forcing of regional climate change during the Maunder minimum. Science. 2001;294:2149. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [5] Svensmark H, Enghoff MB, Shaviv NJ, et al. Increased ionization supports growth of aerosols into cloud condensation nuclei. Nat Comms. 2017;8:2199. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [6] Schwadron NA, Rahmanifard F, Wilson J, et al. Update on the worsening particle radiation environment observed by CRaTER and implications for future human deep-space exploration. Space Weather. 2018;16:289–303. [Google Scholar] Articles from Temperature: Multidisciplinary Biomedical Journal are provided here courtesy of Taylor & Francis

Financial stimulus

Kansas
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why are kansas citizens not receiving stimulus checks july 2022?

Reception

Ohio
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I listen to npr on a tube stereo receiver with an antenna. Your reception still sucks. On 104 and 90.3 both. It's infuriating. Often I just turn it off.

Public Broadcasting is becoming less public for a certain class of potential viewers.

Michigan
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I have contributed to my local NPR station twice a year for the past 40 years and also to a few particular shows I really enjoyed. I have been living under the poverty line for that entire time….but would always send $10-$15 when donations are matched by thoughtful donors. Here in Michigan we get a lot of older shows on PBS….they run for a few weeks or months and then they either disappear or a few episodes rerun over and over each week. It would be so great if we could go to the PBS website and continue watching all the other seasons of shows we like. But now, with Passport, a large donation is required. Great for the yuppies and the fabulously wealthy….but what about those of us who are poor? I wish there were exceptions made for the elderly and the poor. Social security for many doesn’t even cover the bills. I feel like I am being excluded from the public domain because of my social status. I have never been in debt and pay my credit bills in full…I simply live simply, frugally and carefully. Public Television and Radio have been a godsend. I guess it couldn’t last. Maybe if the government properly funded public broadcasting like it used to and like it should…it wouldn’t be necessary to ask people to pay. I understand why it is necessary but it leaves a huge segment of the PUBLIC behind. If I were well off…I would not only pay for a passport but I would also gift a passport to someone who would appreciate it like myself, but who can’t afford it themself. I am sure if you made that an option, generous people would contribute to the funding.

NPR programming bias.

Wisconsin
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NPR and WPR have always leaned toward the liberal side of event coverage in our state and nation. These past few years have gotten substantially worse in this biased coverage. It's not news anymore or information. NPR and WPR are now strictly about agendas from the left and pushing those agendas forward. Its unfortunate they have become so one sided in their approach to covering issues. They have a good broadcast format set up and are wasting it with their personal political agendas. I used to rely on them for objectivity. Now I may as well tune into Entertainment tonight or Sunday comics pages because the coverage is similarly a joke.

Nova The Universe Revealed

Washington
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I was greatly excited to view this program and ended up turning it off because of the ghastly narration. This person does not seem actually engaged with her script, is annoying in her presentation and sounds more like she should be narrating Sesame Stret or Daniel Tiger. If she were she would sound so insin cere and as though laughing at something funny that I would refuse to watch those as well! Ugh.. way to ruin a good program The actual scientists were fabulous! Such a loss.

Frontline

North Carolina
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I like public tv

PBS Fourth of July show from Washington, D.C.

New York
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I just wanted to tell PBS how much i enjoyed the show...it was well planned..a great mix of many elements...patriotic...poignant...and extremely respectful to this wonderful country....keep up the good work as you always do....

A Capital Fourth

Kansas
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We LOVE this presentation!! Thank you!!!

I would recommend the Young People’s Chorus of New York City as the backup groups next year. Truly a group representing all ethnicities and hopes of our great country. They have an impeccable reputation and history.

Ron Chronister

Where does the money go?

Utah
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Where can I find out how much and where the CPB money goes each year?

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bias

Texas
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i would like to see PBS and NPR stop being just more propaganda arms of the DNC. not saying you should all have a conversion to being conservatives, libertarians, or anything else, but how about not being blatant advocates for anything leftist . nobody with a big D after their name ever does anything wrong, and nobody with a big R after their names is anything but a hitler wannabe. how about being classical liberal ? or have no agenda. just report science, political affairs, culture, in a way nobody can tell what your party thinks. you get a free ride on the public dime and most people don't watch or listen to you simply because they don't like being told they suck . and pay for it. why did al-jazeera america fold? because if people wanted to hear how much america sucks they could save their money and turn on american broadcast channels. NPR/PBS have always hired leftists and have never been neutral in reporting . you don't need an editorial position. let the guests provide that. the bias you show makes you resemble something from the days of vremya, radio moscow and pravda. organs of the party. stop it and people will turn to you more. i live in an area that once had an npr station. they held the annual fundraiser. i believe they got $150 dollars. the station was sold to the catholic church. people here in this area resent being told their country sucks. and their personal beliefs suck.

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Membership levels

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Isn't it contrary to your existence as a PUBLIC broadcasting service to offer different levels of membership. How is the price of each level determined for a public service.

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Shinzo Abe

New York
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NPR's tweet on former Prime Minister Abe was repulsive. I had previously ignored criticism of NPR because I thought of it as criticism by the ultra right. I am a Liberal Democrat and I hate to admit it but they were correct. I will NEVER donate money again and will support the defunding of NPR

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Too damn liberal

New Mexico
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Every thing except the movie series on pbs is liberal no balanced programing and getrid of judy woodruff shes a real trip.Shes about as liberal as they come.I am not a liberal or conservative but anyone can plainly see its totally liberal.

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Partisan news broadcasting by NPR!!

Arizona
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Gentlemen ~ For years I have been seeing NPR turn into nothing but a propaganda arm of the Democratic Party. NPR (National Public Broadcasting) is NOT objective or neutral with their broadcasting. For years I have hoped more people would be vocal about taking the powers that be at NPR "to the woodshed" and put the hammer on them to quit their less than objective broadcasting. But I'm sure the Democratic Party "owns" NPR. Today (07-08-2022) their reporting of the assassination of the Japanese official with their comment beginning with "divisive arch- conservative" was totally uncalled for especially when a deceased person CANNOT RESPOND. To begin a news article with a political statement just shows what a Democratic arm NPR has turned into!! Totally Classless but so predictable. CUT THEIR FUNDS OFF UNTIL THEY BECOME AN OBJECTIVE NEWS STATION!!!!!

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Confusion

New York
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So then what the Fuck do you do, and can I have my tax dollars back???

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Utah Insight

Utah
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I was watching a program today about water use in Utah. Aquafers were mentioned, but I would like to understand why we have not heard getting water from areas where water is in abundance. The western states all are going through droughts, and demand is continuing to increase. If we can get oil through pipelines, why not water? Israel is getting it out of the Sea Our previous governor tried to instigate it, why not now? I look forward to a response, Fred K*********k, f********7@gmail.com.

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Finding your roots

Pennsylvania
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It's a shame that such a well produced and interesting show as Finding Your Roots is that I will no longer watch it. It is disproportionately represented by guests that are liberal. I'd be fine watching if even a fraction of the guests were middle or right but it's out of hand. And it uses public funds!!

Lastly Louis Gate, who is excellent seems to convince his guests that they and their ancestors have been or are victims. Yet all of his guests are successful to the point of being elite.

Because of the out y balance political social liberal leanings and the portrayal and creation of the victim class, Sadly I'm out and won't watch it.

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music content of morning classical at (AM Mondays

North Carolina
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I'm a regular listener and contributor in Asheville. I just suffered through George Gershwin's "Clap Yo Hands" because the host thought,"the lyrics would be considered racially cringy- it's a good tune though". I have just 3 words for this- cut it out! - or you won't get any more money from me. Tom P***t

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Support for CPB.

Ohio
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Years ago, your reporting was educational and inspiring...much needed and great fun. It has devolved into woke left wing propaganda. At a dinner conversation Saturday night, I revealed that I visited my estate attorney, removing CPB from my will, and redistributing the funds to Republican interests in retaliation. Of interest, several couples remarked they had done, or were in the process of doing the same. Defund NPR/CPB is now of interest. Nice job. Paul B*****n Cleveland OH

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Public display of mass shooting victims

Oregon
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William Brangham's piece 7/11/22. I agree with the mother in this piece. It would be horrible to display the carnage of mass shootings on public TV. Show these photos to the US Congress and Senate. They could do something to stop the carnage in America, if only they would. Americans such as myself realize how horrible this is. Americans who don't won't be convinced no matter what evidence you show them.

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Remove the Hearings from antenna stations ABC, CBS, etc

South Carolina
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There are plenty of other channels for the government to use without taking over normal antenna programming. The news channels can help them be ridiculous all day long. It's cruel, on top of wasting tax payer's money, to block the normal programs from antenna viewers.

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Magazine announcements, programming, repeats, etc.

Minnesota
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1. The magazine shows photos/descriptions for the same program up to 3 or 4 times per issue. Why all the repetition, when it could instead inform readers by showing photos/descriptions of other programs that have no photo-desceiptions? 2. It's annoying to watch a program advertised and listed in the magazine and it turns out to be yet another repeated series. It would be helpful if the magazine indicated which programs are repeats!! 3. Too often, a series starts with episode 2, 3, or 4, etc. This is extremely irritating, and I've stopped thinking I simply missed it in earlier announcements/listings. I hunt endlessly for the earlier episodes and find them only for sale through my Comcast information. 4. I used to have Passport. However, besides being annoyingly difficult to navigate and find something, I watched 7 of 8 episodes of a program only to find episode 8 not there!! I was told when I called about it, that it might have been a mistake, and I could watch episode 8 when it aired a couple of months later. Not satisfactory!!!! So I dropped Passport. 5. I'm donating less and less to TPT because of these issues, and turning finally to Netflix, which is far superior so far, and when it isn't, I'll try Hulu. Sincerely, a dissatisfied TPT viewer, Jane Dugan, Mpls, MN

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KNOWING WHERE THE PROBLEM IS

California
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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ; DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY REALLY HAD GOING ON IN THEIR COUNTRY. WHEN KENNEDY WAS TOO RUN IT WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS GOING TO CAUSE PROBLEM FROM HIS FATHER'S DAYS WITH THE IRISH MAFIA WHEN HE BROUGHT BOOZE IN FROM CANADA, THRU THE TUNNELS UNDER NEW YORK. AS A RESULT MADE 400 MILL. THE ITALIANS NEVER WANTED RHE IRISH MOB TO GET AHEAD OF THEM AND THE FOUGHT DURING FDR'S PRESIDENCY. WHAT THEY SAID WOULD HAPPEN IT DID, THE GAMBINO CRIME FAMILY DON IN NEW ORLEANS TOOK THE CONTROL OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY THE KENNEDY'S HAD AND YOU ARE NOW JUST REALIZING IT SOME 60 OR MORE YEARS LATER. THAT CAUSED REAGAN TO BECOME A REPUBLICAN. WHEN ASKED WHY HE LEFT, REAGAN SAID ON TV CAMERA IN 6 O CLOCK NEWS, " IT IS SUICIDE TOO BE A DEMOCRAT." NOT GIVING THE PEOPLE ENOUGH AND THE RIGHT AND TRUE INFORMATION WAS THE METHOD THE US GOVERNMENT CHOSE UNDER HOOVER AND YOU ARE NOW SEEING THE RESULT IF OVER 60 YEARS OF CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON D C. THE GOOD THING IS ENOUGH PEOPLE SEE IT AND IT CAN ONLY WORK FOR THEM AS LONG AS NO ONE KNOWS IT. THAT HAS BEEN BLOWN WAY OUT OF THE PARK AND PEOPLE OF ALL RACES HAVE BEEN STATING THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME TOO CORRUPT TOO EXIST THE WAY IT IS.

Bias

Missouri
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I used to watch McNeil/Lerher Newshour because it presented conservative and liberal views. It ceased being unbiased when the two founders died . I wish there was actually a conservative viewpoint represented from perhaps someone beside the NYTimes and Washington Post, neither of which represent any type of conservative consensus.

Promos for PBS between programs

Vermont
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I am convinced I would send my local PBS station a membership donation if PBS would consider stopping those endlessly run PBS promos that must target fifteen year olds. They are loud, jarring, puerile in content and driven by the most obnoxious musical accompaniment. PBS broadcasts such great programs, only to diminish the viewing experience by forcing viewers to repeatedly watch these moronic promos. It makes no sense, unless your prime audience consists of hysterical adolescents. And your between program promos on Create? Have any of them been changed in twenty years? All those grape tomatoes? Brazil 66? Please help!

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Nova Universe Revealed

California
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Too many narrators interrupting story line along with too much background music interrupting the narrators. PBS (Diversities child) what a scientific fiasco.

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Sunday edition announcer

California
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After listening to npr for forty years I am leaving you. The new announcer on Sunday mornings has a horrible, “screeching” voice, especially when she is the least bit emotional. I’ve tried to get used to it for over a month now, but I can’t. I understand npr has a problem with hiring diverse employees that mirror our very diverse general populations, but must it be someone whose voice is incredibly irritating? Surely you can do better…

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Hearings covered on ABC NEWS 6/21/2022

Oklahoma
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While watching National News w/David Muir last night on local ABC station out of OKC, while people were talking (Shay and her Mom from GA), Pro Trump chants were super imposed over their voices with Stop The Steal and other pro trump yelling. Sounded like rioters had entered the building yelling. Went on entire time of Jonathon Carls reporting. This was 5:30 pm ABC KFOR news, watching in Mustang, OK. Was no one else disturbed over this?!?!?!

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Finding Your Roots

Texas
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I watch this program every week and have noticed that it seems to focus heavily on African Americans, much more than the percentage of the US population that they represent. Yet, Irish Americans, a big immigrant group, seems to be under reported. It would seem that the show should focus more on representing different ethnic groups, based on their percent of the US population. That would be a fair benchmark. That way, no group would be over exposed at the expense of another important group.

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non-believers forced to support religious broadcasting

West Virginia
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I am an agnostic, but I am forced to support religious broadcasting in my cable TV package. This is flat-out unconstitutional!

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Abortion

Nevada
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I hope you will give this comment to Judy ,she will retire in the End of 2022. I wish you make public this fair Question.Abortion is in most cases more than survival for Woman. Rape ,Incest ,young woman not knowing the Consequences......If there mostly man I believe take the Right away from all this woman and believe abortion should not take place to help this Woman ....I respect their OPINION. BUT.....Then all this Man or Persons should pay for the cost raising this not yet born (unwanted Children, life tread to this mothers.) Furthermore help with this Children as soon as they are born. I know this Man or Priest are all TALK, but non of this people feel responsible. A shame that this people create so much Misery for mostly helpless Woman...and force to became Criminals by some states LAW. All Person make this Laws and and preachers should protect this woman but none will ever help, except they have a Family Member get Mention Problems. I wonder If PBS will ask people to see how wrong this Pros are.I hope you are for PEOPLE as you claim.

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Amna Nawaz

California
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I am a 30 plus year supporter of PBS and I must say I have become extremely frustrated with Amna Nawaz in specific and the News Hour in general. Ms Nawaz frequently presents extremely liberal biased, moralizing and accusatory pieces with only one interviewee that supports her narrative. PBS now often fails to analyze issues anymore by discussing both sides of a complex and difficult issues like illegal immigration or crime control and instead presents a one sided diatribe against "conservative" actors on the other side of an issue. The news hour has shifted away from the unique and balanced reporting that investigates both sides of an issue and is increasingly coming across as an advocate for specific courses of political action or political solutions. Whereas CPB was always my go to news source to understand what was driving different groups to do what they do, now I view it as an increasingly liberal mouthpiece primarily promoting a liberal agenda. I am fairly liberal but I am more interested in hearing what goes on in the heads of people on the other side of the fence. I have cut back my donations to PBS as I no longer feel like it is an impartial news reporting agency.

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My taxes paying for biased prejudiced opinions not based on real facts.

Arizona
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I don't want one red cent of my taxes going to CPB. My title pretty much sums up the reason except it doesn't mention the failure of your biased outfit omitting the horrible facts and truth about how terribly the Democratic Liberals are ruining the country with their open borders, underlying wealth redistribution policies and insane spending on more inane policies leading to insane inflation. You say they aren't trying to redistribute wealth? I guess then they just want to completely do away with the middle class because that's exactly what they're doing. Biden should be being ripped by the press right now for his inaction on gasoline and all inflation. Instead it's about how Trump is responsible for the repealing of Roe vs. Wade. Honestly the American press and CPB go beyond insulting my intelligence. They repulse me. Defund the CPB not the Police.

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Complete Credits

Massachusetts
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Where do I find the musicians who played at the Mark Twain Awards?

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PBS News Hour anchor role

Washington
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Y. Alcindor should not have been made a PBS anchor, according to c*****9@comcast.net. I also Alcindor's verbal tics distracting. She is a good reporter but she should not have been made an anchor at PBS. I wonder what other more qualified candidates were passed over when she was selected.

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npr / pbr news

Florida
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I am writing to you concerning your news outlets. it is beyond me why half the nation or more who are not liberals are forced to give their taxpayer money to your news outlets like the news hour that is literally liberal news for liberals. I watched cnn once an objective professional news outlet turn into a liberal rag that is basically a joke in the industry and we are watching pbs and npr sail away in the same manner. if you are going to employ mostly liberals in your news programs, then for god sakes hire a couple of adults to keep them from floating away with the news programs. they are little more than another liberal news outlet complimenting nbc, cbs and abc. just post the news. keep the editorializing out of the news. every so called news person gives a long personal view before they give a twisted explanation of the current news depending on the liberal talking points of the day that they pass on. pbs news hour has become just another liberal rag. so so sad. just producing news for liberal weathy white people gets old fast and does a huge disservice to the nation.

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News and dailymailtv

Illinois
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Background music and sounds blocks out the host on DailyMailTV, news people on WGN. WTH? EVERYDAY!!!!

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Memorial Day Concert 2022

Michigan
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Greetings - I reside in DC and thoroughly enjoy watching the National Memorial Day Concert, which is broadcast live on Sunday evening and then rebroadcast Monday evening. I enjoy watching on the actual date of Memorial Day to honor our heroes. My Mother resides in Michigan and was eagerly looking to watch Monday evening. We were dismayed to learn that the only times it was scheduled that day was at 12:30 am and 2 am. Please request that PBS stations show this concert on Memorial Day. It's a wonderful program with touching tributes that need to be shared several times so that all may pay tribute. Thank you for your consideration. K***y B***e

Retirement for Judy Woodward

California
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Please retire Judy Woodward and allow the other very competent women reporters to advance in their careers; Ama Navaz and others

Fundraising

Illinois
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Your fundraising style is really poor. All year long on the create channel, you are featuring what I call "the fat bitches cooking club" where they cook the most fattening foods and some of the worst quality nutrition. Then you put on another show which does the same thing and it goes on ad infinitum (forever and ever and ever). Then, during your fundraisers, you put some idiot (who looks like a retarded psycho with eyes that look like they are about to bug out of his head) who tells us all of the things that we should be eating instead. Your record is stuck. It's playing the same crap over and over again. Then you put on somebody like Deep Hack Ch-Oprah as if this bumbling idiot is supposed to know something about living. I could care less for him. I can barely understand a word he says because of his poor diction and extremely heavy accent. But he's just boring and a bit of a twit because he thinks too much of himself. He likes to pontificate and it's not needed or wanted. In the years before these foolish speakers, they wouldn't have had these people speaking. They would have picked somebody who was a translator with clear diction and an ample vocabulary. But that's another thing, isn't it? You will have a translator and yet you will still have the volume turned up too high on the person speaking a foreign language with a heavy accent. And you can't tell what they're saying because the volume is too high. How stupid is stupid when stupid is more stupid than you could ever imagine? That's PBS. You guys lack the knowledge to analyze what is wrong and so you make the same mistakes over and over and over again. And lately, everybody is going on the cheap in the newscasts, especially with somebody like Judy Woodruff rough rough rough barking bitch dog, who needs to be put out to pasture because her newscasting style is always the same story: "ain't it awful???!?!??!!?" I am so sick of her. She thinks she's far more intelligent than she is and she's just a redneck from Oklahoma with a twangy accent. She doesn't speak from her vocal cords and her diaphragm. The sound comes out of her nose, the same as Lisa desJardins. That woman is the most homely bitch on the planet. She has a tiny mouth and she has terrible diction. She speaks too quickly. I actually have to turn the channel when she comes on because I cannot listen to her. When they are interviewing people, frequently because they are doing it via Skype or some other chat box on the computer, You have not coached them in the art of speaking slowly and clearly with good diction. And frequently you don't even test to see what the acoustics are in the room Where they are located. You can have a room that has so much echo that you cannot make out anything. How stupid is stupid when stupid is so stupid you can't even see it coming because you don't believe this stupid could be that stupid. Then you have the female black porky pig, Alcindor, who speaks so quickly that she ends up stuttering. She literally sounds like a female porky pig. And she's supposed to be replacing Gwen Ifill ? You are giving Judy Woodruff far too much power in making the decisions about the people with whom she works. She is picking these idiots because they make her look good. These little brats don't have any idea about how to formulate an idea from their sentences. With Gwen, she would interview people very carefully, watching her semantics as to not tip them off, and she would gain their trust: and then she would ask a question (which by that time, they were so comfortable that they would answer it). She would give them the rope so that they could hang themselves. Then she would look into the camera when she was finished and give her sly smile which let you know that she had done something quite ingenious. Judy is an asshole by comparison. She's totally incompetent. It's time for everybody to stop licking that old bitches pussy and replace her. I don't know why everybody bows before her because she is just the worst. She's not a national treasure. She's a giant cockroach. I'm not kidding you. Your fundraising shows are bullshit. Here's the better way to handle it. Turn off all of the programming until everybody pays up I just have a sign on the screen showing how much you have raised and how much you need. Stop bothering us with the guy who looks like he is totally insane trying to tell us how to heal our brains and heal our minds. I'd like to heel him like a dog, but he's too butt ugly to watch. Get rid of these dweebs. I can go on about all of it, and I think one of the worst news programs you have is Chicago tonight. Brandis has a really snotty look on her face all the time. She doesn't smile, she thinks she's being very professional, but she just looks like an angry bitch every time she comes on the TV. And then you have all of these other shows with Jeffrey Bear And I'm not going to correct the spelling on this because my phone doesn't know any of these things and I'm using the phone recognition for typing. But Jeffrey Bear sucks. I hate a person who acts like a goody two-shoes. His shows are excessively boring and once you've seen them, it's enough. Take those reels and throw them in the trash and if he wants to make a new show, have him make a new show, but don't bother us with the reruns. But to say he's boring is an understatement. And I'm sorry but I can't remember the name of the guy who looks like a lemur on the news hour. His eyes are so big they're almost comical. He is the one who always does the "feel good" story. It's always completely insipid. It's time to retire him and put him out to pasture. I would say that your best person there is Amy Walter. Your second best is a toss-up between the other dark haired girl who appears at the same time with Amy, and the guy whose arm was blown off in some accident somehow. He's a very good reporter. You need people like this. You need smarter people all the way around. Not somebody who is going to say ain't it awful All the time. I can't stand that fucking Judy Woodruff ruff ruff ruff ruff barking bitch dog. That is one self-serving cunt. Brooks and Capehart are also excellent, but they should be doing more of the reporting than commenting. Their comments are excellent, but I think that they would bring particular insight if they were doing the news stories. You really need to turn over and get rid of a whole bunch of people there. The problem is, as long as you have Judy there And you give approbation to her and her tribe and her method, PBS will never change for the better. And it's time for a new theme song for the news channel. That old recording sounds like it was made years ago with members of the New York Philharmonic tend to play on the sharp side in the violin section. The brass are extremely harsh. It's totally out of tune all the way around. Get a new theme song, it's way past due. In fact, just get a new show and put the competent ones in front and get rid of little lacky boys and girls and especially porky pigette...

Judy Woodruff leaving

Texas
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If she leaves hopefully her replacement is as trustworthy and respected. I have read some ugly comments here and am seeing that behind the scenes PBS is cut-throat. Lost some respect for the organization.

PBS news with Judy Woodruff

California
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Why do you have Greg Abernathy on the program as a commentator? I don’t care about his political party. He is a very ignorant man and a terrible waste of important news time.

Biased Programming

Texas
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I read your "CANNED RESPONSE" to anyone commenting on your "progressive/ultra liberal" programming bias. Your programming goes out nation wide, trying to lay this bias at the feet of "local stations" is BS. You receive hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds. We deserve balance reporting and programming (opinion shows, like PBS News Hour.) Seems to me you've sidestepped the 1967 Federal Law requiring your annual report verifying the balanced presentations funded by those taxpayer funds.

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Morning Edition

California
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Pls take Leila Fadell off the air at times when she has a sizable audience. I dunno if you listen to her speak: she doesn’t speak SAE; she speaks “babytalk”. She goes on air, I turn off npr. A**y N****n

Weekend edition Sunday

Oregon
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Big fan of NPR. Longtime listener. But can no longer listen to Sunday morning show. Ayesha Rascoe's voice is hard to listen to. Annoying. Thanks.

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About Your Shows

Oregon
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Dear The Corporation For The Public Broadcasting,

I like your shows and your web sites. Hope you're doing well.

Sincerely, Harrison

Bias propaganda

Indiana
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Why are all your show left leaning and bias against conservatives? Your complete liberal narrative even in nature shows make most people I know want to vomit. The funny part us we are not burying it.

Upstart crow

Maine
Feedback:

There are 3 seasons of this spectacularly witty show (Upstart Crow); I believe PBS in Maine has only run one. When can we expect to see the other seasons on channel 10? They're Wittier than any of your other shows..

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Your Programing

Texas
Feedback:

I am so disappointed at the Bias against Conservatives on your outlets now. I have stopped being a donating members due to your biased programming that is obviously being controlled by Liberals and Democrats. Heart Broken! We have been staunch supporters for many years.

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Suggestions for restructuring PBS

North Carolina
Feedback:

Can more be done to encourage state affiliates of PBS (in my case, PBS North Carolina) to set up news programs that cover state and international news, to make up for shortcomings in the current national news landscape?

Also, can PBS consider the possibility of restructuring to a model similar to that of German public broadcasting association ARD, with regional broadcasters cooperating to form national programming?

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Changing Planet program and numerous similar programs

California
Feedback:

On so many of your PBS programs, the background music drowns out the speaking. I know there's pride in the background music that is provided, but too often it simply is a little too loud. Many of us older viewers get disgusted when we can hear what's being said and can't keep up with the closed captions. I would rather hear the speaker, and it would be a problem if you music was toned down some. Darrell Berkheimer, Grass Valley, Calif.

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General news and interviews about current events.

Arkansas
Feedback:

I am to a point where if PBS news and programing goes any farther left, I will have to quit listening. I have already quit donating, because I can not support a news agency that tends to show such biased. It is more and more a liberal mouthpiece, and I can not condone the lack of factual reporting that is being substituted by implicit bias. Get back to Facts, drop left leaning opinions and just report news instead of trying to color it.

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Newshour and Washington Week

Washington
Feedback:

I have just watched Judy W. interview the Czech foreign minister. Once again, the questions were sub par, bordering on ridiculous. For example, "is NATO doing everything it can?" Please, have other correspondents conduct interviews. Judy can remain as long as she does not conduct interviews. I have made this comment before. What is the plan?

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PBS Newshour

New York
Feedback:

Regarding Amna Nawaz's reading of the news and her interviewing techniques, it is almost impossible to understand her flat and extremely fast delivery. There is no inflection in her tone with no pause between phrases to allow comprehension of what she just threw at you.

I believe she is very knowledge but her rendition is impossible to listen to her and comprehend. The speed at which she talks with lack of inflection must be addressed or viewers will not be willing to tolerate her.

Judy Woodruff speaks succinctly with intonation and clarity. She is understandable and therefore carries authority. Long may she stay in her position.

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So called news broadcast

New Hampshire
Feedback:

Do not donate to you will never again until you change back to a non biased program I believe your total funding should be pulled all you do is repeat lies spread by the legacy media why should you get public funding for one sided lies that are getting exposed daily time for you to go what a shame in the seventies and early eighties you did fairly good go woke go away you are twice as bigoted as the normal people you lie about

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Benjamin Franklin

Virginia
Feedback:

It was quite a shock to tune into Ken Burn’s production and not find Closed Captioning. Please tell me why?

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Call letter changes, poor reception...., feeling disrespected as a long time supporter of public radio in Cleveland

Ohio
Feedback:

I am extremely disappointed with the recent shuffle of the three stations in north east Ohio (WCPN, WKSU, WCLV). While I understand there might be an expanded listenership outside of Cleveland, public radio reception in Cleveland is substandard at best. Adding insult to injury, the WKSU call letters are a constant reminder of a college owned small city (pop 30,000) station with poor reception and the abandonment of the urban identity of WCPN.

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CPB In General

American Samoa
Feedback:

Has devolved over the last 5 or so years into a weird unrecognizable disjointed mess - clean house and re-boot or better yet just pull the plug on the whole thing

One Small Step

Indiana
Feedback:

Dave Isey is spot on with this program, and has just reached the tip of the iceberg. Maybe its is time to up the ante, and move it to the ultimate goal of the Senate and the House, and start sitting down a Republic across from a Democrat, and maybe, just maybe they two can both learn from each other about what can be accomplished in this great nation of ours, if, and only if bills can pass in a bipartisan way, can you just imagine, just a thought, probably more difficult getting them together, but maybe in both are in session, it might just work.

New Fed funding

Missouri
Feedback:

Congratulations on the funding increase just approved by Congress. Please allocate a substantial portion of that funding to enable local stations to improve local reporting and to broaden NPR's appeal in local markets.

The pain of inflation

New Jersey
Feedback:

Why can't the US news outlets follow up their strenuous, fear-making reports of inflation, with the REASON.... NOT BIDEN, NOT CONGRESS BUT OUR TRYING TO DEFEND UKRAINE from loss of its land, homes and freedom by using our money, resources and power.

Are we so selfish that we can't see that?

I wonder how we relatively well-healed Americans would feel if the roles were reversed!!!!!

Our news needs to temper cause and effect, with compassion....without that, we are not as free, selfless and decent as we think we are.

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Newshour

New York
Feedback:

Re: Brooks and Capehart. While I am sure Mr. Capehart is more than qualified and well informed, he talks too much. I feel like I am getting preached to, and therefore, David Brooks or whoever the other panelist is, doesn't stand a chance to get their views properly aired I used to make sure never to miss this segment...now, not so much.

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Washington Week

New Mexico
Feedback:

This program has always been a favorite. Robert Costa brought a level of experience, expertise, clarity in his presentation of topics and interaction with reporters. I love and appreciate Yamiche Alcindor but not for this program. Also I have not been able to access the extra right away as I used to through the pbs website.

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pbs passport to nowhere

Massachusetts
Feedback:

I contribute to PBS ... but will shortly call them (and my bank) and stop contributing. Four of us ... have spent probably 7 or 8 hours total ... trying to get 'passport' to work so that I can see shows on the PBS app on my TV .... does not work ... I will certainly tell family members not to 'support' PBS ... and I will discontinue my support.

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Who Will CPB Support?

New York
Feedback:

Congress just gave CPB another significant increase in its future federal funding, yet there is no public-facing strategy to ensure any of it will reach BIPOC documentary filmmakers who are eager to work in public media. A lot of people who signed on to support bipocmakers.com and publicmediaforall.com are fighting for a post-Ken Burns world. Where can people go to learn more about CPB's plans for its $50M increase?

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donation

Feedback:

Two weeks ago I made a $60 donation to WDTV in Detroit. I received a confirmation but did not receive a code to access PBS Passport, as was promised from a PBS telephone operator. She said I would receive the code the day I made a donation. Since then I have tried to contact WDTV by email and phone five times, asking them to send me a code. No one replied. No code was sent. I have been a contributor for four decades but 'm afraid I have made my last donation. I live in Windsor, Canada, directly across the border to Detroit. - Brian Bannon

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A1 Radio

Ohio
Feedback:

Dear CPB Ombudsman,

As a liberal Democrat and someone committed to minority rights, I am dismayed at my own annoyance with the IMO heavy programming about minority & underclass issues on Jenn White's A1 radio show which I listen to most mornings. While Ms. White is clearly very talented and does an excellent job, the mega dose of minorities injustices --- altho valid --- just gets tiresome. Maybe it's not the topics themselves, rather either their repetitive, downbeat slant or their overlay on stories in other news channels about the generally depressing state of the country/world. I'm emotionally exhausted.

I'd love to hear some positive stories on other critical issues as well such as the environment, economy, student loan debt, health care costs/access, the pandemic, etc. --- especially ones looking at progress being made, not just grievances and problems.

Thank you for considering my opinion.

Respectfully, Anne Blaisdell

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Ad Council commercial

Tennessee
Feedback:

Can you please stop running the commercial of the Ad Council which starts, 'Should I get it? Is it safe?' This is sending a terrible message about the Covid vaccination. IT IS SAFE! YES YOU SHOULD GET IT! I understand that you need the money but please stop running this one.

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News with Judy woodruff

Michigan
Feedback:

Omg the woman is terrible, can barely form a sentence

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Judy Woodruff

Alabama
Feedback:

Hello, Why doesn’t Judy Woodruff ever do White House fact checks anymore as she always did in ‘17-‘21.

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major media news programs today 03/02/20220 I want the majors to cover the Ukrane and the President not the non news they are ta

Florida
Feedback:

I want the major 5 so-called News shows to cover the Ukraine and the President of the US address to America not criticisms of the president This is to important for the So-called news to short circuit the news to the American people. the crap they all shifted to this AM is treason to Democracy!

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Swan Lake

New York
Feedback:

Please air Swan Lake in protest of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It was the only program that aired on a loop when the Soviet Union fell. This might be symbolic, but powerful. It could run as a fundraiser for the Ukrainian people.

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Fundraising and station content

Illinois
Feedback:

I am completely disenchanted with PBS based on the amount of fundraising done and on the content of the shows that are used to inflict this nuisance on the public. Many of these shows (health, retirement schemes, rehashes of shows for which I would rather see the show itself, and very biased and one-sided coverage of topics) make me wonder why I still bother to send in a contribution. I am totally done with this and with seeing anything I would like to just "sit down and watch" go to Passport. I wish someone would burn the tapes of Downton Abbey and many of the other series produced in the last 20 years. There have to be great things in the vault, but one would never know. The broadcast material no longer fulfills its need of providing material for an audience with a wide range of interests and the contant whining, carping, and complaining cannot be helping anyone's mental health.

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promos for CPB podcasts and for-profit providers

Michigan
Feedback:

Have I been asleep at the switchor are you increasing the number of fundraisers you incorporate into programming? In any case, I resent it.

I'm a green donor to my local station, WKAR in Lansing pre-empts some of some of my favorite shows, like 60 minutes in favor of ways for you to nag viewers to donate. I'm on a fixed income during a time of high inflation. Now i can't see a 60 minutes episode and for the same reason, you actually interrupt PBS News Hour for the same old, same old tune. I like Finding your Roots, but I don't need a summary of what Henry Louis Gates has already provided and I've seen.

Do you think I have the power to give you some kind of award for providing these documentaries? I don't. And I don't need to hear from Depak Chopra and some guy who does brain research mainly to suck money out of me to buy their products. Maybe it helps you get by,but couldn't you at least be honest about it? Like maybe donations were $100 million to keep reporters all over hte world all the time and donations have fallen to $80 million since COVID, but couldn't you tell us just how bad it is and what you'd have to let go if you don't get the $20 million that you need?

I get it that you can't charge stations like WKAR even more for your programming.

I was listening to NPR before COVID and I've been watching TV more now, but I am NOT willing to go without myself just to watch your programming. There are plenty of podcasts to listen to while I'm doing housework. Please stop this and just let us what your shows.....

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WVIK proposed format change

Illinois
Feedback:

Hello, what is the process for a public radio station to change its format? WVIK 90.3 FM plans to change from its current news and classical music format to all news. (It plans to move classical music to a low power frequency, 105.7 FM which I can't get at my house.) How do I submit a public comment about this proposed format change to object as I have financially support the station for many years? Does the station need permission from the CPB or another entity to make such a drastic change? Are listeners and supporters allowed to have a voice in the decision?

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Judy woodruff

New Mexico
Feedback:

Yes. Judy Woodruff should retire. She is well past her prime and there are many broadcast journalists on Newshour who have much better interview skills, can read a teleprompter better and don't wheeze.

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Didn't you do a story on, Democrats & Clinton Attorney Perkins Cooey lawfirm, Spying on Trump and John Durham investigation. .

Idaho
Feedback:

Dear CPB, sorta Disappointed that you and other media outlets who accused Trump of working with Russia. . . . I'm a Democrat, some of my friends and Conservative, they said we were wrong for going after Trump for two years with no proof, that spying is espionage and that what we did was more serious than Watergate where several people were put in prison and that an apology from, you, CBS, ABC, NBC, etc. should be forth coming, that we the Democrat Party and the Media owe this to America. . . We spied on Donald Trump, an American Citizen and the President of the United States. Did I miss something? I waited for you to apology all day. . ?? The Public Broadcasting Corporation of America, talked about other things that the CPB found negative about Trump, but you never apologized or said anything about spying on the President . . the favor of a reply is requested. . We'd like to know your thoughts. . . Tax money from Americans should not be used to promote one political party or another, just give us the news, when you are wrong we all expect an apology. . . the country needs to heal, you need to do your part. . . .

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NPR news

Florida
Feedback:

I grew up listening to npr. Npr was unlike the usual news reporting like fox ,cnn or msnbc which are all reporting extremely left or extremely right political views in everything tgey report. CNN is simply an extension of the federal government and reports whatever the government needs people to believe and provides very persuasive reporting in favor of everything our government does. Npr was different. I have been a listener for 44 years from infancy to my current day. I even supported the fundraisers but that has changed. Unfortunately, in my opinion and if you are a long time listener you’re noticing a big difference in the way npr reports the news in our current present day. Npr no longer provides balanced Un contaminated by government Minders who tell them what news to report.( it seems this way). Npr used to give you both sides of a story with no bias whatsoever and I really appreciated that they were a new source that was genuine and supported by the listener instead of corporate parasites whose money comes with an attachment for its host. These are not just my opinion. Look at how much they reported everything trump did as terrible yet they bow down and take a knee for Biden or Obama or bush junior. All part of the hood old boy system of politics and all the true terrorist in this country. ( sorry I’m giving my opinion but I’m not a reporter or journalist. Perhaps their new journalist at npr have no or little experience and don’t know how to keep their opinions from their reporting? I constantly find myself turning my radio off because it’s so bad. I can go fifteen minutes of npr without hearing how horrible republicans, white people, or people dissatisfied with their federal government are Npr reports the trucker strike in Canada from Tge view points of government making these citizens seem like the bad people. I find myself wondering what planet I’m on. I feel betrayed by npr. All I want is what npr has always been from my childhood to 2016. Npr has been hijacked and me and my coworkers and fellow students at my college are trying to find a news source that can replace npr. It was a unique trustworthy source of news and I’m so disappointed, sad even about the fact that I no longer have a news source that’s honest and unbiased. I suppose the Beijing Times os the closest thing I can find to honest these days. I really hope it changes and npr returns to its original formula for reporting the news. Thank you.

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The News Hour

Illinois
Feedback:

The News Hour program generally acknowledges prominent persons that have died. Although the BBC acknowledged the death of J P O'Rourke, his death was not mentioned in this program.

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News Hour David Brooks

Missouri
Feedback:

You’re smart, you’re a good newsman, you’re fidgeting is driving me crazy. You’re to good to be this nervous, you look like you forget to pee before going in the air. Please relax. Thanks

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Yamiche Alcindor

Massachusetts
Feedback:

I do not understand why this reporter is an anchor. Her speech lacks clarity, is “jittery” and distracts from the information. She fluctuates from trying to control and speaking too slowly, to jarring eye flutters joined by gasps racing mumbled speaking. She is probably best as a writer because elocution lessons fail her and us as the audience! It is disturbing as a viewer. Not trying to hurt her feelings, just really believe she isn’t qualified to speak on air as it isn’t professional discourse.

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Newshour and Washington Week

Washington
Feedback:

Please improve the speaking time balance between David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart. Johnpart seems to use twice as much time as David to answer questions. He needs to be more concise.

Please assist Yamiche Alcindor eliminate her habit of saying "yeah" at the end of every guest's comments. It is quite annoying.

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Brooks and Capehart

District Of Columbia
Feedback:

I do think that Jonathan Capehart brings a needed point of view (though predictably with a liberal bias), BUT HE TALKS TOO MUCH, taking up so much time that he leaves David Brooks squeezed (or so it seems to me). I used to love to watch this segment of the Newshour and now I feel the stress of Capehart being unable (though perhaps trying) to control himself from taking up too much space.

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Virtue Signaling is not news - Fire Everyone except Stephanie Sy and David Brooks

California
Feedback:

I recently found a way to watch Al Jazeera on my TV and after growing up listening to PBS and continuing to do so for 40 years of adulthood, I am getting close to making the switch. Listening to Mark Shields replacement stumble over his hyper emotional attempts to put forth his agenda after trying to make sense of an anorexic millennial whose only friend, a cat, licks itself on the sofa behind her, all while trying to forgive Judy Woodruff for trying not to look as old as Biden is just too much. I love David Brooks, but since his recent marriage, he has turned full on liberal and that once refreshing balance of Shields and Brooks honestly depicting both sides of an argument is sadly gone. Hiring an incompetent Black Gay man to replace Shields is destructive to the hard work and progress that both Blacks and Gays have made in this country and it is embarrassing to watch him stumble. Stephanie Sy on the other hand is sharp and clear and utterly bipartisan and she should be made the anchor and savior of a show I've depended on my whole life.

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Constant weekend fundraising

California
Feedback:

Since you have taken control of the local SoCal stations (KCET, KOCE, KLSC) you have fundraising EVERY WEEKEND. It is obnoxious. As well, you have decreased programming, showing the same things on all three channels. Where I used to be able to see different programming on each of them, more often than not, you get to see a rerun of something that has played on a sister station.

What are you doing with the money you raise? Doesn't seem that it is being used for new programming ( as is being "sold" on the fundraising script...

Really disappointed in public programming since PBS is in charge...

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General Content

Colorado
Feedback:

While I still watch some programming on PBS, I find that some series I used to enjoy, Frontline in particular, no longer provide balanced, non-partisan, reporting. It’s disappointing that a once informative program has become simply another mouthpiece for one political party/position.

Case in point: “Trump’s American Carnage” - with a title like that it’s clear this is nothing but a full-bore attack on Mr Trump and his political party, even though the liberal media and Democratic politicians sowed much of the division and violence.

Maybe Frontline is working on a new episode, titled “Biden’s National Disgrace” recounting (in his first year in office!) his incompetent withdrawal from Afghanistan, failure to secure the US border from historic illegal immigration, hapless efforts to deal with COVID, mounting inflation and supply chain issues, and increasingly violent democrat-led cities?

I won’t hold my breath.

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PBS Newhour

California
Feedback:

Please, please, please rescue the news hour from its rapid descent into inanity. Woodruff has steadily lurched the news show into irrelevance. She invites uninformed partisan guests, who balance opinions into a meaninglessness. She asks irrelevant questions and sparks a conversation with truism from the other side. The viewers can gather no new insight into the complex problems. I cringe on how far the show has fallen from its newsworthiness height of the MacNeil Lehrer or the Lehrer Hour.

Take a good survey. I think you will find that i do not cry alone about declining health of Woodruff's PBS News Hour.

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When is judy woodruff going to retire???

Minnesota
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Judy Woodruff's biased opinions politically, and otherwise, are anything but proper journalism. Walter Cronkite must be doing flip-flops in his grave because of her one sided opinions on her personal views.

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One sided journalism

Minnesota
Feedback:

PBS is a public funded corp. It's funded by ALL the taxpayers, not just the democrats!

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Streaming of Wgbh and Wbur on Google Home Hub

Massachusetts
Feedback:

My Google Home Hub stops broadcasting both WBUR and WGBH every hour at about 3 minutes before the hour. Is this something driven by these public stations or is it a shortcoming of the Google Home system? Is there a way I can make an adjustment so that this won't happen?

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March 1st Programming

Illinois
Feedback:

Dear CPB,

Would it be possible to add screen some of the following PBS shows or Welsh films on or around March 1st for St. David’s Day.

The Welsh are the 23rd largest ethnic group in the USA, but seemingly have very little representation. It would be great if PBS stations could have a ‘Wales night’ and dedicate a couple of hours to a travel documentary, a music special and maybe a movie.

Diolch yn fawr iawn/Thank you very much.

Dave Parry Chicago Tafia Welsh Society

PBS Shows

A Soundstage Special - Tom Jones

Live from the Artists Den - Marina And The Diamonds

Great Performances at the Met - Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert

Visions of Wales

Wales - Great Britain’s Wild West

Curious Traveler - Curious Southern Wales

Rick Steves Europe - North Wales: Feisty and Poetic

Wales – The Land of Storybook Adventures

Movies

American Interior IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2778266/ In 1792, John Evans, a farmhand from Snowdonia travelled to America to discover whether there was a Welsh-speaking Native American tribe walking the Great Plains.

Pride IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/ U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.

Patagonia IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020559/ A young Welsh couple travel to Argentina to work on their relationship in Argentina.

Very Annie Mary IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188128/ After her father suffers a stroke, his daughter is forced to take care of him.

Solomon & Gaenor IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181830/ A tragic love story between a Jewish young man and a Welsh woman in the beginning of the century. The movie is mostly in English with parts in Welsh and Yiddish.

Set Fire to the Stars IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3455740/ An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.

The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain. IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112966/ When an English cartographer must tell a Welsh village that their mountain is only a hill, the offended community sets out to change that.

August IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115591/ Chekov's Uncle Vanya, transposed to turn-of-the-century North Wales, where the peace and tranquility of a country house is disturbed by the arrival of the estate's tyrannical owner.

Tiger Bay IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053361/ A twelve-year-old tomboy witnesses the murder of a woman by her Polish merchant marine boyfriend, but bonds with him and thwarts the police in their investigation

The Proud Valley IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031828/ In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

Pink Suede Shoes IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12389254/ Jasun Watkins brings his pink, brash and very camp Elvis impersonation act to Porthcawl in the biggest Elvis tribute festival in Europe.

Dirt Ash Meat IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9074950/ In the aftermath of a foot and mouth outbreak on their farm, a family of Welsh hill farmers are consumed by bitterness and paranoia. Adapted from 'White Ravens' by Owen Sheers.

Beddgelert: Gelerts Grave IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6984528/ Based on the ancient Welsh legend, Beddgelert tells the story of prince Llewelyn. Grieving for his dead wife, he seeks solitude in a remote hunting lodge, taking with him his newborn son and his most trusted hound, Gelert. But despite Gelert’s companionship, Llewelyn is blinded by grief, and fails to see the new danger that threatens his family.

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PBS Newshour mainly

Arizona
Feedback:

It has been a great relief to see that PBS/NPR is doing factchecking on politicians, and reporting on fake news, at least for the past several years. I and the public need reliable information. It is a relief not to waste time on false equivalency of opposing political views when both can be fact-checked instead. This turn towards reliable information may cost the CPB in in Congress (funding), unfortunately, and this danger, too, should be known to the public, especially as some politicians have accused the media of being ‘the enemy of the people.’. Our democracy needs a free public media.

Fundraising

Arizona
Feedback:

Think we'll stop watching, the Fundraising is on constantly, seems like three months non stop. Everyone we talk to feels the same. Will miss PBS

Senate override to pass the Freedom to Vote Act

Massachusetts
Feedback:

Geogia's Raffensperger; Countering Fake News

The mainstream media (including PBS among other CPB programs) condemns the new voting legislation in Georgia as racist and disenfranchising minorities. It is, in fact, just the opposite. Here are the latest thoughts from Georgia Secretary of State, Republican Brad Raffensperger, who stood strong in 2020 and 2021, facing down Donald Trump's insistence that Georgia find him another 11,800 votes from the 2020 election. Raffensperger alienated Trump by explaining the votes were not there.

In response to the push by President Biden and Chuck Schumer to have the Senate force through the over-reaching Democratic-only supported nationally-controlled voting plan, Raffensperger today (Jan.13, 2022), explained in the Washington Examiner:

"People need to understand in Georgia, we have the appropriate, I think, almost the perfect balance of accessibility," he continued. "Because we have photo ID, we allow you to have all three forms of voting: no-excuse absentee voting, you have to request the ballot, [and] we have signature match and photo ID on that; you show up to vote, we have photo ID for that; you show up on Election Day, we also have that. So we give people lots of opportunity, which has led to record turnout and record registration. I think we've really struck the appropriate balance."

Today, Raffensperger also endorsed launching a new bipartisan presidential commission, similar to 2005's bipartisan Carter-Baker Commission, to make new federal recommendations on the issue and even suggested former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice serve as the Republican co-chair. Currently both Democrats & Republicans recognize that Georgia's new law offers more flexibility to all voters than does Delaware's (Biden's home state), New York's (Schumer's one state), and a number of other states.

CPB should present both sides of controversial issues like this.

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PBS all programming

Oklahoma
Feedback:

Please stop with the left-leaning, pro black, woke, and "anything anti-republican and white American programming. My God your audience is mostly conservative, and African Americans only make up less than 13% of the population. The American people (especially native Americans) are fed up with ALL media shoving pro-black, anti-white nonsense down our throats!!

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Unending fundraisind

Wisconsin
Feedback:

We are devoted pbs fans but the fundraising goes on forever to the point that we are increasing unhappy and wondering why we keep watching. What’s up? Is this really necessary?

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Frontline and Manipulative Use of Music

Florida
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I am writing concerning Frontline's use of ominous, drawn-out and threatening music in some of its programming. The content itself is many times already disturbing. I want to access and analyze this content without a soundtrack that leaves me anxious and on edge. It's a news program, not a horror film.

Also the narrator (American Insurrection) uses an odd, sotto voce delivery that seems designed to impart suspense. Again, it's news, not horror.

Sometimes I can't continue watching Frontline even though the content is very important. I want my news to be honest and honestly delivered. Everyday life is too stressful to have this artificial negative stimulation of emotions. Please consider using more neutral music.

Note: I am referring specifically to America After 9/11 and American Insurrection although these are not the only Frontline programs that have used inappropriate music.

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PBS Newshour

Michigan
Feedback:

I am a 77yo retiree, actively follow many news sources, a longtime member of PBS (WTVS Detroit. I have become increasingly disenchanted by the Newshour.Briefly, it now reminds me of why so many people no longer have a daily newspaper delivered. With so many events happening worldwide and everything available almost immediately online, the Newshour seems woefully out of touch. Long segments with two talking heads going on and on ad nauseum. You have a Full Hour to cover a very busy news cycle and I feel it is mostly wasted. In a word - Boring! Whoever is responsible for the model you are using is out of touch. I wait for the BBC news segment which follows my local broadcast. In a half hour I get more news, from a European perspective, than most of what the Newshour delivers. I continue to be a member of PBS, but mainly for the Nature shows, Frontline, etc. I offer these comments with a sincere hope that you will consider what I have said. Thank You.

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PBS News Hour

Feedback:

PBS NewsHour has been a great asset in my news consumptions. But lately, in the last year or so, too much time is spent on testimonials, and not the news. So much time in those testimonial segments could be spent on Current pertinent news to the public. Unfortunately, most people I know, or getting news to the previous PBS NewsHour from the BBC news. Take note!

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PBS biases

New York
Feedback:

As a leftist, PBS is actually right wing. The only reporters PBS seems to interview are from Washington Post, which is a fascistic propaganda outlet. Why does your organization find it acceptable to I interview people from an organization that wants elites to have EVEN MORE CONTROL???

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Judy Woodruff

Pennsylvania
Feedback:

Judy Woodruff's stuttering and repeated syllables and words, are completely unnerving to me. It has to be obvious to PBS. Do something, please.

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BBC broadcast

Texas
Feedback:

I normally listen to the BBC on 88.7 on my way home from work (3:15am). The last 2 nights there has been only static, no programming whatsoever. What happened?

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Judy Woodruff needs to retire!

Texas
Feedback:

Isn’t it high time Judy Woodruff retired and allowed some new faces to refresh the face of PBS News hour. Please , please we are so tired of seeing her as the face of this program. Time to give Amna Nawaz an opportunity to take over the helm. She brings much needed energy to the program! If Judy won’t leave, it’s time to push her out. Thank you!

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Jonathan capehart

Colorado
Feedback:

capehart has many good points-but his bias is thickly palpable-David Brooks is a national treasure, IMO. Hopefully, Capehart can benefit from his exposure to the wisdom of Brooks…

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PBS Newshour

Missouri
Feedback:

On Monday and Tuesday, Jan, 3 and 4, the sound stuttered, a speaker’s voice was full for two seconds, then silent for 1 or 2 seconds. It made it impossible to understand any speaker. The stuttering happened for a few seconds after I pressed play, but it also started several times during the program and for longer than a few seconds. I have not been able find any other way to communicate this to 9 or PBS.

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Brooks and Capehart

California
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I know it’s an opinion segment, but having a progressive like Jonathan Capehart as one of the commentators makes it uninteresting. You know what his opinion is going to be on every issue before he even starts talking, whereas Brooks surprises me a lot of the time with his straddling of the political divide. I felt like Shields shared that same consideration for both sides of the fence and would criticize the left just as easily as the right. Please consider a less-polarized personality if you ever decide to replace him.

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PBS Newshour

Maine
Feedback:

Judy Woodruff is beyond her usefulness as an interviewer - she is no longer able to deliver the news without being inept : stuttering “How- How” then the question. Unneeded in the anchor seat but seemingly tolerated while those around her hold the show together . Fawning over past his prime David Brooks and “ Our William “ and tripping over her attempts to ask questions - what a turn off ! Age 75 is goodbye time ! Despite her we watch the rest of the crew.

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NPR's indefensible leftist leanings

California
Feedback:

Regardless of what NPR program that I happen to turn on, other than Marketplace (and, sometimes even it), every subject, interview, and opinion are left-leaning, and sometimes to an extreme.

Although a liberal bias is nothing new at NPR, I have been listening to NPR for almost forty years and I can honestly say that there is essentially no reporting or interview that supports anything that has a conservative point of view, or does it incorporate an objective discussion with anyone who represents a more conservative position on a subject.

NPMSNBC or CNNPR would be more befitting than NPR, because NPR only takes the side of a portion of the "public".

After the Juan Williams debacle, you would think that NPR would have changed its ways, but sadly, nothing has improved in giving its listeners a truly objective source of information.

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PBS Newshour Feminist/African American bias

California
Feedback:

Judy Woodruff and Sara Just have ruined the PBS Newshour and should be replaced as soon as possible. As a liberal and longtime viewer, I have watched the quality deteriorate drastically since they took over. Their brazen feminist/African American bias is a disgrace to PBS and responsible journalism. They relentlessly push their agenda far beyond the pale in their selection of reporters and stories, with women totally dominating the program night after night ad nauseam. Even though African Americans constitute only about 13% of our population, Woodruff and Just devote a much larger percentage of the stories to them, excluding other minorities and whites from equal coverage. To call their work fair and balanced is ludicrous. They only prove the point that given power women are just as abusive and discriminatory as men.

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All Creatures Great And Small

Maryland
Feedback:

The remake of this program is a travesty! I have read Herriots books, and unless his autobiography was a total lie, I think that he would be devastated to see how his story is being told.

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Bob Ross Paintings

Alabama
Feedback:

I am interested in purchasing a Bob Ross oil painting. I was told by my local PBS station that you station may possibly have painting

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It's good to be the king

Indiana
Feedback:

There was the wh produced production for the ...spirit of the season ...it was curious for several reasons including joe and Jill as only in person audience? No hunter, Ashley, James, whomever. It seemed like the only group not included in performers, asians. The two male performers with aviation frames, and the he one performer wore a black garment and was oversized. From room to room and the different acts. So a country singer included for a season spirit song makes up for the gaps in the artists and content. No Michael buble for sample. And the honoring of public safety, military, etc, and jll speaks, as joe looked ...presidential.. and with few actual words. The persons that were killed at bagram and victims of drone strike were included. And joe spoke with seasons greetings only hours after a completely different tone to his words . Again, the sole presence of joe and Jill to be on camera and present for performers? The handlers put on the wh production, and more than one take to get the proper sincere tone and no gaffs? The fact that there are more to come, and the things he, administration, and democrats can do? Success here too is subject to definition. The inflation, higher costs, plus, and the divisiveness that is so present, and the course we are on.

Margaret Prescott

California
Feedback:

She needs to stop lying and fear mongering. This does not help the cause. She’s out of control and sounds hysterical on her broadcasts. We need clear, truthful broadcasting.

A "CHRISTMAS MIRACLE" Channel ABC 33/40

Alabama
Feedback:

I have a question I hope you can help me with. A news station in Alabama has aired a story that I know without a single doubt is a lie, is one sided, and was not checked for accuracy in the slightest. The other party involved is accused of theft of a dog, which is a lie to cover up other facts to avoid the worker at a shelter getting in trouble. The other person has been harassed by strangers, had her daughter who is 12 posted on social media along with their home address by total strangers who were also harassing through messenger (Facebook) and she had animal control called to investigate her animals, and was also harassed and threatened bby police officers (2 that I know of) all because she went to the shelter got the dog and took it to the vet. She DID lie to get the dog by claiming it as hers because in order to get it out of the shelter, she needed to claim it because it was on a stray hold. The dog is 14 years old and the vet said it was severely mistreated through neglect, they removed teeth that were necrotic, a sebaceous mass on the dogs back, and gave the person meds to treat a skin infection and also staph. When the dog was treated, she picked it up from the vet and was home for a few minutes before the human shelter called her and started threatening her. She went there to speak with the people and she admitted to the lie and she apologized. She told them she would give the dog back but didn''t bring it with her because it was just out of surgery and she had 5 children with her. AT that point her boyfriend was threatened because he had outstanding tickets and she was told he would go to jail. She was told they would arrest her for taking the dog because it was a felony, which it is NOT. The dog would need to be worth over $250 for a felony charge and I don't know a single person in their right mind who would pay that for a neglected 14 year old dog that was rotting from the inside out. The channel ABC 33/40 aired a supposed ' FEEL GOOD CHRISTMAS' story detailing how the owner who was responsible for the original pathetic condition of the animal got the dog back after it had been "missing" for 12 days. We don't know how long the shelter had the dog but I do know that they are lying about everything, right down to the fact that she gave them paperwork saying the dog belonged to her (Obviously she couldn't do that if the dog DIDN't belong to her, which she'd already said.) The "journalist" did not attempt to contact the person to get the other side of the story or to check facts. Now this young girl is STILL having her information posted on social media along with the pictures of her children. I am drafting a letter to send the Cynthia Gould, who is responsible for the story, explaining this to her and telling her to retract the story because I am absolutely fully prepared to sue on behalf of the girl in the middle of this gang of old ladies. I am also including the caveat that she is more than welcome to re-publish the story when she has all her facts. I am well aware that the 1st gives permission to report the news, it does not however give any news station the right to publish or prepetuate false information or to defame another individual. Is there anything else that I should include befor sending the communication? I would appreciate your help and I certainly appreciate the mission CPD.

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Live stream

Texas
Feedback:

I haven't had a working television since the switch to HD in 2009 or so. I try to watch PBS' live stream, but it constantly stops. If I reload the page, I miss parts of the show, but sometimes it won't restart itself, so I have to reload the page.

Perhaps PBS needs a name change, since it really isn't a public broadcast anymore.

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Short segment on St. Nicholas on Ch. 25 @7am on Dec. 13, 2021

New York
Feedback:

There was a short segment on St. Nicholas on Ch. 25 in New York @7am today. It came on after the broadcast of the exercise show Sit and Be Fit and I found it objectionable as a Catholic. In trying to separate the history of the (Turkish) Bishop St. Nicholas from the commercial Santa Claus it was disrespectful in portraying him as a tyrant. And when discussing how Amercans perceive him, it stated "America was too late for the whole saint thing." The graphics were also derogatory. Please stop attacking Christianity. Thank you.

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PBS Newshour and Judy Woodruff

Massachusetts
Feedback:

We respect Judy Woodruff tremendously, but her dour tone and political bias toward minorities is becoming monotonous on a daily basis. Stephanie Tsai asks better questions and Amna Navazz is very good as a regular host. Please let her retire gracefully from the nightly desk and concentrate on special pieces.

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Why CPB is paying BBC?

Texas
Feedback:

Why is PBS/NPR paying BBC? Why did BBC have Alan Dershowitz on commenting on conviction of Ghislaine Max (https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59828961)? Not even Sky (no) News had Dershowitz on, but BBC did! Why the Corp. for Public paying BBC (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/19/bbc-strikes-deal-with-pbs-to-create-factual-programmes)?

I posted the above to kera.org at its contact/feedback page.

Regards, Aram Azadpour Grapevine, TX

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Announcers

Pennsylvania
Feedback:

I am very unhappy with the changes that have been made on NPR and my station WHYY. I liked the professionalism of the past announcers. WHYY has new people all day who treat us like we want to be all familiar and folksy. I am all for change if the integrity of the station is not compromised. I am missing David Green and Noel King.

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Fund raising

Georgia
Feedback:

We are very attached to a number of your weekly programs. What we can't understand is why, when you are doing your semi-annual fund drives, you take the programs we look forward to off the air and put paid infomercials on worthless, uninteresting subjects like dieting, health, and finances that go on forever! All it does is turn us off to yourfundraising and we go elsewhere until the fund raising is over.

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pbs evening news

Massachusetts
Feedback:

The volume on PBS evening news is very poor, especially when compared to other pbs programs and or other networks. Judy Woodward in particular is often barely audible. Is there diff we're rent audio equipment for pbs evening news? Have you recieved any similar comments? This has been th he case for at least 2 yrs. Thank you Victor C

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About Your Shows

Oregon
Feedback:

Dear The Corporation For The Public Broadcasting,

I like your shows and your web sites. Hope you're doing well.

Sincerely, Harrison

The News Hour

Colorado
Feedback:

Judy Woodruff is one of the most talented and intelligent interviewers in the television world. She is deliberate, balanced and fair at all times and with all guests appearing on The News Hour. Unlike many in the news business, she is also non- ideological.

Dish tv

Indiana
Feedback:

How can I get wtiu on dish TV in Clinton iN? Two pbs channels now available are out most of the time.

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Buil Back Better

Feedback:

The second largest cost of BBB is the DALT provision. PBS Newshour appears to intentionally avoid talking about SALT to sell the bill to the public. PBS can’t use public money to advance socialist agenda. There are to many critical thinkers and please stop insulting our intelligence.

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PBS Newshour

New Jersey
Feedback:

We’re really not enjoying Gary Abernathy as the excellent Jonathan Capehart’s commentary partner. For example, using Democrat Party instead of Democratic is both childish and provocative, as his is smirking. Surely you can do better.

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High cost of PBS

Florida
Feedback:

When I was young, shows on PBS were free. Now, in order to watch most of your programming, I must pay a couple hundred dollars per year to become a member. So in effect, you have become a very expensive pay channel. Why the change in policy?

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Amna Nawaz

Maine
Feedback:

Nawaz is a terrible wanna-be-anchor whose staccato, machine gun delivery is at least off-putting and disrupts the kind of calm insight Woodruff has brought for years. If Nawaz takes Judy's seat you have lost my viewership and membership as well as those of my circle of friends who share my dislike. I am amazed that someone hasn't taken her aside and retrained her from her network supercharged delivery--she bounces in her seat!!. I would appreciate a response as I have written you all several times and have received NADA.

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Cancellation of Eastenders in the US ,on December 11,2021

Virginia
Feedback:

Why is EASTENDERS being cancelled, on December 11,2021,in the United States.?

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Molly of Denali Racism

Florida
Feedback:

For the first time, I saw an episode of Molly of Denali the other night with my 7 year old. I was absolutely appalled at the blatant racism in that episode. An episode meant to "teach" children not to stereotype and make condescending comments toward a race did exactly that. If the way we teach children to be less racist is to teach stereotyping, then I'm confused as to how you think this kind of programming is working.

So let me explain what I saw. Two ultra white guys come in, known as "the Tourists" and suddenly they're making comments to the kids about not looking very native, suggesting that they should have native clothing on and in a round about way questioning whether the mom as a woman is capable of flying them around on a touring trip. At the end of the show, the white guys apologize. Now anyone with half an understanding of racism sees that this is the narrative constantly being painted by the media. Get the white guy to apologize. They're ignorant.

But let me ask a question, what happens to kids who have a native mom and a white dad? Are they to be ashamed of their white dad? I mean he must not be so racist to have married a native women? Have you thought about the psychology around this in terms of how confusing this can be to a mixed race child? Are they supposed to pick a side? This is wrong on so many levels.

Secondly, could two black Americans not have walked in and been equally as "ignorant" as these white guys? Are you assuming that every other race besides white guys would be more "aware" and less "racist". You kid yourselves to think that all races don't stereotype. I've seen black Americans insult first generations Africans. Let's not put other races on a more racially aware pedestal.

I saw right through this episode. I explained to my children how racist this episode was and that it was the wrong way to teach appreciation for other cultures. Thank you for showing children exactly the fact that this is an agenda not laced in real concern for cultural appreciation. Thank you for making my kids feel like their daddy who has been many places in the world and has worked with many different cultures is a white male full of racist tendencies and uncertain of how to respect other cultures.

Good job on furthering the racist divide.

I would love to hear from someone on this because this is very damaging psychology laced in a cutesy children's program.

Heather L.

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Eastenders

Minnesota
Feedback:

November 2021 To whom it may concern, I am so sad that Eastenders will no longer be airing on PBS/TPT Channel 2. I stared watching in 1985 and have been ever since. I was 17 at the time and helped to fill a void in my life, that was 36 years ago. As I got older I supported Eastenders monetarily when I was able to do so. I know it is just a TV show, but the characters and re-ocurring cast members have been like 'family' and in a sense some of them I have grown up with, mourned the death of characters both on the show in real life ....and been joyful with their accpmlishments too. All good things come to end I guess, and this is just another one of those things in life that is ending. I will truly miss the story....and to all the actors and characters of Eastenders that have been so much a part of my life for so long, I wish you all well in the rest of your journeys, sadly I will not be able to follow yours....... Sincerely Lynn (Blomster) Schultz

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Pledge Drive Host Names

Illinois
Feedback:

I'd like to know the names of the two pledge drive hosts during "Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age" on WTTW in Chicago.

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The Newshour with Judy Woodruff

California
Feedback:

The results of the election in Virginia and President Biden's sinking poll numbers are indicators of what the electorate not only feel about the Biden agenda, but the whole campaign in the media to cancel any alternative perspectives on the important issues facing voters. People want The McNeil Lehrer Newshour brought back. I fondly remember The PBS Newshour with McNeil/Lehrer. The best part of the program were the lively debates moderated by both of the two hosts, as well as Judy Woodruff herself. Sadly, Judy does not seem to have been positively influenced, as evidenced by the one sided biased reporting dominating the program 99.9%. Woodruff stifles debate and seems to have an anti Male agenda. Is she allergic to heterosexual males, sure seems that way to me. I guess woodruff does not believe men count for much anymore in the so called "me too" generation, AKA a Blood Libel.

There is no reforming this bunch. I object to any public funds going to this program, with all due respect.

WM, RN

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Newshour

Maine
Feedback:

Time for Judy Woodruff to retire; long past time. Her gratuitious comments distract from interviews. Please get on with it. Give Amna the job.

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Valley PBS

California
Feedback:

Hello,

I’m wondering if the CPB is aware of what’s happening to the Valley PBS station in Central California. It appears to have been taken over by local conservative business interests and has been producing programming that looks increasingly like corporate agribusiness infomercials.

The current CEO (an openly politically partisan figure on social media) owns the production company the station pays to produce these programs, and they were underwritten by an agribusiness lobbyist who also sits on the station’s board.

It was reported today that vacancies on the board were filled with five more conservative businesspeople. Is there anything the CPB can do to prevent a takeover like this by commercial interests?

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Passport

Florida
Feedback:

My husband has given over $600.00 to WSRE and Alabama Public TV. And received NO information on Passport. What’s up with that?

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PBS Newshour

Virginia
Feedback:

Gary Abernathy is the antithesis of David Brooks. Please, bring in Gerson to fill in for Brooks. There was no PBS civility in the Capehart/Abernathy exchange. Big disappointment.

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Judy Woodruff

Missouri
Feedback:

It's long past time for Judy to retire. She stumbles over her awful words, she can't control the interview and asks the most gosh awful questions. I will no longer donate to PBS while she is employed.

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Political programming, e.g., in New Jersey, Steve Adubato

New Jersey
Feedback:

I have, for as long as I can remember, been a staunch supporter of PBS . I have always contributed to the Pennsylvania and New Jersey channels. (I live on the borderline of both states.) I have noticed, that gradually, over the past 5-6 years, PBS political programming leans seriously towards obviously favoring and supporting Democrats, choosing to give no air time to anyone else. I can only assume that they cater to the wealthy democrats in our rich state, for example, Bergen County (New York suburbanites). I have decided I will no longer support such a media. I work hard for my money and cannot compete with your wealthy clientele. I now watch foreign broadcasts on regular channels, where I get a unbiased and global perspective. The US media has a lot to learn from foreign broadcasting, were they give us honest reporting without favoritism or their personal opinion.

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PBS News Hour

Massachusetts
Feedback:

As a regular listener to PBS News Hour, I appreciate your comprehensive and unbiased coverage of the climate crisis. My concern is that having partial sponsorship by BNSF Railroad might be a conflict of interest as they are one of the biggest transporters of fossil fuels in the US. While I understand that financial support of PBS is important, I think that there is also a priority to be true to ones message.

Again,I appreciate your commitment to the presentation of quality and consequential news each night. I encourage your conversation on this important topic.

Sincerely, Daniel Price

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Jobline

Alaska
Feedback:

I love the CPB jobline. I use it all the time. I have a full-time job that I love and don't plan on leaving soon, but it's interesting to see what's out there. But I hate that most companies don't list actual salaries. It's a big waste of time to apply for jobs that you end up not being able to take because of the low salary. It's also about transparency. Please start requiring companies to at least list a salary range.

Program feedback

Alabama
Feedback:

I want to have some Privacy

KPBS

California
Feedback:

I've been a listener of KPBS since the late 90's. I've appreciated the programming and even agreed with the 'liberal bias,' and when I didn't, I thought that at least KPBS tried to present both sides. I'm no longer of that opinion. After the Trump presidency something happened to the reporting, it started becoming more partisan. To a degree, I think it was a natural reaction to Trump's presidency. But then the George Floyd murder came and KPBS broke. It's reporting fully adopted what Wesley Yang dubbed the "successor ideology." In other words, KPBS went full "woke" and started incessantly analysing everything through identity. At this point, when it comes to any topics related to identity politics, I consider KPBS a biased promoter of this ideology. While even a few years ago I would have been a fierce defender of this news station, I would now support eliminating public funding for it alltogether, as it no longer tries to provide unbiased news. A public news station should be providing facts not pushing an ideological agenda, by selectively reporting only certain view points. It should especially not be pushing an agenda that pits different groups of Americans against one another or vilifies large groups of people based on this skin color, sex or EVEN political affiliation. I don't think I can ever forgive you. Nothing short of multiple apologies to the American people would suffice. And a return to reporting that respects all groups of the American people.

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you are helping globalists take our freedom with our own money

Texas
Feedback:

congratulations: bigger liars, fools, lazy crowdthinkers, and useful idiots cannot be found.

Washington week

Feedback:

Each Friday some panelists refer to Dj trump as President trump and mike pence as VP. THEY NO LONGER HAVE THOSE TITLES. PLEASE refer to them correctly going forward.

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Please explain why the BBC Studios Suddenly Decided to No Longer Make Eastenders available to the US

New York
Feedback:

Why is PBS (or CPB) not negotiating for the continued airing of the British Series, “Eastenders” on WLIW PBS TV, as it has done so for at least 20 + years? Don’t you owe a bit more of an explanation to your loyal views/donors? This program has aired for decades in American and at least 12 or more years longer in England - as the British are way ahead of us in taping and the airing of the Eastenders series.

We are shocked that WLIW PBS TV suddenly notified us (on Oct. 12, 2021) at the end of this past week’s Eastenders that they are dropping the program and the last episode will be airing on Nov 18, 2021. This was WLIW’s written statement, which was snuck in at the end of the program: “Unfortunately, BBC Studios, the show's distributor, can no longer make EastEnders available in the U.S. TPT's last available episode will air on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Thank you to the many TPT Members who have specifically helped make this program possible to so many fans in our community.”

That was shocking! Why can’t BBC Studios suddenly make EastEnders available in the US? There is no explanation as to why BBC Studios has done this? Is it a money issue? If so, why not share the reason with the viewers? There are many loyal fans of the show in the US that have watched Eastenders for decades and it is like the rug has been pulled out from underneath us. Why have they not even given their viewers/donors a better understanding as to the reasons they can not negotiate a deal with BBC Studios? Isn’t there anything WLIW loyal viewers / donors can do, as a group – if PBS asks for our help?

In the past, EastEnders was almost pulled the show, but they were straight with their viewers, so the viewers donated the needed money and the programing continued. What can we do to stop this from happening once again? It’s not like the creators of Eastenders discontinued creating the show, they are way ahead of us with previously created episodes in the UK. We have friends in England who watch EastEnders several times a week and there is no talk there about pulling the show. This seems very unfair to us in the USA. My husband and I have been watching Eastenders for over 20 years. I realize it is only a soap opera, but we are rather “addicted” to the show, the characters, and the exciting story lines. It seems rather mean spirited and thoughtless to do this to your viewers/donors when we have been long time viewers and supporters of Eastenders and PBS.

What can we do to reverse this decision?? Please be straight with us as to why suddenly the BBC Studies (the show’s distributor) can no longer make Eastenders available to the US. Is it a political discrepancy or financial, are they understaffed and can not do it any longer? Surely with some diplomacy or money, the issue may be resolved. Please give us more than a thank you and goodbye!

Sincerely,

Patricia Mattone and Frank Pedagno

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Programming

Michigan
Feedback:

I live to see the British shows at 9 to 11 Sat. nights , and I turn on your station , and there's a football game on , when As time Goes By and Doc Martin are scheduled. Very disappointed to miss what you have on your announced schedule.

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WOODRUFF

Pennsylvania
Feedback:

SHE ASKS SOFTBALL QUESTIONS AND HAS NO BUSINESS BEING THE MAIN NEWS READER ALL SHE SEEMS TO DO IS LOAD PBS NEWS WITH YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE NOT EXPERIENCED and pander to them

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Too much partisan politics coming from PBS Newshour

Washington
Feedback:

In just a few words: Judy Woodruff and Yamich Alcindor have to go. Let them move to liberal talk radio, just not a legitimate news source like the Newshour has always been until now. I’m nauseated every time I see them. I have moved to ABC Nightly News and am considering stopping my automatic donations to my local station.

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Unable to Log In

Pennsylvania
Feedback:

Hi,

I have an employer account that I use to post jobs. For the past week or so, whenever I try to log in, I get an error saying "access denied". Can you please help? My employer email is mmasood@whyy.org. Thanks!

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Henry Louis Gates

California
Feedback:

He’s a Race bater! He only tells half of the truth! Conveniently leaves out facts about Black Slave owners?? His guests are all one sided! Pretty much all of your programming is very one sided! I no longer watch PBS Programming. unbelievably biased!

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Integrity

Feedback:

I’m 49 , life long listener Middle class white American. I’m a news hound. Multiple sources. Its become completely obvious that WSHU is very bios and completely blue. I’m neither red nor blue. Shame on WSHU in particular. I still trust NPR.

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PBS Great Performances Broadcast of Metropolitan Opera Live Performance of Verdi’s Requiem on September 11, 2021

Massachusetts
Feedback:

Cutting out the last moments of this broadcast was a breach of trust between PBS and the public which funds the network. The live broadcast was a deeply meaningful experience for many of us who needed the solace of the Requiem to acknowledge our grief on the national day of mourning. The insensitivity of cutting off the performance before the climax was appalling. I urge you to issue a public apology for this terrible error, and re-broadcast the performance free of charge to the affiliates for several weeks. I assume that you have heard from many corporate sponsors who are unhappy about this insensitive episode, and I can assure you that I will re-consider my support for PBS unless there is a public apology to both the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and those of us who were very offended by the abrupt and callous ending to a most meaningful spiritual performance in memoriam for the terrible loss of life on September 11, 2001. Sincerely, Kathleen Atkinson Nahant, Massachusetts

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programmed music

California
Feedback:

On my latest BMI statement I found the following line item: "CPB WEB MUSIC Title: FOX-COLORLESS SKY BECAME FOG Work no.: 008097257 Use: FF Performance count: 5,575 Period: 20211" With this high a performance count, this is obviously a piece of mine that's used for some sort of recurring purpose--perhaps a show intro or promo. So, I'm simply idly curious about what show or promo it's been used for. Thanks. Jim Fox

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PBS Newshour

New York
Feedback:

I continue to find Yamiche Alcindor a very annoying presence on PBS. I do not doubt her credentials or the depth of her information and coverage, BUT I CANNOT LISTEN TO HER... She simply TALKS TOO FAST... SHE DOES NOT TAKE A BREATH. She seems like a nervous accomplished student who cannot spill out her information fast enough. She really stands out against all the other reporters as a negative and often prompts me to change the channel. I'm baffled why you continue to engage her as I don't believe my response is an unusual one.

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PBS NewsHour

September 14, 2021
Feedback:

I'm very disappointed in Judy Woodruff's interview of Senator Barrasso. She shouldn't have given him so much time and given him such a voice. I'm very disappointed in Judy Woodruff. 

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NPR News

September 12, 2021
Feedback:

I just read this article titled "Idaho's Hospitals Are Overwhelmed, But Many Locals Remain Skeptical Of Vaccines" posted on NPR early this morning, September 12, 2021. It doesn't have the name of the author listed. It credits the story being produced by the Mountain West Bureau. It doesn't have anything about where they got this information. It doesn't have anything about quotes from where they got this information and numbers and data. I talked to a hospital this morning and they denied their ICU beds were 100% full. They said that their hospital beds have not been full since the beginning of the pandemic. The research I've done for my piece, I've found conclusively different facts. There is only one truth. 

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Programming Information

August 27, 2021
Feedback:

We have a radio in Liberty, Maine and it works pretty well. I don't know if the presentation of Beethoven's Ninth is going to be available anywhere in Maine. I would appreciate some information about that. 

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Public Radio in Alabama

August 25, 2021 from AL
Feedback:

I'm calling from Huntsville, Alabama. I'm listening to your station in Tuscaloosa. You are playing my favorite Beethoven piece and I'm loving it! Thank you so much. 

Programming Suggestion

August 21, 2021
Feedback:

I'm suggesting special programming in light of the evacuation of Afghanistan and Americans rethinking why we go to war, what that means, what it means to try to get out of a war, where the sacrifices in vain, etc. I'm watching your folk music special right now. I think, in the past, you ran a special on how music affected our nation. I haven't seen you run that again. I really liked it. That's the kind of thing you could pull out or extrapolate from. The idea would be for people who get the message that peace is better than war and not to get sucked into wars unnecessarily, or help create them, or even have the consciousness of the energy which helps create them. You can contemplate how to do this and it's not restricted to one program. The rest of the programming out there keeps getting worse. I hope that you can be a beacon of light for humanity, the viewing public. I hope that more people will watch PBS. Seize the moment. This is when more people are attuned to the war versus peace issue. 

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Newshour

August 17, 2021
Feedback:

On the Newshour they had Amy Walter on. She was referring to the image from Charlottesville as if that was the summation of all people think of when thinking of him. Why does she continue to repeat a lie? Even someone as slimy as Jake Tapper indicated that it was just a lie. If you look at the context of what he said, he never said the Nazis were good people. That's clearly just a false narrative that the left continues to lie about. That's clearly a false narrative that the left continues to lie about and even Jake Tapper can't stand the fact that his colleagues continue to repeat something that isn't true over and over. I don't know how you live with yourself, you're intelligent people. 

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Programming Complaint

Feedback:

My name is Kate Budlong. I am on the West Coast, subject to PBS SoCal. They seem to have completely gone over to commercial sponsors and allowing hours and hours of commercial programming - Suze Orman, or whatever she calls herself; the pseudo-medicine MD; and all kinds of basic garbage science. I was told by one of their operators that they are allowed to do this because they were corporate sponsors. I thought, "wait a minute, what's the difference between this and any other corporate sponsor that gets a minute at a time." Their pledge drives are filled with these things, discrediting all the really valuable programs that PBS is famous for. I think they should lose their nonprofit status because they are certainly not a nonprofit anymore and not a service to the community. 

 

 

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PBS NewsHour

August 5, 2021
Feedback:

I was wondering why Judy never mentioned variants of Lambda, variants sweeping through South America. It seems like totally incomplete reporting. 

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Technical Concerns

Feedback:

I was calling to find out what happened to Northwest Public Broadcasting. It went downtown before noon today and is still down. I was wondering if it was because of wildfires, but I hope nobody was hurt. I really love your shows. I watch Ken Burns's "Country Music." 

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How to fund good journalism

Feedback:

The continuing decline in advertising revenue is reducing quality in the news media, and reducing the number of jobs for journalists. A number of people have proposed that the state should fill the funding gap. Below I propose a scheme to do this. https://the-visionary.w3spaces.com/journalism.html#main-points Never click on a link somebody sends you in an email. Copy this link and paste it into the address bar of your browser.

No sound on tv at 6:45pm

Tennessee
Feedback:

What is wrong with the sound on our tv

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washington week in review

California
Feedback:

We are great fans of Washington Week. But we find it very hard to listen to Yamiche Alcindor, not because of what she says but how she says it. She seems to mumble and misspeak and her speech problems interfere with the delivery of her message. PLEASE give her a speech coach. She needs help. Maybe she is a stutterer.

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Why are majority of producers from one political party?

New Jersey
Feedback:

If P stands for Public why are the vast majority of PBS producers and their content liberal?

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9-11 coverage

Feedback:

.. or the lack there of. My cable provider is going to block PBS, CNN, and MSNBC as a result of liberal journalistic malpractice. No, Fox is no better, but they didn't have Mr. Capehart lament that conservatives were a far greater than any other external threat. Like comparing a made for TV event like Jan. 6th to 9-11. You people are disgusting.

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PBS

District Of Columbia
Feedback:

Washington DC 911 live white house press Secretary talking about 911

Pbs white house press briefing in prass 911 day set 11 at 9.00 am . Et on pbs newshour

Telephone contact information

New Jersey
Feedback:

To whom it may concern: I have been a fan of PBS for more Han the 30 plus years that my dear Mother was watching Julia Child. I had become a teacher and told so many about it and the wonderful programs available "back in the dark ages". When I did Vol Work at McCRter Theater in Princeton I did the same. I tell you this only because I still only watch you and the daily news. The big however. you are now too complicated for me to navigate and get in touch with,sad to say. I live in Ewing Twp, N.J. and I did call from time to time but that again what happened? The number is gone and no was answering recently when it was available. I even had my daughter (who now lives in Cambridge,Ma. doing vol work while growing up and at home Would be pleased to hear from you. Eileen D

CPB bias?

New York
Feedback:

The reason so many of you think the CPB is liberal is because it is right. The right way to improve society happens to be "liberal" policies. The opposite side wrongly referred to as conservative is wrong about many of their espoused ideas. If you pit "real" liberals and conservatives in a debate on the air, the liberals would crush the conservatives. These right wing ideas are self-serving and power hungry and bankrupt. Not popular. So that is why CPB appears to be liberal. Do you think the Constitution is a conservative document? No.

WETA

Maryland
Feedback:

Please please please give radio host Linda Carducci another time segment and not the morning slot when I love to listen in. As the mother of a special needs young adult son, her condescending voice is obnoxious, patronizing, and doesn't sound unlike some of the many inclusion teachers my son has had over the years. From Wagner to Beethoven I cringe at her introduction and wait for the day she will extol "Good Job!" after one of her selections. PS: Carducci plays too many waltzes -- no wonder young people feel so disconnected from "white" classical music and no wonder I have to turn off WETA until 10AM when, mercifully, Carducci, vanishes from the air waves.

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Fall of Afghanistan reporting

Maryland
Feedback:

I am increasingly disappointed with Judy Woodruff as anchor of the PBS Newshour. Her report tonight on the fall of Afghanistan was particularly hollow. Please give us a fresh format with new anchors, perhaps returning to the show's original co-anchor format. Amna Nawaz and William Brangham would be welcomed replacements. Thank you. Louis D.

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afghanistan coverage August 16, 2021

Georgia
Feedback:

I watch the newshour most nights and respect the coverage. I was very disappointed at the biased reporting on Afghanistan, particularly from the woman reporting from the country. It was irrational, with little value except the emotional aftermath of a weak government collapsing. I expect reporting that looks at more than one perspective on the issue!

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Thumping noise on Newshour

California
Feedback:

What is the thumping noise that you hear during Newshour? It’s like someone is thumping a pencil on a desk?

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lawrence welk

Virginia
Feedback:

My wife and I have enjoyed watching The Lawrence Welk Show reruns on Saturday night on our local PBS station, WCVE, Richmond, VA. Without warning, they dropped LW from the schedule. Is it ever coming back? Thank you.

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News Hour

California
Feedback:

Why aren’t you doing the Friday Covid memorials anymore? I thought that was beautiful and a good reminder of what people are going through.

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Programming

California
Feedback:

Im tired of having to pay to watch PBS at all and then my local shows or just crap and the shows that I want to watch I have to pay a separate fee and join a club it used to be perfect that on the weekends it was as time goes by follow up with some other British comedies and now they're gone and it's just one-sided political crap mostly against Republicans

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Judy Woodruff

Minnesota
Feedback:

We watch the Newshour consistently, serving as our best source of truthful and balanced news and insights. However, for the past six months or so, it seems as though Judy has developed an attack mode interviewing style that is off-putting. Is this a ratings increase effort dreamed up by management to be more competitive or is it simply another example of the erosion of the integrity of our discourse? Civility is difficult and cannot be earned by cordiality at the end of an interview. We know you can do much better because we've seen it from her over the years.

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most of yout crap

Illinois
Feedback:

wow sometimes the same program is on two stations at the same time reruns are great , some times even in the same week but not 3 times a week do much crap, the ridiculous “dr” Amen. whats next voodoo pracrice. commercials are understandable, but dont the Koch bros already make money without USING public tv. its what used to be like an unbiased gift to all but now youve just sold your soul

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continual activation

Florida
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if public broadcasting is free why should i have to activate each time i would like to watch programing way too much trouble and would seem that it becomes arduous for those people who only watch infrequently i have been watching pbs for fifty years and iti has become a nightmare, . why do i need a password when my taxes pay for PUBLIC tv

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Advertising

Wisconsin
Feedback:

I am SO disappointed advertising has come to public television. How can these companies say they are contributors/benefactors when we are forced to watch their advertising. Not OK.

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Newshour

Oregon
Feedback:

How bout having a conservative viewpoint since your liberal biased news is taxpayer funded. David is a flaming liberal. Sad. Please provide balance. You do not. Cape hart and Brooks are only giving the liberal media perspective and spins left and does not ask any hard questions. Sad. No press inquisitiveness, just spew liberal blather. Please hire someone that represents the other 50% of America. McNeil and Leyer are vomiting Woodruff and Brooks in projectile fashion.

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Music performance rights for indy TV program on a PBS affiliate.

Alabama
Feedback:

As an indy producer, are the song performed in a program I provide to a PBS affiliate covered under the CPB music rights umbrella under which PBS affiliates operate? Thanks.

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Pakistani perspective of Afghanistan Judy Woodruff style

New York
Feedback:

After totally eschewing PBS for over a year due to overt political bias, I watched Judy Woodruff interview Prime Minister Khan tonight. She was absolutely fantastic; calm, with no bias, very informative. Where had she gone? I will listen tune in again to see if we are finally able to listen and learn something rather than cringe from overtly hostile body language and supercilious questioning on PBS. I have yet to hear Yamiche....

Negative comments about PBS programming

California
Feedback:

I doubt seriously that negative comments about PBS programming and/or its purported bias are submitted by regular viewers, but rather are submitted as part of a campaign to defund public broadcasting waged by political factions that live in a “post reality” world in which ideology trumps, so to speak, a genuine concern for a reliable picture of the world as it is instead of how they have been led to believe it should be. What these commentators have in common is an unwillingness to accept that political reality is under no obligation to be either reassuring or pleasant. In my judgment, based on four decades of teaching and researching mass media, public broadcasting (whether television or radio) is to a democracy as a clean water and good air quality are to a healthy community.

I support CPB, but you need a new tag line

Connecticut
Feedback:

Hello:

I absolutely support the mission and the role of CPB. I am a longtime contributor to public broadcasting and have NO problem with my taxes going to CPB.

That said, as a retired communications person, I find your long-time tagline laughable: "A Private Corporation Funded by the American People” is an oxymoron. If it is funded by the American people, it is by definition, NOT a private company. A private company is funded by shareholders. Or customers. Or donors. Or benefactors. Or trusts. Or venture capital. Or private equity. You are funded by the public. And NOT by volunteers but by taxpayers, whether they like it or not.

As I said, I like it and support it.

But in a time where alternative facts have run of the rhetorical landscape, your attempt to have it both ways comes off as naïve at best and downright dishonest at worst.

Bill Baker

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PBS NewsHour

July 8, 2021
Feedback:

I like Stephanie Sy and the article she did on homelessness.

Capitol Fourth

July 6, 2021
Feedback:

We were very disappointed with the Capitol Fourth presentation with how they had such a divisive song at the very end. It does nothing to unite the nation, in fact, it does quite the contrary. We have one national anthem and not two. As long as people who are at the top of their world and jobs and education and are doing very well are in your face trying to say they don't have anything. If they're the problem and they are presenting this, look in the mirror and say I made it in this country. Why are we trying to divide it by saying it's not possible to make it when it certainly is. We're not a systemic racist country. We are a country that has made mistakes, but a country that deserves better than to have two national anthems. It was very disappointing and we won't be watching it again. 

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Brooks and Capehart program on PBS

Minnesota
Feedback:

This program used to be my favorite feature Friday evening. Capehart is such a mouthpiece for Biden and Kamala Harris and so strident in the Democrat propaganda that I have elected to turn off the program when it appears on Friday evening. Mark Shields or is remarkable in his broad perspective on politics. Capehart is just a Democrat who loves to spin the spending siren song.. I am so sorry that he was chosen to be the spokesperson on your Friday evening feature. Thank you, Fred Winston

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The weak Strength of the SF PBS Signal

South Dakota
Feedback:

I live At xx, and there is no PBS signal. Zero. Even using 2 Antennas. What excuse is there for any city in America not to provide enough PBS signal strength to reach the whole community? None. Especially since the people have already paid for the PBS services. ? The correct Answer should be, OK we at PBS Will Double And Triple and Quadruple and daily increase the transmitter signal output. Hurray. Kw.

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idea for a public option social media platform

Maryland
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This message and attachment came to the OIGemail hotline. The OIG has responded that it is not our area of responsibility. OIG is forwarding here so that you can send to either strategy and innovation or some other department.

OIG and Board of Directors CPB, I am a 79 year old grandfather……My wife and I, like you and the rest of the Country, are very concerned about Facebook.

There is increasing attention and frustration regarding the negative and even destructive, aspects of this problematic social media platform but few viable ideas to “clean up” the problems.

How about considering a unique approach that doesn’t threaten First Amendment free speech rights and gives people a choice??

I am asking you to consider legislation that would create the possibility of a Public Option Social Media Platform. A nonprofit platform that would offer all of the wonderful original family and friend communication options that are not problematic. There would be no advertising, no personal data collection and no ability to disseminate dangerous false news sources.

Conveniently, the vehicle for this concept already exists. As you know, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private, nonprofit entity that was created and funded by Congress in 1967. CPB’s mission is to ensure universal access, over-the-air and online, to high-quality content and telecommunications services that are commercial free and free of charge.

Just as National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) were originally designed as public options to commercial radio and television, so would this Public Social Media (PSM) option be available to those who choose to enroll. We can all remember how we, as young parents, chose Sesame Street for our children because it was available as an alternative to commercial TV programs. Why can’t today’s families have an alternative to Facebook?

There would certainly be many challenges to the development of an appropriate Public Option Social Media Platform but it sure looks like the time has come for serious consideration.

On the back is a letter, with more detail, that was never published.

Am I too naive or is this a viable option? Is it possible that we as Americans have a possible legislative solution that would allow us to have the choice to select an appropriate social media platform??

Thank you for taking the time to consider a proud grandfather’s quest for a better future for my granddaughters!

Michael Rolnick Farmington Hills, Michigan 48331 248-763-2916

The next material was attached but Rolnick said he has not sent to NYTIMES New York Times To The Editor: Revelations concerning widespread abuse by many commercially available social media platforms are deeply troubling. These huge platforms have become purveyors of false advertising, both political and commercial, have participated in providing insidious foreign influence and become vehicles for rampant cyber-bullying. Public trust has been violated in numerous ways, including the sale of private information, presumed confidential, the reliance on a lack of user understanding regarding privacy settings and a lack of legislative and self-regulation in the industry. We have all observed a failure to monitor policy and practice until finally compelled by public and political pressures. Most alarming is the willful use of the First Amendment as a shield to ignore or avoid actions that will eliminate abuse and regain public trust with ethical behavior.

There is an approach that would effectively address many of the aforementioned unacceptable realities.That approach would be a Public Option Social Media Platform. A non-profit platform that would offer all of the original family and friend communication options that are not problematic. There would be no advertising and no ability to disseminate false, dangerous or destructive news sources.

Conveniently, the vehicle for this concept already exists. According to its published goals and objectives, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private, nonprofit corporation created and funded by Congress in 1967. CPB's mission is to ensure universal access, over-the-air and online, to high-quality content and telecommunications services that are commercial free and free of charge. serve.

Just as National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) were originally designed as publjc options to commercial radio and television, so would this Public Social Media (PSM) option be available to those who choose to enroll.

It should be emphasized that this public option, as part of the Corporation For Public Broadcasting, like the proposals for a health care public insurance option, would be a choice to be made by each individual and would in no way be mandatory. In fact, there would be many who would want more than such a public option might offer and choose the commercial options that presently exist. It is also possible that enough individuals would support the public option so that market place forces could generate positive changes in the commercial environment.

There would certainly be many challenges to the development of an appropriate Public Option Social Media Platform but perhaps the time has come in this country for serious consideration.

Michael Rolnick

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Quit being liberal

Florida
Feedback:

I try to watch PBS, but more than it should happen, I have to find another station as the liberal wonks on the news come on. The majority of the programs are great, but PBS is not trustworthy with news. Stuck with documentaries and informational programming and stay away from News. And, the next time am anchor cheats for a presidential candidate, fire Her.

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Funding

Pennsylvania
Feedback:

None of the programming CPB supports interests or benefits me. Why do I have to pay for it? You should transition to an advertisement supported platform instead of using money that could be better used for the betterment of all taxpayers.

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Media/New Hour

Texas
Feedback:

YOU ARE TOO BIASED!!! My God, please stop the bias. You are definitely not serving the American People. You are partisan.

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Washington Week

Ohio
Feedback:

I appeal to Yamiche Alcindor to stop beginning her questioning of each week’s guests by saying to them that she is going to “turn to you, so-and-so. Talk to me a little bit about ….” It’s a verbal tic that is both annoyingly repetitive and uses many more words than needed to accomplish the same objectives.

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News stories

Louisiana
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I was a avid watcher of your programs. But now our sees that you only choose to petal to the left and their radical extremisms. That is not the America we love. Therefore my family and I will no longer watch your stations, programming or contribute to you and yours in any way!!!!

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Publicly funded media needs to drop its bias

California
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It is much more important for public media to get defunded than the police. Over the past five years public media has done a nosedive away from positive, culturally improving content, to slimy, bottom of your shoe, dregs of 'I'm offended' devisive content. This shouldn't be rewarded with grants and high paychecks. These 'writers' are a disease.

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Defund NPR

Washington
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We are fed up! NPR does not deserve federal funding. NPR cut down the “Declaration of Independence” and we do NOT trust anything NPR reports. NPR is anti- American and should NOT be getting grants, federal funding or any tax dollar help. We demand defunding of NPR now! Cheryl Thompson

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NPR funding

California
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It is long past time to defund NPR. It has had a biased, liberal agenda for years and now outright states such beliefs opening by holding the Declaration of Independence in derision, and at taxpayer expense.

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Nightly news

Ohio
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The background looks primitive, just a blue paper like Not sophisticated nor classy enough!

Appreciation

South Carolina
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Hello, I appreciate all y'all do for the PBS/NPR stations, I love all the programming y'all have, they're very inspirational to me, thank y'all for everything

Baseball history

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Loved the show did not appreciate 20 minutes of send us money i understand your need but 5-10 minutes max thus might be upsetting people to the point they wont support you

About Your Shows

Oregon
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Dear CPB,

I like your shows and your web sites. Hope you're doing well.

Sincerely, Harrison

The most one sided biased news that the American tax payer could ever pay for.

Iowa
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Your news sucks. It is far from objective journalism. I used to love your programming and write my senator often to convey my support for your funding. That will now stop as I am tired of my tax dollars going to a blatantly obvious partisan form of journalism. You have turned into the opinion column. Thanks but no thanks. Get your operating funding from Nancy and Chuck's super pacs and quit stealing my money to indoctrinate my child to your liberal fantasies. Good bye

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NPR facebook

Indiana
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Hello Corporation for PUBLIC Broadcasting. Your group runs on PUBLIC treasury dollars. That means PUBLIC. NPR allows me to comment. However my comments are blocked from PUBLIC view. Your fringe left wing NPR needs a course correction to fall within your PUBLIC charter rules, established by congress for the PUBLIC. Perhaps it's time to end your PUBLIC charter, since you refuse to follow the LAW established by congress. I will forward this complaint to others, lawmakers. This is what they hide, in violation of your PUBLIC charter, This is the latest fringe left wing NPR hiding stunt: Sometimes a short message is better than a book, but only if the human mind is willing to grasp. Allen West posted this: Happy Juneteenth folks, it’s the day when Blacks in Texas learned that they were free, June 19, 1865 in Galveston. But what does today mean? It’s the day when Blacks found out that the first Republican President had signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing them from the physical bondage of the Democrat Party. It was two years later, on July 4th 1867, that 150 of those same Black men met in Houston and established the Republican Party of Texas. The Democrats, in response, established the Ku Klux Klan. Today, the Democrats are economically enslaving Blacks and have turned inner city communities into modern plantations of welfare and economic dependence. Juneteenth is a celebration of why the Republican Party was established in 1854, the abolition of slavery. Only a flaming incompetent idiot would give the party of the jackass any credit for Juneteenth.

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Are you fair

New York
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Do you believe in unbiased reporting , both black and white, this country needs healing, on both sides.

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Subjects covered on your Friday Night news report 7:00 - 8:00 EST Exchange Covid death memories for Climate Change issues arou

Maine
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Since you are discontinuing the Covid - Death Memories time, the Weems, in Brunswick ME., suggest you use that slot to talk about Climate Change issues around the world. Certainly the drought and water issues in our southwest warrant critically important information as do the storms in the southeast, glacier melting in Alaska and the death of salmon in the Northwest. The list is endless. Why aren't tv newscasters talking about this most important issue. Please!!! Susan Weems

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PBS Newshour 6/22/2021

Florida
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Judy asked a question to the CA Democratic Senator using the term "marginally qualified voter" which even a Republican would not use. A voter is either qualified to vote based on an evaluation of their registration application or not. There is nothing marginal except in the eye of a racist who wants someone based on their heritage to have difficulty registering for, and casting a ballot. The Republican states are passing laws that would allow politically appointed boards to throw out ballots as Trump requested for the 2020 election. Federal oversight is necessary. Terry Kelley Jacksonville

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Fresh Air

June 24, 2021
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I'm calling in after listening in to an hour long program that was so extremely partisan and biased that I couldn't understand how a publicly-funded program could be so partisan and one-sided without offering any challenges to the perspectives they were giving. The program was Fresh Air and the topic was Critical Race Theory. They didn't ask a single person that didn't agree with Critical Race Theory what their position was. They just lambasted everybody that had an opposing view and made them sound like complete morons. If it's going to be a publicly-funded program, then they should offer both sides of the story. I think you guys should look into just how biased NPR is and consider doing something to make it so that both sides of the story are being presented and people can get a fair grasp of the situation and decide for themselves. All of the legacy media is one-sided. It would be nice if radio programs were not the same.

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Judy Woodruff

Oregon
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The anodyne and yet self-satisfied comments of Judy Woodruff are about to drive me away from watching the PBS NewsHour. I agree with those who say she must retire. Yamiche Alcindor must practice to slow down and catch her breath. So sad that listening to the NewsHour is getting to be an irritating experience. I like the content.

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Programming

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I have been thinking about donating to your pbs station but I've decided not to! I cannot donate to a station that promotes things that I don't think should be shoved down our throats! I don't care for or appreciate what you air! Even if I donated you would still air this crap! My money will NOT go towards the gay community or trans people! I'm appalled that you use people's money for this type of programming! Because of your programming and others programming you're making this look like it's okay when it's not! We don't want to see this crap and you along with other stations are shoving this crap down our throats! We are sick of hearing and seeing crap about this! You need to get back to the programming you're known for... good! You're showing crap and I'll never donate to you unless you change your programming!

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Commercials are increasing on NPR.

California
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I have noticed over the last three years that "words from out sponsors" (which I translate as "commercials") have increased to degree that is very irritating, distracting. I send in donations to my local NPR station KPCC twice a year to make sure programming continues for the "public," not commercial interests. With more commercials on all the NPR programs I Iisten to I am concerned that business interests will influence programming. The public deserves better. Was not the creation of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to provide commercial free broadcasting to the public or has that been sidetracked? Please ensure that all public broadcasting is focused on the public.

Thank you for your time, attention, funding, and overseeing public broadcasting.

P.S. I was not able to find a way to contact the Ombudsman.

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Awful bias

Illinois
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I will never watch any PBS program until the clearly biased Yamiche Alcindor is fired. There are real reporters willing to get to the bottom of where COVID-19 came from and this scum actively attacks anyone who even wants to ask questions.

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Newshour - Washington Week

Washington
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I join the chorus of longtime viewers who’ve had enough with the Newshour and Washington Week. I am a lifelong progressive and liberal. I once considered PBS the gold standard in journalism. Now I’ve quit The Newshour and Washington Week and not for a perceived liberal bias, I am unabashedly liberal. I’ve quit because the journalism is so poor, the reporters so green, the content so decidedly use enlightening. No it’s not because most of the correspondence are women, it’s because their not ready for the assignments they’ve been given. Having Yamiche Alcindor anchor Washington Week is hurtful to her and the show.

Would somebody there please pay attention to the quality of the the shows, they are nowhere near is good as they once. It’s time to clean house, retire Judy Woodfuff, find an A team of journalists, pretend it’s 60 years ago and start over.

As a lifelong viewer I’m done until you start over ~ and, after 50 years we are no longer going to contribute

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Future Funding for CPB including PBS and NPR

California
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Now seems the right time for the networks of PBS and NPR to remove the constant on-air begging from members to fund programming and ask our new President and Congress to include all funding in his newly proposed 2021 congressional bill to fund national infrastructure, now known as "The Americans Jobs Plan", Please have the member stations go into lobby overdrive. If $1.35 for each citizen, can fund 25% of the CPB budget, then $5.40 per year for each citizen, will completely fund all operations and we can get rid of those on-air public begging, as well as corporate commercials that have crept into the programming lineups. Of course many of those supporting corporations want something in return. It has now become to also share their purpose and what they do. Previously, the names of the donor corporations would suffice. $1.8 billion in Federal funding per year, would support it all. It's a huge difference from what UK residents are said to contribute: Over $400 per TV set is is charged per year for each UK citizen to support the BBC.

Escaping Eritrea programmed to be veiwed on May 4th ,2021

Delaware
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I am a regular watcher of Front Lines and NPR listener for over 30 yrs. and I learned a lot . But Escaping Eritrea ,is full of recycled lies , defamatory and debunked in 2015 . How CPB was blind sided of its responsibilities of TRUE and Unbiased contents . The Eritrean people and government work hand in hand to develop their country .It receives limited rain and prone poor harvesting or famine .Eritreans built numerous Dams the size of west Phila' and feed its people without outside assistance , has free education pre K to University .95% of its people drink clean water and have electricity , maternal-child death to 5% ,stopped genitalia mutilation . COVID19-.Everything was on lock down for 1 yr. Infected came from neighboring countries . Total 3600 infected ,3200 treated successfully ,400 in hospital and 10 fatalities .

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Changes in programs this week

Washington
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I want to know why the programs Daniel Tiger and Donkey Hodie seem to be a little less educational and a little more “commercial cartoon-y”. I find myself streaming old programs on PBS Kids instead of live TV.

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Newshour

New York
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I am a longtime viewer of the Newshour and eve all the crew, especially the new Amna Nawaz. But ever since Yamiche Alcindor joined, I have been watching less and less regularly. I find her to be a clearly biased and unpolished reporter, who also speaks too quickly to be understood.

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Not really a human rights group

Virginia
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Dear Ms. Woodruff,

On last Tuesday’s PBS Newshour (27 April 2021) News Wrap, you reported that a report critical of Israel had been prepared by Human Rights Watch (HRW), a “leading human rights group”. If only.

HRW is anything but a “leading human rights group”. Their most recent report is only one in a long line of reports regarding Israel that is based on distortions, half-truths, and out-and-out lies. So much so that in 2009, Robert Bernstein criticized HRW, the very organization that he himself founded, due to its anti-Israel fanaticism.(1)

Think about that for a second. The founder of an NGO feels compelled to publish an Op-Ed in the New York Times no less criticizing the organization he founded as they have lost their way when it came to covering Israel. That should be enough right there to not even report on anything that HRW publishes regarding Israel.

This recent HRW report does it best to unjustly attack, undermine, and demonize Israel. Not surprisingly, there is not even an attempt at balance. Nowhere in this 216-page report is there mention of any Palestinian terror attacks or suicide bombings. Without context, for instance one cannot even begin to debate Israel’s Security barrier without acknowledging its origins.

Furthermore, the “apartheid” report is authored by Omar Shakir, a known anti-Israel, pro-BDS activist. Shockingly he did no actual fact checking or investigating for his report. He simply relied on other anti-Israel NGOs to do his dirty work, so the outcome was baked before he typed his first word. Mr. Shakir likely has an ax to grind as he was forced to leave Israel due to his subversive anti-Israel activities that violated Israeli law.(2)

CAMERA has done an excellent job debunking the baseless HRW charges in this report - of water theft & discrimination, explaining Israeli’s Law of Return, and the supposed seizure of Arab lands.(3) Other organizations have exposed the fundamental flaws in this latest HRW publication as well.(4)

The report has been criticized by major media outlets as being one-sided and even disavowed by the current US administration.(5) Consequently HRW has now pivoted to say they are not actually comparing Israel to South Africa, but instead just giving apartheid a new definition.

But just wait, next week they will have a new way to slander Israel. I would hope the PBS Newshour has a more nuanced coverage on HRW by then.

Regards, ER Seidman Richmond, VA

1) https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opinion/20bernstein.html 2) https://honestreporting.com/media-fail-to-ask-tough-questions-after-preposterous-hrw-claim-about-israeli-apartheid/ 3) https://www.camera.org/article/human-rights-watch-report-maligns-israel-with-lies-on-top-of-lies/ 4) https://www.ngo-monitor.org/reports/hrws-apartheid-demonization-bds-lawfare/ 5) https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-rejects-human-rights-watchs-accusation-of-israeli-apartheid/

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Lawrence Welk

Virginia
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Seriously, Lawrence Welk on Saturday nights? This is a programming punt. What donor base are you serving by presenting these stale chestnuts? Surely, surely, you can do better. I’m 63 and Lawrence Welk was old fogey in the 1970’s...

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All of NPR

Mississippi
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I used to listen to NPR all the time while driving. I am on the highway a lot. The last week I have been keeping up with your programming and every story or at least every other story is about racial injustice, injustice toward Illegal immigrants, injustice concerning LBGTQ, basically identity politics. Even if it is a legitimate news story NPR is going insinuate how it has something to do with race, etc. even if it has nothing to do with race. It's absolutely absurd. I used to wake up to Steve Innskeep for probably 20 years. Yes, he was always left leaning but not obnoxiously so. I enjoyed his show. But everything changed with Trumps election. I had to quit listening. And I would not listen to anything Steve Innskeep has anything to do with for 2 seconds now. I decided last week that I am tired of all your totally biased broadcasting and I will not be listening anymore. You guys have messed up a really national treasure. You are just rubber stamping the liberal left in this country. And that is not what made this country great. Either move back to somewhere near the center and do some interesting and informative stories and reporting or just quit. I will not be listening until you do.

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Popping audio on PBS News Hour

California
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Hi! Thanks for all you provide us. I love the PBS News Hour, but I don't understand why you can hear popping audio distortion throughout much of the show. Is it not possible to correct this problem on a national news show?

Karl

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Judy Woodruff

Washington
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Time for her to retire and pass the baton to younger generation

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PBS Newshour

New York
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Please save the Newshour. It is drowning in a sea of repetitive displays of individuals who, injured by terrible catastrophes, are expected to stand for social injustice, discrimination, inequity, racism. Is it necessary to emphasize their victimhood at the expense of balanced debates and in-depth analyses that would direct attention to fuller contexts? The Newshour reminds me of positivist historians who believed that their sources are transparent, that publishing a document gives full access to its meaning. Seeing yet another wounded Palestinian, an Indian citizen suffocating from lack of oxygen, a Honduran immigrant being deported, or an emaciated Yemenite child is not informative; it is voyeurism. With regret, and after several decades as a loyal viewer, I am leaving the Newshour.

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Colin Powell's participation in PBS Memorial Day concerts

Colorado
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Paula Kerger, President and CEO Jonathan Barzilay, COO Sylvia Bugg, Chief Programming Executive Judy Woodruff, Managing Editor, PBS Evening News Hour Ricardo Sandoval-Palos, PBS Public Editor Public Broadcasting System May 29, 2021

re: Colin Powell's participation in PBS Memorial Day concerts

Dear PBS Executives::

This email is to comment on PBS's choice of Colin Powell, who is a war criminal, for involvement in PBS's National Memorial Day Concert May 30, 2021, and in these concerts in prior and likely future years.

Gen. Powell publicly and knowingly lied to the United Nations Security Council on Feb. 5, 2003, about evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction in a key moment initiating the Iraq war, lied 244 times about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and 10 times about Iraq's links to Al Qaeda (1), providing a false basis for US initiation of this catastrophic war. He also participated in review and micromanagement of torture techniques, in dozens of White House meetings as part of the Bush Principals Group along with Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, George Tenet and John Ashcroft (2), war criminals all, with the knowledge and approval of George W. Bush (3), who has been convicted of war crimes in absentia (4). Powell's lies, and George Bush's 935 documented Iraq war lies (1), directly set the stage for the 30000+ lies and crime-ridden presidency of Donald Trump.

With Gen. Powell's critical early support and lies, the Iraq war unnecessarily took the lives of up to 1 million Iraqis (5-6), and over 4500 US servicemen in a war that wasted well over $3 trillion entirely added to the national debt (7). His front-end review of torture techniques as part of the Bush Principals Group (2-3), contributed directly to the Bush administration's practice of systematic (8-14) torture (15-22). Mohamed El Baradei has suggested a war crimes probe of the Bush team (23). Since systematic torture is a crime against humanity (24), Gen. Powell, the rest of the Bush Principals Group, and especially Bush and Cheney have committed crimes against humanity. Although later repentant, the large number of Iraqis who were tortured and killed in part courtesy of Gen. Powell cannot be brought back to life. There has been no accountability for any of these war criminals; these war crimes provide the substance for the widespread and constant hypocrisy of American politicians accusing other countries of war crimes, such as Barack Obama (who protected these war criminals from prosecution), John Kerry as Secretary of State and most recently Nancy Pelosi.

The PBS management decision to honor Gen. Powell in this way devastates PBS's reputation for quality journalism, instead revealing a political correctness so severe that you will stoop to including a war criminal as an honored participant in this celebration. This decision also devastates the generally high quality reporting of your staff by very much making PBS look like it values political correctness above all moral and factual arguments, and is not only an insult to all US citizens, to black citizens that are the focus of your intense advocacy/reporting for social justice, to General Powell's only slightly indirect torture victims, and to all of the US servicemen and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who died in this criminal war. Could you not find a genuinely distinguished black citizen to honor instead of a war criminal??? Henry Louis Gates? Karen Bass? Lloyd Austin? Kamala Harris? Andrew Young? James Clyburn? or another of many other choices.

D. Anderson Ph.D. Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

1. Charles Lewis, Mark Reading-Smith. “False Pretenses. Following 9/11, President Bush and seven top officials of his administration waged a carefully orchestrated campaign of misinformation about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq.” The Center for Public Integrity, Jan. 23, 2008. This article discusses 935 documented lies/distortions by Bush and his top officials, including Colin Powell. 2. Jan Crawford Greenburg, Howard L. Rosenberg, Ariane de Vogue. “Sources: Top Bush Advisors Approved 'Enhanced Interrogation'.” ABC News, April 9, 2008. 3. Jan Crawford Greenburg, Howard L. Rosenberg, Ariane de Vogue. “Bush Aware of Advisers' Interrogation Talks. President Says He Knew His Senior Advisers Discussed Tough Interrogation Methods.” ABC News, April 11, 2008. 4. Yvonne Ridley. “Bush convicted of war crimes in absentia.” Foreign Policy Journal, May 12, 2012. 5. Burnham, G. et al., “Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: a cross-sectional cluster sample survey.” The Lancet, Oct 11, 2006. 6. Opinion Research Business [London, reported by Reuters Jan 30, 2008] survey of Iraq War casualties as of Aug 19, 2007. 7. Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes. “The true cost of the Iraq war: $3 trillion and beyond.” Washington Post, Sept. 5, 2010. Prof. Stiglitz is the 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics; Linda Bilmes is a Professor at Harvard University. 8. Larry Siems. “The Torture Report.”, O/R Books, Feb. 15, 2012. 9. Matt Spetalnick, Jane Sutton. “U.S. condoned torture after 9/11, must close Guantanamo: report.“ Yahoo News, Reuters and The Constitution Project, April 16, 2013. Concerning the 577-page report: “An independent task force issued a damning review of Bush-era interrogation practices on Tuesday, saying the highest U.S. officials bore ultimate responsibility for the "indisputable" use of torture.” “...the panel concluded that never before had there been "the kind of considered and detailed discussions that occurred after 9/11 directly involving a president and his top advisers on the wisdom, propriety and legality of inflicting pain and torment on some detainees in our custody." "It is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture.” “Torture occurred in many instances and across a wide range of theaters." 10. Dana Priest. “CIA holds terror suspects in secret prisons.” Washington Post, Nov. 2, 2005. This discusses the covert CIA global internment network (“black sites”) in 8 countries. 11. Claudio Fava, European Parliament. “CIA activities in Europe: European Parliament adopts final report deploring passivity from some Member States.” Feb. 14, 2007. The report discusses at least 1245 illegal CIA rendition flights using European airspace in 2001-2005, the illegal 2003 CIA abduction of cleric Abu Omar in Milan, secret detention facilities at US military bases in Europe (that may include Germany, Sweden, Spain, Ireland, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Turkey, Macedonia, Bosnia, Romania and Poland), the UK allowance of 170 airport stopovers (and Ireland allowance of 147 airport stopovers) of potential CIA rendition flights, and a number of cases of individuals illegally subjected to rendition, including torture in some cases, by the US. 12. Harbury Jennifer K. Truth, Torture and the American Way: The History and Consequences of US Involvement in Torture. Boston. Beacon Press, 2005. Up to 100 CIA prisoners, deliberately hidden from the International Committee of the Red Cross, have apparently disappeared. Incidents at Abu Ghraib included setting fire to prisoner’s hands, mock executions, electric shock, insertion of lit cigarettes into detainee’s ears, mock burials, water pits, deprivation of food, light, sleep, and medications, blows to the head resulting in death, confinement in scorching hot shipping containers, beatings with cables and rubber hoses while hung upside down, immersion in cold water, chaining to a ceiling for 7-8 days until extremities turned black, liquefaction of legs by numerous blows followed by death, chaining of hands and feet to a bolt in the floor while being subjected to severe cold and heat while being denied toilet privileges, rape, and prolonged and repeated rectal searches. 13. Lee Keath, Sarah El Deeb. “[Human] Rights watch: evidence of wider US waterboarding.” Associated Press, Sept. 6, 2012. This 154 page report discusses the torture of 14 Libyan dissident exiles. 14. International Committee of the Red Cross. “ICRC Report on the Treatment of Fourteen "High Value Detainees" in CIA Custody.” Feb. 14, 2007. 15. Defined in US Code's Title 18, Chapter 113C (2340), torture is illegal under the 1994 Torture Statute and 1996 War Crimes Act; Torture is prohibited by the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, the United Nations Convention Against Torture, Geneva Conventions III and IV, the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of June 1987, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners of 1955, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966, for example. 16. “CIA torture report fast facts.” CNN.com, updated Sept. 24, 2015. This article discusses the Senate Select Committee's Torture Report, with a 525 page summary of a 6077 page review. Some report conclusions: “The interrogations of CIA detainees were brutal and far worse than the CIA represented to policymakers and others." “119 detainees were held at CIA sites between 2002 and 2008. This is 20 more than previously reported by the CIA.” “39 detainees were subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques, which included sleep deprivation, waterboarding, prolonged standing, and exposure to cold. All but one of these interrogations took place before April 2006.” “At least 26 detainees were found to be held "wrongfully." “Jose Rodriguez, director of the CIA's National Clandestine Service, ordered that 92 tapes of terror suspect interrogations be destroyed. The tapes were made in 2002 and showed the interrogations of Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, including waterboarding.” 17. “Bush admits to knowledge of torture authorization by top advisers. ACLU calls for independent counsel to investigate administration approval of torture and abuse.” American Civil Liberties Union, April 12, 2008. 18. BBC News. “CIA admits waterboarding inmates”, Feb. 5, 2008. 19. CNN. “Memo: two al Qaeda leaders waterboarded 266 times.” April 20, 2009. 20. Spencer Ackerman. “Torture by another name: CIA used 'water dousing' on at least 12 detainees. Interrogators used a technique that elicits a drowning sensation and lowers body temperature on many more detainees than the agency admits to waterboarding.” The Guardian, October 16, 2015. 21. Larry Siems. “Creators of the CIA's enhanced interrogation program to face trial. Two psychologists will face claims they are financially liable in lawsuit brought by three victims of US intelligence agency’s torture program.” The Guardian, Aug. 8, 2017. 22. Peter Foster. “CIA torture more 'brutal and sadistic' than Senate report disclosed. Newly declassified testimony by Guantanamo Bay detainee shows CIA interrogators running out of control.” The Telegraph; Center for Constitutional Rights; Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture; June 2, 2015. 23. Charles J. Hanley. “El Baradei suggests war crimes probe of Bush team.” Associated Press, April 22, 2011. Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2005) Mohamed El Baradei, also former chief U.N. nuclear inspector who failed to find any evidence, in 700 inspections, of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq prior to the war in Iraq, “..accuses U.S. leaders of "grotesque distortion" in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, when then-President George W. Bush and his lieutenants claimed Iraq possessed doomsday weapons despite contrary evidence collected by El Baradei's and other arms inspectors inside the country.” “The Iraq war taught him that "deliberate deception was not limited to small countries ruled by ruthless dictators...""I was aghast at what I was witnessing," ElBaradei writes of the official U.S. attitude before the March 2003 invasion, which he calls "aggression where there was no imminent threat," a war in which he accepts estimates that hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians were killed. In such a case, he suggests, the World Court should be asked to rule on whether the war was illegal. And, if so, "should not the International Criminal Court investigate whether this constitutes a `war crime' and determine who is accountable?" “El Baradei, citing the war-crimes prosecution of Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic, sees double standards that should end. "Do we, as a community of nations, have the wisdom and courage to take the corrective measures needed, to ensure that such a tragedy will never happen again?" he asks.” 24. Crimes Against Humanity include systematic torture and murder, according to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

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PBS News Hour

Minnesota
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I love Judy Woodruff, David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart. I think they make up the best substantive intelligent available news reports. I have friends who say the same about the PBS News Hour. Judy Woodruff, David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart are intelligent and honest and open in their opinions. They are willing to listen to different point of view respectfully and ask hard questions of both parties. I am relieved that David Brooks, remaining a Republican, is able to see and be honest about the Republican problems that appear to bring about division in our country in a nasty way. These issues are preventing the work needed in our country. We need - truth - not political bias. Our country is hurting. We are beginning to see healthy conversations and a move to better health with President Biden. However, if the Republicans can only think about winning by putting down Biden or the Democrats and hampering good change, we will find our country back on the road to further decay - dividing instead of unifying. There is no question we have huge problems with racial equity, homeless, gun control, increased violence and crime, poverty, hunger, etc. This is occurring in what we have considered the greatest country. We are all going to have to take action and make sacrifices to get to a better place. If we do not pay attention to these serious problems, they will get worse and it will be the undoing of our country. I have to say I admire and know that it is very brave and ethical of David Brooks to be honest, because Republicans are so cruel if someone does not walk the Republican line - that line is pretty harsh these days. I so appreciate the the PBS News Hour with this great trio. Thank you.

1A with Jenn White

New York
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I absolutely love this program, its presentation and hostess. Today I listened to Jenn's interview about the documentary "Women with Transitors" and want to mention to Jenn a book about a remarkable woman that I just finished: "The Woman who Smashed Codes" by Jason Fagone. Combination of brainy woman, sensitive woman, the world, wars and code breaking -- timely beyond time. Thank You for all your great great work, Jildy Gross PS I also studied at Uof M.

Love ❤️ the News Hour

New York
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Read some crazy comments here from people who think PBS is biased. All those comments seem like they have come from Fox news trolls. PBS IS THE ONLY UNBIASED NEWS reporting available. And all those folks calling for Judy Woodruff’s retirement are nuts.

General views

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The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

Texas
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I'm disappointed that I cannot find the real, detailed information about the Shull trial, including the names of the federal prosecutors. Would it be possible you could direct me towards a directory or resource that I might locate such information.

Lack of consistant closed captioning by PBS

Arkansas
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PBS CAN NOT seem to deliver consistent closed captioning. The one entity, you would think they care because they (PBS) seem to do an inordinate amount of "virtue signaling". I complained to Masterpiece a couple of weeks ago and learned PBS was the cause and they were having trouble with a"machine". Now STILL Brand new Masterpiece show...LARGE gaps, a disgrace.I have noticed the advertisers had good captioning.Doesnt the public pay enough ?

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PBS Newshour

Maryland
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We love this news how and watch every Friday night. We especially enjoy listening to David Brooks and Jonathan Cappart.

Can you please tell David Brook that his rocking in his chair while talking distracts from his articulate and enlightening comments. I’m sure it’s a difficult habit to break but worth trying.

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Soul!

Iowa
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Hello, Where can I watch the episodes of Soul!? This was a very important program that should be available to us, especially given the fact that CPB cancelled it far too soon. Thank you, Jessica Young

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Acting

Illinois
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Hello Pbs,

I hope you well. My name is Emmanuel Ofosuhene. I am 14 years old and a new Voice Actor. I was emailing you today. To ask for a potential opportunity to get a voice acting role at Pbs Kids or relating to education. Also, because I am a new professional voice actor. I kindly ask you to view my Voice Acting Profile (to see if I am the right fit) and then hire me from the website. I want to assure you that I am ready and decided to use my talent to help people and mainly kids.

Emmanuel Ofosuhene | Professional Voice Actor | Voices(https://www.voices.com/profile/uccsdone/voice-over)

Thank You, Emmanuel O.

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Diversity

California
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As a great admirer of CPB and PBS, I have really enjoyed the Ken Burns series on Hemingway, but as a retired professor and author of a biography of the Mexican artist Siqueiros, I would like to encourage you to increase the diversity of subjects as well as film makers. Since the American Masters series includes films on Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco, two of the great three Mexican muralists, why not an American Masters production on Siqueiros, who painted three murals in Los Angeles and who has had a great impact on contemporary American artists, including Pollock, but also many contemporary American muralists of all colors? There is plenty of archival footage, the Getty Institute and the city of Los Angeles have spent millions on restoring Siqueiros's murals in LA and Lorena Manriquez produced Siqueiros, Walls of Passion recently shown on public TV. The life and work of David Alfaro Siqueiros is a great story and his ideas and innovations in art deserve recognition. Thank you. D. Anthony White, Ph.D.

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Last night's program on the insurrection

Connecticut
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Years ago I used to support my public broadcasting channel I knew it was fair and nonbias. Now since Trump came into his presidency, the news and discussions are as bias and filled with lies as the main stream media. There is no regard for the conservatives and their opinions left. All is geared toward the liberals and their goals. America and most people are concerned about truth but they have been fed so many lies and so much misinformation that NO news station is concerned with truth except Fox News has some truth in it mostly in the late evening. Science has become a god and lies and immorality are accepted as part of this way of life. Actually science has NOT been followed directly but is influenced by the left who want to please those who hate our conservative values. There is NO more truth nor justice in any of you everything is tainted with hatred for God and hatred for the values we share. May the light shine again and may truth be valued not perverted by you.

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Complaint to AzPBS

Arizona
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The following was emailed to Az PBS as a complaint to their programming and political position on April 20, 2021, the subject was TWO LIES!

I am outraged as a taxpayer helping to support this corrupt enterprise called "public" TV!

LIE ONE: How dare you discuss and support the concept of "systemic racism" as if it exists and is true. IT IS A LIE!! It is a provable lie because we had systemic racism in this country when I was a child in the 40's and 50's so I know what it is and what it looks like. IT IS GONE!!! None of the purveyors of this lie can produce any evidence of what systems are in place that are racist. Saying outcomes aren't equal is no proof at all, intellectually lazy and frankly stupid! The ONLY area where there may be a system that is racist is in college and university admissions whereby Asian and white students are routinely discriminated against.

LIE TWO: Climate change is not primarily man-made. Only a very small part (less than 5%) of any small amount of warming that has occurred in the last century is due to man-made CO2 emissions. Thousands of scientists and many books are available to PBS to cover why and how we have been lied to now for decades. EDUCATE YOURSELF....before you spend 3 hours of taxpayer time and money promoting that brain-washed child from Sweden's irrational rant....man hasn't caused climate change and CAN'T FIX IT!!

The unbridled irresponsibility of promoting these two positions borders on the criminal. Not only that, it is partisan as it is obvious that the country is split down the middle on these two issues politically and therefore to take a position supporting the leftist agenda on these two issues means you are stealing money from half the country...that also borders on the criminal.

I will be sending a copy of this email to the board of the CPB!

Larry Weaver, Show Low, Az

NPR no longer airs unbias programming

Pennsylvania
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I have been an NPR/PBS listener since 1987. Over the last few years the content and tone of your programming and reporting has become increasingly bias. NPR often leaves their listeners trying to sift out what is fact and what is overwhelmingly becoming opinionated, virtue signaling. While I still have great respect for journalist, it appears as though most reporters now must be argumentative debaters, certain to get THEIR righteous point of view across. Perhaps it is best to leave arguing and personal bias reporting to the cable "news" networks? I do expect more from our NPR/PBS stations. Consider making some course adjustments to try to salvage your long standing credibility.

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Yamiche Alcindor

Florida
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In an attempt to escape biased journalism, I turned to PBS. After many instances of blatant bias from Yamiche Alcindor, I am turning to BBC. How a publicly funded network can justify this reporter’s clear agenda is beyond comprehension. My taxes should be put to better use.

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Politics in kids programming PBSKIDS (BLM, Racism, and Skin Color....) WHY??

Wisconsin
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I am not asking for a correction. I am asking that social justice and race-based "propaganda" be left OUT of kids programming. I am not talking about black history, I am not talking about accepting each other as unique, I am not talking about any of those healthy and wholesome topics. I am referring specifically to BLM and race-based political ideologies (which are tools of division) that are designed to amplify our kids differences rather than their commonalities. This type of programming is not going to bring us together, it will do quite the opposite. These segments are teaching racism, disunity, and skin color awareness. They are putting skin color front and center to children who would otherwise never even care. I found it particularly appalling that certain cartoons are specifically including segments on current news and political affairs, These are not topics that belong in the classroom or on PBSKIDS. Just because the current corp news zeitgeist paints America as racist, does not make it so. Just STOP.

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Oscars

California
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What happened to the best actor....? I think thats newsworthy!! All you reported on was minority's receiving an oscar.....

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False Programming

Minnesota
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All citizens pay for your shoddy coverage of conservatives. You are the right arm of the driving move toward socialism in our country You seem to forget Half this country does not agree with you. I will be working diligently to have public dollars taken from you. Linda

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PBS News hour

Texas
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I just watched a wonderful segment on cicadas. It was very well done and should really help city people better appreciate nature. But I was appalled by Judy woodwards comment at the end about the repulsiveness of insects. Insects are important to nature and to our existence on this planet. We need to encourage people to understand that. Her comment is likely to turn off many. Pls don't that happen again. Joan Mukherjee

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Judy Woodruff’s Program

Missouri
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I would really like to see David Brooks removed from her Friday night show. He really isn’t a conservative anymore,if he ever was. He pretty much agrees with everything Jonathan Capeheart says. The show is so one sided.

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Pacifica Foundation Fails to Conduct the Requisite OPEN Meetings of Its Board and Committees

California
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 3:45 pm Pacific: I take no pleasure in writing this; however, as a financial supporter of the Pacifica Foundation's Station KPFK, and a US and California taxpayer, I believe I that I should. During 2020 and 2021 (to date), I have taken great pains to learn about the governance and financial status of the Pacifica Foundation. I have attempted to do so, in part, by listening to meetings of the Pacifica's National Board of Directors, to meetings of that Board's committees, and to meetings of the Listener Station Board of KPFK. I do so by relying upon the information published on https://kpftx.org/index.php . Alas that information is misleading. On several occasions, including this afternoon's scheduled Pacifica National Board Coordinating Committee, when a public stream of the meeting(s) was to be available, NO SUCH STREAM(S) HAVE BEEN PROVIDED. The CPB should be mindful of these transgressions. You may "track" such failures by searching the "archives." You will note that often when such audio streams were to be available to the the public, no such streams were available.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

--Raymond Goldstone 10535 Missouri Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025 Email: rgoldsto@saonet.ucla.edu

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Judy Woodruff

Washington
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It’s time for her to retire. She no longer is capable of anchoring the Newshour. I’ve watched the show since it’s inception but quit 3 months ago, will resume after she’s replaced

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Your news organization is a leftist group

Texas
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Your news organization only seems to talk about the bad past of the white race. Why don’t they mention facts if they’re going to talk about it like who gathered up the blacks to be sold from Africa to begin with. When they find out the truth they resent you. Every race has a few bad apples but all you talk about is racism how bad our history is on blacks. That’s my point right there it’s history it’s in the past it’s not what’s happening now why don’t you talk about what’s happening now besides what you’re causing in the news! For some reason you want a racial divide, why? We have to live together...Tell facts and and tell the truth if you’re going to tell any story at all! I’m ashamed I’ve watched your program most of my life, The news is supposed to deliver fax and let us decide how we’re going to feel, please tell Judy to stop telling us how we should feel, really! Please retire her, now! And tell the truth, the whole truth, or no story at all.

immigration holding areas

New York
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I would like to suggest a place that can accommodate many people . There are a lot of large schools in California that are not being used right now. They all have large cafeterias, gymnasiums, and sports fields. Use of those areas should be utilized. Thank you for your service.

Station classification

Ohio
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Hi, I am trying to find lists of stations that fall into the following categories. NPR, Classical, Jazz, AAA, folk/blues, joint licensees, state legislature stations. I see your station finder that is a great tool, but was wondering if there was a way to break them down.

Program series

California
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Can you show the series Pie in the Sky

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Technical Complaints

January 2020
Feedback:

Hi This is Claudia out in Palm Desert, California. We haven't had any signal for about three weeks now. Can you fix it?

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Henry Louis gates jr

California
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Why let such a racist propagate his propaganda on pbs? PBS is supposed to just be for good people. I’ve seen him on there many times but it really hurts my feelings, he says such inappropriate and racist and offensive things. For example he was interviewing Fred armisen and told him that he’s Korean not Japanese descendant and therefore should now like kimche. Please stop this it hurts.

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Donald Trump Carnage

Feedback:

I am deeply offended of your characterization of the mob riot as an insurrection

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Your Programing is so Bias you should be taken off the air!

California
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Any claims that you are not responsible for the otter crap that is seen on your station, is as truthful as your stations claims of balanced news. It would be clear to Helen Keller (Yes, I know not PC) how far Left your over all programing and so called news have become. You no long have a honest service to the public and should not receive a penny of taxpayer money.

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What are the collection of faded red books behind Amna Nawaz when she does her interviews and reports?

Nebraska
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When Amna Nawaz reports from a room setting there is a collection of books over her right shoulder. I would like to know what the collection is.

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Judy Woodruff

Michigan
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Judy appears to be a wonderful, compassionate person--a great individual and even newsreader. However, her skills as an interviewer are nonexistent. Any interview with Judy becomes an opportunity for the interviewee to control the conversation, present a unpaid political commercial and leave the viewer even more uninformed. We do not need to hear more talking points from entrenched politicians.

There are many good interviewers out there--including a few a PBS. It is time for a change at the News Hour. Perhaps it is also a problem with the producers of these shows if they do not see the problem.

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PBS News TV

Maine
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Judy Woodruff needs to retire . She is unable to show dynamic affect and drones on in a ho hum dutiful way stumbling over questions ( rephrasing fragments of questions ) and is a chore to watch ( we do not any more ). Please bring vitality back . Yamiche Alcindor is not a talented presenter and has a forced reporting style that makes watching her unpleasant . Please PBS. Move On!

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Too long

Georgia
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This spring's pledge has gone on far too long! Asking people to pledge should then give them the weekly and daily shows they are supporting.

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Pbs newswatch

New Hampshire
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Turn channel when Judy woodruff is on .get someone younger 800.000 a year you're kidding

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Mary Moore Cow show

Kansas
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Hello I think that there should be a Mary Moo Cow show on PBS Kids just like the one on Arthur.

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Judy Woodruff is not appropriate any more.

California
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I just received one of the many PBS entity donation requests and have decided to respond to all of them that I will not donate until Judy Woodriff is replaced. How about Jericka Duncan from Sunday evening news? Per presentations are very straight forward and to the point.

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March 4 PBS News hour Judy Woodruff interview with Senator JohnThune South Dakota

Arizona
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opposing the Covid legislation as too generous to states Here is what Wikipedia has to say about South Dakota's economy North Dakota oil boom has given those who own mineral rights large incomes from lease bonuses and royalties. The boom has reduced unemployment and given the state of North Dakota a billion-dollar budget surplus. North Dakota, which ranked 38th in per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in 2001, rose steadily with the Bakken boom, and now has per capita GDP 29% above the national average. PBS has to do better interviewing ;that interview was a disgrace .Aside: You -PBS- are spending to much on "Black Lives Matter' It could enrage MAGA supporters -although I bet less than10% watch PBS As a retired physicist - I would like to see less air time spent on cultural issues and more time devoted to complexity of life due to exploding technologies while IQ's remain stagnant Frank Lipsky 928 328 2192 franklipsky79@gmail.com

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White House Press Conference

March 26, 2021
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I have been a financial supporter of PBS and that will stop. I really think you are a propaganda machine for liberal causes. There was nothing reasonable about Alcindor's question to Biden about being to nice. We've got an economic issue. We have an energy issue. We've got problems at the border. These questions were just absurd and they weren't even based up what the American people want to know about. I'm stopping my contributions as are so many people. Get some facts. Deal with reality and what America really wants to know about important issues. How nice Joe Biden is totally irrelevant to what struggles people are facing inside and outside the border.

 

 

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What happened to “Washington Week” on WCPB, Salisbury?

Delaware
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Wondering about the subject line. We are located in Dagsboro, DE but the only PBS station we receive on Direct TV is the Salisbury one. We at one time received the Wilmington PBS but it was dropped from our lineup. We have contributed to WHYY for a number of years but have never received such requests from the Salisbury station. Are the State boundaries porous or do we have to emigrate?

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PBS NewsHour

March 27, 2021
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Last night Judy Woodruff and Brooks and Capeheart, failed to report the most important part of the suppression of the vote in Georgia with the Governor signing of these new voter suppression laws. The most important part is that they take the nonpartisan control of elections away from the Secretary of State and give it to the partisan GOP in the legislature. This means that they can take over any election. They can overturn the results to anyone they want to. They can throw away anyones vote if they want to. This is the heart of the voter suppression and yet it wasn't reported on. I found this extremely disturbing. I want to know why this news is being suppressed. It makes no sense to me. If you could please explain it, I'd really appreciate it.

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Claims about Fact-Based News & No Transparency about Why Fictional Scenarios Or Accusations of Conspiracy Are THEORIES?

Virginia
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Dear Representatives:

Transparency about who makes the decisions to frame fictional scenarios and unsubstantiated claims of conspiracy as THEORIES, as in fiction novels, is missing with regard to news media, including NPR. Why am I so suspicious about corruption without transparency about decision-makers in our news? We have the tools of modern science to help test, verify and substantiate claims of conspiracy as theory, except in "fact-based" news, or that is the claim. If a journalist cannot verify a claim, then report it as a suspicion, or unsubstantiated claim. However, journalists seem to ignore the validation of their claims about "conspiracy theories." Journalists chew on these "conspiracy theories" as if they are real enough to sink one's teeth into them! How do serious journalists verify the claim that a conspiracy is tied to a pizza parlor basement in Washington, D.C., in which the basement does NOT exist? A high school science student should be able to nullify such hypothetical statements right off without much testing to keep such hypothetical statements from EVER becoming a THEORY in the real world. Theory comes with rigorous testing, validation, peer review, etc. Please, have some quantum physicists come tell us how this "conspiracy theory" nonsense might parallel the paradox as we have seen in the thought experiment involving Schrödinger's cat in the quantum Universe. Why try to make all this more complicated than ordinary theory concepts in science seem to be? Otherwise, stick with the facts, what is verifiable, testable, and so forth, when speaking of theory in headline news.

Applying basic science literacy as published through the National Academies of Sciences, which is one our best institutions in pursuit of 21st century knowledge. Functional citizens and even dysfunctional ones should be learning basic science and good journalism should help pervade good science methods for discerning the truth from fiction. However, NPR keeps on talking about "conspiracy theories." I keep asking who validates and substantiates these unsubstantiated claims of conspiracy, or false narratives, or plain lies, scams, and hoaxes, as theory? Who helps journalists establish that garbage is theory according to the science model for establishing theory from hypothetical concepts through rigorous methods for testing and validation of data and evidence? This element is NOT TRANSPARENT. Talk of hoaxes, scams, lies as theory is misinforming the public, and talk in interviews in which your hosts equate "ideas of the people with theory" with scientific theory is absurd. The misleading concept is that theory = theory, and given a myriad of other synonyms to explain suspicions, that bandwagon is absurd and cannot work. Language is important. Good journalism, which is what we expect from public media, should follow the science model for the use of theory about phenomena, when reporting news to the public. Suspicions and speculation are not theory either until tested and validated, etc.

It is important for citizens to know how to quickly dismiss nonsense before it can become any theory. There are synonyms for the fiction version of theory, such as suspicion, conjecture, speculation, hunches, guesses, wild guesses, myth, lies, hoax, false narratives, etc. Imagine some member of the U.S. Congress learning how to dismiss a hypothetical narrative, and making it a nullified hypothesis, and never posting it anywhere as THEORY. Public Media are a joke, and are helping with pervading ignorant beliefs that help sustain political positions. We heard President Trump claim that climate change theory was a hoax. Journalist help substantiate that theory is a hoax with claims about conspiracy being framed as theory, and not framing it as a hoax; thus, theory = theory and hoax = hoax. Leave "theory" out of these false claims. Please, apply the following.

"Scientific literacy implies that a person can identify scientific issues underlying national and local decisions and express positions that are scientifically and technologically informed." Source: https://www.nap.edu/read/4962/chapter/4#22

We should demand and expect Public Media to help citizens understand how to apply science in daily life, and not more myths, hoaxes, and lies as theory. Theory should be reserved in fact-based news for hypotheses that have been rigorously tested and validated. This is an excerpt from a National Standard for Science Education:

"Scientific literacy means that a person can ask, find, or determine answers to questions derived from curiosity about everyday experiences. *******It means that a person has the ability to describe, explain, and predict natural phenomena. Scientific literacy entails being able to read with understanding articles about science in the popular press and to engage in social conversation about the validity of the conclusions.******** Scientific literacy implies that a person can identify scientific issues underlying national and local decisions and express positions that are scientifically and technologically informed. A literate citizen [journalist] should be able to evaluate the quality of scientific information on the basis of its source and the methods used to generate it. Scientific literacy also implies the capacity to pose and evaluate arguments based on evidence and to apply conclusions from such arguments appropriately." Source -https://www.nap.edu/read/4962/chapter/4

NPR does not follow this model, but it's not alone, and why? Asterisks added above to highlight how I say, Public Media fails to help people see that a hoax, or scam or false narrative, lies and fabricated nonsense are just that and NOT THEORY, as in fiction novels. It seems that much of what is framed in journalism as theory and theorists (more likely conspiracy creationists) really comes from the fiction model and not one from science literacy. Please, work to change that each and every day, such that we have normal citizens, voters, and members of Congress who are literate regarding the tools of modern science.

Regards,

Aubrey Neas

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Stabilization Fund for new funding for Section 501(c) 3 Entity LifeVista Joy Community Aloha Hawaii for ethnic minority Chinese

Hawaii
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Dear Sir/Mdm, I am the subscriber to your news letter & happy to know of Stabilization Fund for new funding for Section 501(c) 3 Entity LifeVista Joy Community Aloha Hawaii serving Seniors for ethnic minority Chinese ?

The funding to CPB will be directed to local public media entities that are continuously responding to the pandemic’s impact by providing essential educational, informational, and public safety services. Stations in all 50 states are informing their local communities about the latest coronavirus vaccine and economic developments, increasing access to distance learning with innovative educational resources, and helping protect communities by transmitting emergency alerts and sharing public health and safety information during natural disasters and throughout the pandemic.

As the nation continues to recover from the pandemic, the stabilization funding from Congress will support these valued public media services and sustain the broad reach and access that keeps public media resources available online, over-the-air and in communities across the country.”

Hope to hear from you soon.

Thank You Shalom Alice Lee

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Propaganda and MY TAX MONEY

Mississippi
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If CPB is going to continue to get my tax money, they could at least put on something besides how to chop an onion, and all that PROPOGANDA for the leftist libs. This is an outrage, CPB is getting 495 million dollars for junk that over half the country knows better. But they just keep gobbling up tax money and spewing their propaganda all over the place. Their like listening to stupid Ole nancy pelosi over and over. They might occasionally put a decent non biased show on, but 9 times out of 10 its leftist garbage, or chopping onions. Makes me sick. If the govt is going to give them money, then they need to give to all TV stations, which cant happen. PBS/CPB shouldn't be getting funded either. This is just leftist malarkey.

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Need Tech Support

New York
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All recorded videos on CBS lock up. I have a ROKU Television without a box. I stream via Spectrum. Spectrum tried but can not fix it. Please help. I miss Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, and Sunday Morning, etc. Can you help? John Roth, 29 Montvale Ln, Rochester, NY 14626

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PBS News

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This is for the PBS public television. You are destroying America with your news you are putting on with this hatred for Republicans and for Trump. What I just turned on just now was so unbelievable - not allowed to say Trump's name because he is so bad. The nation is tired of it. They are mad with everything that is going on and you are throwing this in your face. There are 80 million people who voted for him. You gotta remember that. Half and Half. Not all Biden. This has to stop. Judy Woodruff is one of the worst news anchors I've seen outside of CNN. I want to hear both sides, not just one hateful side. You hate United States citizens. That's what they are - United States citizens. I'm not a Biden or a Trump, I'm a libertarian. I want whoever is going to work in there. Biden, in his first twenty days, destroyed America. You destroyed 80 million Republicans with your biased news. I will never send money to you again unless you get both sides on this. Every single night you have Judy Woodruff and that other girl who hate Republicans and hate Trump. He's a human being, he's a citizen and he does not need to be treated like this. Nobody needs to be treated like this. You and your public, federal television are destroying the United States of America. You shouldn't be biased. I don't think any money should be going to you. I am so sick and tired of this. You've got to bring the United States together and Biden is not doing it, but your news people can do it if they tell the truth. Quit lying through your teeth.

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American Experience

February 19, 2021
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I wish to comment on the American Experience program about the race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921. It was so one-sided. There was no anger from the Black people that you had on there. It was so one-sided. I hope that you will not make any more American Experiences with that one-sided view. 

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Finding Your Roots

Indiana
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If I have to hear Henry Louis Gates ask the question one more time “ how do you feel about that.” I am going to scream. I am tired of the fact that this program always target the ancestors who were slave holders, or who had mixed race roots most probably due to rape, to the exclusion of all other ancestors that could be researched and discussed on the program. This show is not about genealogy but is about the mission of Henry Louis Gates and I am sick and tired of it. As a genealogist, this program has become very tiresome and I may never watch it again. The way you let Gates engineer this show is turning myself and my fellow genealogists off. If tax dollars are being used for this show, then there needs to be a better balance. The show with Pharrell Williams was the worst. Stop playing politics with this show.

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Weekly Bias

Illinois
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Every Monday The NewsHour has a political segment with two left-leaning women. You aren't a private entity. Why shouldn't you include participants who are conservative? I don't mean faux conservatives like David Brooks. Perhaps this would grow your viewership by presenting all views? As it is, Monday night is free advertising for Democrats.

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Cost of Passport

Connecticut
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As a disabled individual with a brain injury I find your policy requiring a minimum $60 yearly donation to qualify for your passport member benefit on PBS Video a burden and impossible to afford. Why not have a donation sliding scale for such matters? The amount i can afford in relation to my severely limited income would equal what your regular folk would pay. As a non profit surely you can relate to my and others’ struggle.

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Conspiracy Theory Reports Are NOT Truthful /Apply Science Model for Theory in Public Broadcasting in News

Virginia
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Dear Managers:

I am sending a subsequent letter to continue explaining the importance of the truth in journalism. The following is what I call upon journalists and editors to follow for the model for public news. We need the truth in our daily news and not have the truth subverted in the interest of pop-culture and expediency for framing suspicions, lies, hoaxes and fabricated nonsense as "conspiracy theories," which is a media bandwagon of false headlines for misleading the public. Journalists and editors should be literate enough in science to follow the recommended education expectations for science literacy and be able to reserve the use of theory for science and truth revealing to the public and not follow the fiction writer's model for reporting essential news.

Can you work to strengthen truth in public supported reporting of the news? Can you provide the impetus to influence the editors and journalists to follow the model for theory in science? Here's an excerpt for expected science literacy for the ordinary citizens, and I might add, what we ought to expect from publicly supported news media. Note: journalists ought to be able to frame suspicions and allegations of conspiracy not as theory but as suspicions and unsubstantiated claims of conspiracy as matter of daily activities in their lives as journalists.

"A literate citizen should be able to evaluate the quality of scientific information on the basis of its source and the methods used to generate it. Scientific literacy also implies the capacity to pose and evaluate arguments based on evidence and to apply conclusions from such arguments appropriately." Source -pg. 22 paragraph 3 previous citation & pg. 23 second paragraph: "Scientific literacy implies that a person can identify scientific issues underlying national and local decisions and express positions that are scientifically and technologically informed." (https://www.nap.edu/read/4962/chapter/4)

Best regards,

Aubrey Neas

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Newshour

District Of Columbia
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As someone who has been watching the Newshour since the early 1980s, I am dimly tired of listening to Judy Woodruff. She is competent and articulate, but change is needed, especially if the Newshour wants to be attractive to an audience younger than 60somethings. Just hire Lisa Desjardans! She has smarts, youth, and warmth on her side.

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Frontline: Trump's American Carnage

February 3, 2021
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I happen to be contributing to PBS for a couple of years. I just saw this documentary calling my President Donald J. Trump carnage. If you want to get donors from the 75 million while calling his carnage... How dare you. How dare you allow that. There is documented TV of exactly what this man said. I can't believe how PBS would be a part of this. You see how they twisted that man's words. He did nothing but want to help the American people. If you have a problem with me because I support this great president and the 75 million people, then maybe we shouldn't donate to PBS. You want to talk about misinformation. If PBS is going to start being like the propaganda media, then I'm going to pull my money. This is crazy. Shame on you people. If you want to be along with the other numskulls of America and take it down, then don't accept our money. 

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PBS

January 30, 2021
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I was wondering if this was PBS. I think you're very liberal. I don't think it's fair and I think Paris is a piece of sh**. 

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PBS NewsHour

January 29, 2021
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This has to do with the PBS NewsHour, that you fund with our tax dollars. They have not made one mention of an event that took place one week ago. A representative from Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene, submitted House Resolution 57, which calls for the impeachment of President Biden on the basis of his corruption. When you read through the document, there seems to be a lot more standing there than either of the two Trump impeachments. I'm wondering why the trusted PBS NewsHour, which is now showing its liberal bias beyond any stretch of the imagination, has failed to even mention that this event took place a week ago. I watch it every night and I have not heard one mention of this. The PBS NewsHour has shown its liberal bias, especially with Yamiche Alcindor, who is so unbelievably biased against anyone on the right. I'm a centrist and I'm disgusted by both sides, but I'm particularly disgusted by the left right now. They're covering up anything that doesn't go along with their narrative or their agenda. They are even using characters to get the agenda across - the critical race theory and the identity politics. I am now going to work with a group of friends to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Shame on you for your lack of balance or anything that shows any kind of fairness. You are adding to the divide in this country and my tax dollars are not going to fund it. 

 

 

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Objectivity

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Enjoy the PBS News Hour. Watch it daily but am concerned that while hateful, incorrect, anti-Semitic troves made by Republican officials are censored the same is not true in regard to the Democrats. Some have called Jews termites, others talked about “following the Benjamin’s”. Is this not equally despicable?

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PBS Website should provide national information about Programs Supported by CPB

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PBS will not provide information about programs unless the user specifies a local station. but many of us access multiple PBS stations, perhaps because of traveling all around the country. I think that CPB support for programs should require that program information be available to the public without specifying a specific station.

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photographs

Oregon
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Prior to certain PBS programs, I see photographs or paintings that have been submitted, and wondered how one goes about doing that? I've a few photos that I'm pretty pleased with, and thought others might also find them pleasing.

How does one submit them?

thanks

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Lack of journalism

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I listen to news to be advised on what is happening in my country. I don't need these so called journalists to tell me what to think. All I ask for from journalists is the bullet points, you can't even give me that. I want basic info from journalists, not opinions. Give me the basics, I can find facts and form my own opinion. Journalism no longer exists

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Washington Week

New York
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Yamiche Alcindor seems to be well loved by her compatriots, but she is simply not a smooth and articulate speaker and it gets in the way of following her line of reasoning. I know it’s important for black women to have prominent spots in the media and support that - Gwen Ifill was highly talented! - but can we get someone in there who really moves the discussion along at a high level please? Thank you for reading this.

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Brent Goff DW News

Connecticut
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This commentator is a part of the biased hate journalism from PBS. Constant attacks on Trump completely negative broadcasts! PBS is not going to get donations from 75 million Trump supporters with this one sided negative reporting! Goff is a low brow no talent wannabe news anchor! This German station should pay more attention to Chancellor Angela Merkel and her huge political mistakes. Open immigration, purchasing energy from the Russians and making huge trade deals with the Chinese and also refusing to pay their for share for NATO . . . The Americans saved with the Germans with the Marshall Plan and stationing of American troops in Germany for their citizens and the European's protection!

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"Meet the Helpers"

Georgia
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This is a really neat and beneficial set of videos for the children of our community! Perhaps some of these beautiful illustrations could be made into printable pictures for use by the community as well.

General Observations of Public Television Newshour

Washington
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It has been many years since I've used television to obtain my news. I say that because medium too often is more of the message than the message itself. While the organization's founders were really riveted on minimizing the impact of personality or other visual or sensorial influences, it's choice of message-givers made it a construct of the power-elite. Today's news show with Judy Woodruff is a far more message-driven production, that makes great efforts to portray the impacts of world and national news on a broader populace. The selection and prioritization of news pieces also reflects the importance of impact on everyday lives. The lifestyle/arts magazine portions of the show are routinely uplifting and insightful. While I still predominantly obtain my news from written sources, I wanted to convey my appreciation and admiration to you for your current product.

Your WRONG!

California
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Errogant is actually spelled Arrogant., if you want to be taken seriously! Congratulations Joe & Kamala.

PARADE ACROSS AMERICA

California
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BRAVO and Thank You.

IRS gets more relief payments out after delays

Colorado
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IRS gets more relief payments out after delays - The IRS said that after initial problems, it is getting more of the second round of relief payments to taxpayers.

The democrats v the reublicans

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You know I don’t even vote because things are so corrupt and one sided that I understand why the democrats are in fear. The non sto lies and efforts to remove him from office has created there own fear. Thy are so self centered and focused on destroying trump they completely ignore the efforts by fbi and there illeagal subpoena and wire taps for something they created this has been on going non sto. What makes them so errogant to think that people aren’t going to turn on them and there constant efforts to destroy this country. It’s probably pretty smart to get him off social media because all he would have to do is make a call to arms nation wide and the dems would be hiding in an crack or whole the can find Again I don’t vote but the capitol was very small in the scope of things cause I along with many many numbers would answer his call they better get a grip before many people get a grip on them. It would be one thing if the did the same with Biden. To where thereefforts where true and honest. But it is so sad and sick If I did what they have done. I would be in fear as well. And I would hope that somebody would stop me in my track and shake the hell out of me befor I did something there was no coming back from I don’t care how much you dislike e him you don’t lie create scenerios that aren’t true to get what you want then when there is real evidence against you that you’ve been caught at many times and your candidate and his son are thief’s and liars and criminals How can you keep going along the same track your on. If you think the capitol was scary just keep it up and see how many people will really answer his calll to arms. I would back the f off

Inspiring Woman nomination - Dr. Wilhelmina Van Dyke

Massachusetts
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Dr. Wilhelmina Van Dyke was the first woman at Mass General Hospital....The only female and got through the bias of being a woman with the gaul to do such a thing as be a Doctor. Not only did she kick open doors and ceilings.... she was my Pediatrician! I did not know her story... because I was a kid and thought this was normal. When she passed and her obituary showed her story..... I wish I had known... as an adult... and thank her... and celebrate Dr. Van Dyke for the amazing strong woman and trailblazer that she was!!!! Please look her up..... She was modest etc.... but deserves a shout out and a huge thank you from the woman that stand on her shoulders. Thank you - Holly Kissane

PBS News hour

California
Feedback:

PBS is publically owned, given $445 Million per year by Taxpayers, Democrats, Republicans, Independents Etc. Given these facts why did PBS refuse to report the stories about Hunter Biden's ties to the Chinese and the FBI investigation of his Laptop?

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michael beller

Illinois
Feedback:

see the michael beller interview proves your guilt you all should be in prison

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KOCE a PBS station in Los Angeles

California
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KOCE has a disturbing clanging (probably from electric guitars) noise during a station break just after and just before a program. They often show very serious or a particularly interesting human story or serious history, perhaps about some kind of human struggle. Then, on the station break you get this very noisy clanging sound. It's disturbing. I don't know why they have that particular noise between programs. Why? Often I just leave the station as soon as a program is over and go to some other station. Moreover, I send NO donation to the station.

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Judy Woodruff Wardrobe

January 1, 2020
Feedback:

Although I'm a big fan of Judy Woodruff, I must admit that I'm mystified by Judy's frequent changes in wardrobe in mid-show, and sometimes seemingly, in mid-interview. I could have sworn Judy changed her outfit in the middle of an interview on Trump's foreign policy on yesterday's show. I'm just wondering whether she turned off her monitor before during so. That might be a sure sign that Judy is suffering from cabin fever. I don't recall that she ever changed her outfit mid-interview when she did the show from the studio. Although, some of her male colleagues may not have minded it.

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PBS Newshour

Oregon
Feedback:

Judy Woodruff should retire. NOW. She drones on, forever, setting up questions and generally talks WAAAAAAY too much, and says virtually nothing. We do not need 5 damned minutes of Woodruff "setting the piece up" with her own ridiculously long opinions.

To Woodruff: Shut the f*** up b****.

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Reveal , weekly program on KCHO, Chico, CA

California
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Program was cut off this AM at 10:40 and jazz music was played instead of the program I was hoping to listen to. This is one of my favorites, and there was an interview being conducted....THE CUTOFF WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERVIEW AND APPEARED TO BE CENSORSHIP. This is not what we should be about!! I love this program....excellent reporting. They were interviewing an author, and we were gaining insite into her research. Even if you disagreed, it was a BOOK. Sylvia Meyer, Chico listener and donor

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PBS NewsHour

December 31 from California
Feedback:

I know through our funding, through our donations, that you fund all the programs on PBS, including PBS NewsHour. I'm calling to let you know why I will not donate again. I am thoroughly disgusting with what I regularly see now on the PBS NewsHour. Right now I'm watching a report on the pandemic, where Judy Woodruff is interviewing some guy from the New York Times who has laid the entire pandemic at the feet of Donald Trump. I'm a lifelong Democrat but this is absolute nonsense. I have videos of all of our leaders, including here in Califronia - Nancy Pelosi and Gavin Newsom saying, "Come to Chinatown. This thing is going to pass quickly." The same thing in New York, where they were putting recovering patients in nursing homes and then had people dropping like flies. The misstep that took place here was on all sides and by everyone. The fact that Trump was not more forceful in his rhetoric, yes, I think he is an idiot in that way. However, people were listening to everyone, including the Democrats who said that there was nothing to see here. The CDC said for months that they didn't believe that it was airborne and they didn't believe we had to wear masks. All of the sudden we had to wear masks. All of that seems to be forgotten while they lay all of that at the feet of one man, saying that he is responsible for as many for 180,000 to 200,000 deaths. What absolute garbage. That is not news. That is bull****. I don't know what else to call it. That is pure bull****. Watching the Newshour and hearing to Yamiche Alcindor almost regularly now, "Judy, people are saying" or "Judy, according to critics." That is not news. That is heresy. That is yellow journalism and garbage. I won't fund it and a lot of my friends are saying likewise. If your funding is going down then that is why. I think its time for Judy to go take a holiday anyway. I think Amna Nawaz should take over for her. I think she is a journalist. When she's questioning reporters it has a different tone to it. When Judy is questioning reporters, especially Yamiche Alcindor, she seems to lead her. Yamiche, I don't know where the h*** she came from but that is not a journalist. Someone that says "critics are saying" and things like that is not a journalist. And most of your bumpers that they put up a graphic - they have these statistics that are all out of wack with no source mentioned at all. This is like heresy news now. I think MacNeil/Lehrer would be agast if they saw this. And Gwen Iffil, who was my favorite, would vomit if she saw what was passing for news on PBS now. I just wanted to let you people know why I am not with you anymore. I love PBS, but I am disgusted by the PBS Newshour now. I will fund my local one but I will never give a big gift ever again.

 

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Editorial Concerns

January 26, 2021
Feedback:

I would like to know why your news broadcasting on PBS is so anti-American. It is disgusting. It is a terrible thing that you are using taxpayer money to run down the United States. 

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Doc Martin

Arizona
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Your schedule states that Doc Martin was to be seen tonight, Jan 4 2021 at 7 PM but, once again another screw up and disappointment - The PBS NEWSHOUR was shown instead. How many times I have adjusted my own schedule to watch PBS programs and then NUTS - here we go again - one reason why I quit watching PBS

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Liberal Bias and Who DOES oversee PBS' Ethics?

Illinois
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My family has watched The NewsHour, a former interesting news show, for years. Now the program offers slanted Narratives, not News. Here's an example. Last night Lisa recapped the news and then stated enthusiastically, "On a BRIGHT NOTE, the House of Representatives signed off on impeaching President Trump." What sort of person regards an impeachment as a bright note?

Furthermore, the NewsHour used to show about 30 minutes of international news and feature stories. Now it seems unless there's an anti-President Trump slant or Critical Race Theory slant that fits your Narrative it won't make it on air.

Shameful.

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Trump carnage ???

Michigan
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I have watched pbs always.i have ordered from the catalogue.i will no lonnger do so.for the most part you have non stop shows that are black and hispanic oriented as if they are the only people that count.you are not impartial at all. The democrats have fermented hate and division for decades always claimintheother guy did it.communisim has now been illegally been put in to office. Biden is a treasonas lying crook You will never show that anymore than you did about the commumist leaning of obama.your like the rest of tv news & mainstream news.biased. all o care about is saving the rebublic from the lunatic left.personality wise trump lacks it but he is also the only president since tegan who has tried tp stop china from taking our country.the 1% who own facebook google & the media stole this election. I am done with your station.you do not give equal coverage For the most part you are to far to socialist left.trump is the only person who has called it what it is .fake news

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propaganda

Alabama
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Will CPB tell the American people the truth about election fraud?

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NPR in gen

Florida
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Way too liberal. NPRs answer to why they chose to ignore the very real laptop of Hunter Biden was a complete lie, 100% fabrication. Not one ounce of truth. Given the outright lie, that asshole should be fired and any and all federal funds should be withheld. New standards forcing fair and non partisan coverage enacted. The paradox, NPR would not be able to find any. Odd, huh. No ex NYTer, no Berkeley professors. None

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Editorial

January 5, 2021
Feedback:

My comment or question is, will the Corporation for the Public Broadcasting continue taking taxpayer money to hide the truth from the American people of the fraud of the election. If you hate our country so much why do you take our money? Why don't you tell the truth?

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Quit being liberal d****

Florida
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Quit being liberal d*** heads. Love the 1st ammendment, protected by the 2nd ammendment.

Unacceptable Government Sponsored Rcism

California
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I was extremely offended by a segment on Amanpur this week in which Christine sat there with a smirk on her face while a guest REPEATEDLY spoke about how "White Males" think, act, and should be treated. This constituted a blatant act of government sponsored racism. This will NOT be forgotten unless it is addressed immediately and in such a way that it could never possibly happen again. Think of the effect it has on the white males in your employ and the fact that children witnessed this. You should be ashamed of youreselves unless you terminate the program and publicly state the reason was blatant racism.

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PBS programs over the years

California
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I have been watching PBS including the Masterpiece Theater offerings for many years. I'll tell you one reason British TV does so well here: It's because UK productions are done so excellently and imaginatively. The British have a long history of excellent literature and theater--and it shows. I often sit in awe of the productions and the quality of British dramatics. The culture here in the U.S. has not for quite some time lent itself to the quality of our productions compared to that which we are lucky to receive from the literary/drama traditions of Britain. (Just a note: I am probably the only person in the world who would have preferred Mr. Cumberbatch performing the "Sherlock" of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I didn't enjoy a surreal "Sherlock" at all. You should have made up a character of your own, not stealing the name "Sherlock" and, instead, come up with your own character name. For me, it was a cheap shot! And god help us if you do the same thing to Agatha Christie characters. Unfortunately, the generations probably since Vietnam or even Korea and The Beatles and R & R have been left without any taste for the classics and don't know any better). Thank heavens I lived in the era of wonderful Hollywood (and foreign film era), and radio, based many of their stories on British stories and very often starred British actors. e.g. Charles Laughton, C. Aubrey Smith, Cary Grant, Vivien Leigh, Maureen O'Hara, Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Clare Bloom, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Fitzgerald [was she British?]) I respect and enjoy thoroughly the classics, as well as current offerings IF they're good. However, the classics today barely exist: Shakespeare? Walter Scott? Brontes? Austen? Stevenson? Beethoven? Gregorian Chant, De Lassus? Hayden? Mozart? Stravinsky? Ravel? Schubert?--and in television: "I Claudius", "Prime Suspect", and many others. I have repeatedly appealed to KOCE to rerun "Prime Suspect." Its theme, its plot is totally current. But they just don't do it. "I Claudius" definitely should be rerun. You'll never equal the 1st production if you make a new one. The actors and the mindsets today just aren't in the right ballpark. "Victoria"? Sure. It will become a classic. Also, the most recent "Forsyth Saga" (Forsyte?) may become a classic. But, you, too, have no interest in your Masterpiece productions that have become classics (I'm not saying that all are, but some ARE). I suppose that you like to get more money to produce new work and support current writers, directors, actors, etc. Too bad, it appears that the classics are disappearing off the shelves and racks. By the way, KOCE has the most disturbing clanging sound that is increased, electric guitars(?), during program breaks. I don't know why they keep it. It's particularly unpleasant after an important or moving program. They should get rid of it. Otherwise, it's a pretty good station, but then, all the PBS stations are.

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Unequal news coverage

Illinois
Feedback:

Dear CPB, I was once a big fan of your news program...not any more. I live near Chicago and watches the 7pm local news every night. In recent months, all the local news are dedicated to some racial groups and there is almost no coverage on Asian American community. I feel completely left out as Asian American. And I guess some people from other ethnic groups feel the same way. This is exactly why America becomes more and more divided- media fueled the division by unequal coverage. The correct path to racial equality is to treat everyone equally with the same amount of respect, but not favoring one over another. You as a government sponsored media should be more conscious than a private media outlet. In addition, your news programs become no less biased than CNN and Fox. The news hosts and guests are emotional and opinionated, making the program look like realIty show. I am no Trump supporter. Actually I am relieved to see him go. But I think you have got two things wrong: 1) not all people who voted for him are loyal to him - it is simply because Biden’s polices may cause more harm to them. 2) many people who vote for Biden not because they agree with everything on the leftists’ agenda - it is simply because they don’t like DT. If you don’t stop unequal news coverage and keep inviting biased guests to the news program, you will drive more and more audience away. And then you wonder why so many people fall for fake news? Because of you!!!! I used to donate to you every year, but this year I decide to give the money to WHO to help the poor countries buy COVID vaccines.

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reboot sagwa

Louisiana
Feedback:

please reboot sagwa

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NC Spin vs Gospel Music

North Carolina
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We were shocked when we heard it was the last week of NC Spin, a great take on NC politics. Then, when perusing pBS looking for something to watch we came across the gospel music and bluegrass music programs. NC has grown up a lot in the last few years but you are living in the past. Church attendance is way down and I would be very surprised to find people are truly interested in church music. The same with bluegrass which is enjoyed by a select few. We were just about to give more monthly. Ugh.

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PBS Newshour. Judy must retire.

Georgia
Feedback:

I watch PBS Newshour live with your new live feature on APP on Apple TV. My husband walks in, and says oh no live. I can’t fast forward through Judy Judy Judy. Please help her retire, ease her into it.

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Scarlet and the Duke

Utah
Feedback:

I was looking forward to watching the new Masterpiece program, “Scarlet and the Duke” but it was broadcast with a verbal overlay for the blind. That made it unwatchable for me. Why the verbal overlay? Doesn’t make me happy about being a new subscriber.

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Jan.11, 2021

Feedback:

Please can Judy Woodruff provide more in-depth reporting about the planned continued planned insurection that will manifest in armed attacks on every capitol in all fifty states.

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Jan.11, 2021

Washington
Feedback:

Please can Judy Woodruff provide more in-depth reporting about the planned continued insurection that will manifest in armed attacks on every capitol in all fifty states. A l s o : Recently, our Governor Enslee have the front gates of the Governor's Masion destroyed by pro-Trump cult members who came on the property and did a little riot rehearsal before Police quickly broke them up. Are these thugs even attacking small venues? Anne Williams

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Why is Fake News So Effective

Massachusetts
Feedback:

I am a Massachusetts educator, and I was impressed by the online assignment, "Why is Fake News So Effective?" This topic was broken down in a manner which reached different types of learners. The images and interactives really kept my students engaged. I also appreciate the final assessment, which nicely drew on a culmination of skills that the student built from the previous segments in the assignment.

I wanted to know if the maker of this online interactive has other interactives of this nature. I appreciate the manner in which students can work on topics, save information, and see a folder of their work. I also think that this is extremely helpful for educators, as they are able to conveniently aggregate and grade students' data. If you can please assist me with this, that would be great!

Sincerely,

Robert Fitzgerald Norton High School, Massachusetts

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Lincoln Project

January 18th, 2021
Feedback:

I'm just curious why no media or news organization has picked up the story of the Lincoln Project persecuting people that used to work for our old government. They're going after people, canceling their jobs, getting them fired. That doesn't seem very American to me. Why isn't there a story about that?

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Fire Michael beller

Illinois
Feedback:

I saw a video circulating Facebook where your principal counselor is calling for Trump’s supporters children to be placed in camps, like Hitler. If this is truly the view of this station, you do not deserve any funding. You are a disgrace. If this is not your company’s view, you need to fire him immediately!

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WGBU Television Viewer

January 21, 2021
Feedback:

If you are a godly, Christian channel then why are you supporting evil, such as what our Democratic parties are doing? I'm going to bring it up this up in my church and a few other churches about this television station. You are not posting the truth about things. Change it or higher above will take action. 

PBS GRANT

California
Feedback:

Are these the ideals that CPB were intending to support when the donation to PBS was made?

https://www.projectveritas.com/video/pbs-principal-counsel-lays-out-violent-radical-agenda-says-americans-are-f/

This is a disgusting point of view. Re-education camps and separating children from their parents for an opposing point of view.

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PBS Newshour - Yamiche Alcindor talks too fast

Oregon
Feedback:

The show is excellent. We just wish Yamiche Alcindor could slow down when she talks. It is so bad we can’t understand what she is saying. On other shows she doesn’t talk this fast and very good and professional. We wish she could take it down a notch or two so we could hear her properly.

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PBS and CPB Broadcasting Propaganda

Idaho
Feedback:

I have read hundred of complaints regarding how unbalanced and opinionated the NewHours has become, you can't take money from taxpayers and only report propaganda from the left, you state that you have nothing to do with these shows, you don't produce ect., so making comment is a complete waste of time, pointless. Both of these organization refuse to hire conservative journalist, or have any guest that don't fit a Socialist/Communist narrative. You make wonderful shows on Travel, Science, Food etc., but you should no longer be allowed a favored tax break for reporting any Political programs. Your ads say, Fair and Balanced or something like that and that's completely untrue. Yamish and the other three gals are not journalist, they just give us their liberal opinion, so cut the crap, drop those ads as the News Hours is not honest at all. Go back to Journalist school, or hire some Conservative Journalist, investigative reporting is not what you are doing, you are nothing more than a propaganda tool for the Communist party. . . the other show are great, stop the Political B.S. shows. . . Bashing the President of the United States 24/7/ 365 is not news, you treated Obama or Hillary or Billy, or Sid Blumenthal the senator who lied about his Military service. Everyone knows voter fraud is real but U? Not one honest story on Voter Fraud, where's the Journalism.. .. . . I have watched you every week for years, so I know how bad you have become, lead, follow or get out of the business. . .

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Classic Arts Channel

Florida
Feedback:

WEFS Channel 456 here in Kissimmee, they had a slide on indicating they were changing Satellites and to check their website for the new coordinates. Please make the change as I love the programming.

Thank You

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election

Alaska
Feedback:

Your all disgusting and all of you should be in prison

Newshour

Minnesota
Feedback:

The Newshour presents great, balanced coverage of the news. Thank you. I'm very sorry to see Mark Shields retire. I've look forward to Shields and Brooks every Friday night.

Mark Shields departure & PBS Teams' work

Indiana
Feedback:

I have really enjoyed the Mark Shields & David Brooks discussions. Judy Woodward & the entire team are hard driving, remarkably fair, objective, unbiased & always professional. I will miss Mark Shields, am glad he'll be back on occasion, & wish him the best! In the meantime PBS News Hour will remain my go to for comprehensive news & creative programming geared to both inform & educate. TKU

new programs

Oregon
Feedback:

Do you think you will ever do A Town Like Alice and The Thorn Birds again? Thank you. Lillian Smith Corvallis OR

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News Hour on P S

Illinois
Feedback:

Mark Shields has been my lens for understanding a principled view of American politics. Please extend my gratitude for his years of service. His commentary has been intelligent, insightful and convivial. I will miss him an awful lot.

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Donation Support

Colorado
Feedback:

I am of the opinion as others before me that PBS is a far left organization and your bias is so obvious. The German station DW New with Brent Goff is a typical left leaning propagandist against the United States. He doesn't impress me at all and seems to me to be a no talent journalist that couldn't get a job in the USA!!!

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PBS NewsHour

Pennsylvania
Feedback:

Hello,

Please pass along my thanks to Mark Shields for his years of excellent work, including his commentary on the Friday evening PBS NewsHour.

His decency, humor and insight have been an inspiration, and I will miss him!

Brian Steer Pottstown, Pa.

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Liberal bias

Missouri
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I am contacting my senator about cutting government funding to PBS due to it's liberal/ democratic party bias. There should be no bias in public television. It is plain to see the bias, especially on Ampour and company and the PBS news hour.

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Mark Shields goodbye 12/18/2020

Minnesota
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Mark - Thanks for being you. God bless you. See me - go to google - enter Huot our town with Ron Ron

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Peg + Cat

Virginia
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I cannot believe you would drop the most intelligent show on your schedule (Peg + Cat) and put in its place something as vapid and ridiculous as Pinkaicious. You wonder how young children have any chance to learn anymore

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Wishing Mark Shields the best of times in retirement

Pennsylvania
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Mark Shields has brought us words of political and historic wisdom each week for years and years. His analysis has been well researched and based in historic and accurate facts. He presents information with intelligence and ethical consideration bringing meaning to the week's news. He will be missed but we wish him the very best that life has to offer in his retirement. We've learned so much and are so grateful for the years that he has dedicated himself to the public. You've earned this, Mark - now enjoy it! Gila and Ron Pacanowski

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CPB Merch

Massachusetts
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Is it possible within the corporation's power to also sell merchandise based on its legacy and place in the culture of public media in our country? I know this becomes a niche of a niche, but I figure it might be worth considering as a revenue option, if only insignificant. Also, I just want a shirt with the CPB logos of yore on them. Thanks!

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election

Hawaii
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HEY DUMMIES SENATE COMMITTEE IS NOT BASELESS CLAIMS OF FRAUD HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF AFFIDAVIDES? STOP THE PROPAGANDA A*******

PBS

Illinois
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PBS is federally funded yet thinks that it can be extremely liberally bias. My taxes for their radical views? Take them off the air.

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Newshour: Please deliver this message to Mark Shields

Colorado
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Dear Mr. Shields, I just read David Brooks's column on your retirement following the Newshour broadcast this coming Friday, and I need to write to wish you, from deep in my heart, the very best. I have watched the News Hour since 1982, when it was the MacNeil Lehrer Report. I have watched you since GERGEN and Shields. I also was the one who ran into you in a hotel in San Diego some years back while you were trying to order some eggs from the breakfast buffet and thanked you for all you do -- sorry to disrupt you! I am going to miss you. I have always admired your passion, decency, goodness, and humanity. You treated people fairly. You spoke with such clarity about the democratic process, of your conviction that politics can be a force of good. I cannot thank you enough.

This Friday I will tune in again, looking forward to seeing you once more. I will smile, and likely a tear or two will fall down my cheek. You are, Mr. Shields, something special. Thank you again, and best wishes.

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PBS News Hour and Judy Woodruff

Texas
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I voted for Biden, and I dislike and disapprove of Trump. That said, I would like Judy Woodruff to resist showing her animosity to Trump. It is getting boring, predictable, and annoying to hear her bash Trump every evening and in almost every news story. It is almost to the point that I think she has a personal (not professional) vendetta towards Trump. If she cannot report news without unnecessarily bringing Trump into it, she should retire. I donate to PBS, but I'm looking for other news sources.

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Mark Shields

Maine
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Thank you, Mr. Boston..watched you every Friday for years.

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Judy Woodruff interview with Georgia Attorney General

Illinois
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That was the worst interview my family has seen by Judy Woodruff. She constantly was asking the same nonsensical things about the people being duped? What was she trying to get that man to say.? She was trying to get her point across on how the people want Georgia’s election thrown out. How about retiring Ms Woodrow. For a competent interviewer

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A Gentleman and A Scholar

Oregon
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I will miss Mark Shields commentary but look forward to his occasion appearances. It is like a breath of fresh air to hear Mark's take on current events, especially during the last few years when democracy took a nosedive. I also found his exchanges with David Brooks a model for civil discourse... he is a gentleman and a scholar. Thank you.

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PBS news hour Mark Sheilds

California
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I sincerely want to know why people who run for offices in congress are not vetted at any point when they are running for office, especially the President. How can we even begin to clean up the toxicity in Washington if we do not Vet who is wanting these positions? If we the people have any hope for a continued democracy, this is mandatory and yet for some reason it is not. This sadly is how vacant human beings with no grasp of moral perpetuity become monsters, grifting America under the disguise of patriotism. Please help me and the rest of this nation understand why we have failed in making sure this thoughtlessness does not continue.

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PBS news hour David Brooks

California
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I sincerely want to know why people who run for offices in congress are not vetted at any point when they are running for office, especially the President. How can we even begin to clean up the toxicity in Washington if we do not Vet who is wanting these positions? If we the people have any hope for a continued democracy, this is mandatory and yet for some reason it is not. This sadly is how vacant human beings with no grasp of moral perpetuity become monsters, grifting America under the disguise of patriotism. Please help me and the rest of this nation understand why we have failed in making sure this thoughtlessness does not continue.

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PBS news hour Judy Woodruff

California
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I sincerely want to know why people who run for offices in congress are not vetted at any point when they are running for office, especially the President. How can we even begin to clean up the toxicity in Washington if we do not Vet who is wanting these positions? If we the people have any hope for a continued democracy, this is mandatory and yet for some reason it is not. This sadly is how vacant human beings with no grasp of moral perpetuity become monsters, grifting America under the disguise of patriotism. Please help me and the rest of this nation understand why we have failed in making sure this thoughtlessness does not continue. Sincerely Brenda McLaughlin

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Please Share with Mark Shields

California
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I hope you can pass this along to Mark Shields.

Dear Mr. Shields,

Over the last few years my wife and I have cherished our Friday nights (or Saturday morning via DVR) with you and David Brooks. She works in corporate PR and I am a former congressional staffer. Congratulations on your retirement and thank you for all of your wisdom and insight. We've so enjoyed your intellect and humor. I look forward to seeing you again on PBS.

Josh and Negin Kamali

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PBS Passport

Florida
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How are you legally charging for a PBS Passport to watch programming my tax dollars pay for? I'd like to give PBS an opportunity to answer this question before I take it to my state representative.

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The News Hour

Feedback:

Like so many, the retirement of Mark Shields has been a tremendous loss for me, and although I know his age and it is time to seek peace and tranquility, I think David summed it up for so many of us in his eloquent piece in the NYT. His great ability to zero in on critical issues, yet remain civil and polite, as David said a rare ability in today's news. Stay well old friend, for I will always think of you "as my friend" and you leave your legacy in good hands with David Brooks, and Judy Woodruff, and all the PBS crew.

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Yamiche Alcindor

December 3, 2020
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It is very important that you look at Yamiche Alcindor. She is biased. She starting to talk completely with her hands. She needs to be fired.

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Virus safety

Montana
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I’m watching PBS 3:37. 12/23/2020 News break gave ways to prevent the spread of covid, it was shown to wash hands and social distances but NO MENTION OF WEARING A MASK!!!!! Why no mention of wearing a mask

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Programming

North Carolina
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I believe in public Television. We’ve contributed in the past. However lately your programming is really bad, All this dark and hopeless murder garbage, one after the other! Incredibly depressing. Then there are these pointless repetitive series that disappear after 3 episodes because they don’t get traction. How many times in a row can you show the same Father Brown? As a musician, I have to say you ignore jazz and more serious and modern forms of music. Austin City Limits has become laughable. Lawrence Welk, really? Every time you want money you show the same tired old rock and soul over and over again. Now you’re pushing these idiot new age gurus which are ridiculous. I guess yet another excuse for showing Downton Abbey is coming right? You need to modernize and live up to the values you claim to have. At the moment I’m finding less reason to watch you.

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Mark Shields

Illinois
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Dear Mark Shields,

You will be missed, your voice, your thoughts, the twinkle in your eyes.

Stay strong,

Denise Doctor

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Mark Shields’ final appearance on the News Hour

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Dear Mr. Shields, I cannot describe how sad I am , having heard you are leaving the News Hour. I don’t know how many years I have followed you, but they have been fulfilling in a joyous way. First, you remind me of my beloved Dad because you share a strong resemblance; secondly, your analysis is continuously spot on, in my opinion. Thank you so much for sharing your able observations of our political challenges over these decades. My deepest respect, Geraldine Lash

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Donation

Florida
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I just received an email from PBS requesting a donation. As long as this station continues to have such an overt leftist bias, they can forget about any additional support from me. In fact, I support eliminating taxpayer funding since they do not impartially represent ALL of the people.

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Announcement of Mark Shields' retirement from PBS Newshour's Friday Political Commentary Desk

New York
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What a sad day for those of us who have listened to his wit and wisdom for all these years. Somehow it seems to be more than thirty-three years. Every Friday evening watching the Newshour for the exchange of sharp political insight and witty remarks between Mark and David Gergen, Paul Gigot, and now the equally incomparable David Brooks, has been a weekly must. For anyone who prides himself on being politically attuned, there has been no better set of commentators. And among this select group, Mark has always been the standout--witty comments, encyclopedic knowledge of past and current political issues and figures, and wise, thoughtful remarks that put all of these other "pundits" to shame. Thank you for such wonderful work, enlightening our minds and bringing leavening humor to our perceptions of American democracy in action. A new star added to the PBS galaxy: Robin MacNeil, Jim Lehrer, Gwen Ifill, et al.

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Correcting False Narratives

Georgia
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For many years, brown African Americans have been called black. As you know how negative and corrosive the term represents. Pinkish European Americans have been given the false narrative and privilege of being called white. Forms, schools and media continue these false narratives that causes hate and arrogance because of this ignorance. It is the responsibility of you who address the public daily to teach Truth and heal the divisions caused by this propaganda. Native Americans, Hispanic or Latino Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans and European Americans are some of the diversity that comprises America. Let's begin speaking Truth!

About Your Shows

Oregon
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Dear The Corporation For The Public Broadcasting,

I like your shows and your web sites. Hope you're doing well.

Sincerely, Harrison

Casual conversation

Montana
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This is Richard James Goodall, checking in with you guys. Just wanted to let you guys know that, during these tough times, working together as a big team is a must, as we try to find a cure for the COVID-19 virus.

PBS News Hour Politics Friday 11/6/2020

District Of Columbia
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Please send this email to Mark Shields.

Mark, my husband and I always enjoy your laconic observations and your wry sense of humor. You hit the ball out of the park last night when you said that Lindsey Graham makes Tonto look like an independent. We are still chuckling over this bullseye.

With thanks and admiration,

Stephanie Karsten

Mark Shields

California
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I wanted to thank you for having Mark Shields on your program every Friday. I've been following him for years and I think he is the voice of reason and sanity in what seems a sometimes insane country. Such a relief just to hear his comments once a week.

Hunter Biden Emails

October 24, 2020
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I have been listening to NPR for forty years. I can not believe the audacity of you not to cover real news. Unless you start covering Hunter Biden and the laptop, hotel, and other people associated with Biden, I will make sure that you never get another public dime again or from any government agency. I will work hard to defund you. 

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PBS NewsHour incorrectly bad quotes Republicans to attack republicans (proof)

Michigan
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Tonights episode is rhe final nail in the coffin for your unlegit reporting. Tonight's episode Nov. 18, 2020 has an obviously bad misquote all to attack republicans, and I can prove it is still up on youtube!

In the report called (Trump's dismissal of Christopher Krebs sraws widespread criticism) you PURPOSELY MISQUOTE a republican senator!

Proof At the misquote if you pause at 3:35, The misquote text and biased narrative you push at PBS Newshour is, again, wrong as usual, so wrong...because AS HE TALKS IT ON AUDIO HE ACTUALLY DISAGREES!

You misquoted him saying this on your video, "the irony is we really did a much better job in 2018 and 2020"

That IS NOT what he says, clearly on my 50 inch HDTV fullscreen loud 100 volume, he ACTUALLY SAYS: "the irony is WE HAVE really DONE a much better job in 2018 than in 2020"

Listen, and correct your pathetically biased mistake.

And yes, your obvious bias and hiding truth in the youtube comments by disabling comments proves you all are pushing a biased and untransparent agenda.

Get real, you are being watched and prepare for lawsuits, your bias has been showing a while ... bye bye nonprofit status, PBS!

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The Choice 2020

October 29, 2020 from Wisconsin
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I just got done watching "The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden" I was just appalled by that documentary. I have watched PBS Frontline over the years and I thought they were a pretty good year. This year, not so much. What they were trying to get us to believe is that election is all about character, temperament, persona, and personality. They said that at the end of the show. They said that policy is not the choice on this year's ballot. I don't believe that for a minute. They tried to make Trump look better than Biden. If this show was the only thing that I ever saw to make a decision, I would not vote for either man. I have been watching politics my whole adult life - some 50 years. I can tell you that Trump is a better President than Biden will ever be. This is just another propaganda film. You put some blemishes on Joe Biden. I grant you that. You tried to make him look like an empathetic figure. He's had a tough life. I'll grant you that, so have a lot of other people. To be a 78-year-old, senile man as President of the United States will not get the job done and PBS did not get the job done on this film. I'm appalled. I will never make another donation to PBS. 

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Fire judy woodruff as newshour anchor

Arkansas
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She has turned newshour into a political left wing platform with no real interest non bias reporting of right wing views to balance .i would rather that news hour stay out of the political arena when ever possible but her left preference and snide comments and attitude make half the viewership uncomfortable and frankly down right angry.its time for a change new unbiased anchor and lead reporters as well.a grassroots movement to defund pbs is gaining speed due largely to judy.

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The Choice 2020

from Pennsylvania
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I'm leaving a message about programming on my local PBS station, WHYY. I'm here in Philidelphia. I'm really upset that they are playing the Frontline interview with the 2020 candidates, which is the most biased piece of "reporting" that I've ever seen. They are playing it here on a day when there are riots and protests and an election six days away. This is public broadcasting and that is absolutely not acceptable. The Frontline piece on Joe Biden and Donald Trump is highly biased, highly prejudicial in favor of the Democratic candidate and it makes me disgusted. I'm an actual Democrat. I really want to complain about that. I already canceled my membership for this very reason. I don't want to see it in my newspapers. I'm sick and tired of the bias. Everything seems to be fake news and it's impossible to know what to believe because of things like this. Public broadcasting stations shouldn't be biased. 

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PBS News hour

Arizona
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Mark Shields comments ,

" I haven't found that many good Germans among the Republicans who are resisting "

I found that comment offensive. I am not certain what he was driving at. But leave Germans or Americans of German decent out of it completely.

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It's time to stop beating up the 'Nazis' (everyone's favorite 'bad guy') on PBS every week!

California
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I am a PBS subscriber and I am also a subscriber to 'COMMENTARY', a conservative Jewish magazine. I am ALSO a German-American and a historian by academic training. I am quite well aware of the terrible events that occurred during the 2WK (AKA: WW2) under the Hitler regime. And yes, they were reprehensible by any definition of 'racial persecution', but I am extremely tired of having this 75+ year old drama replayed practically every week on PBS programming. If it isn't Rick Steeves preaching about the horrors of German National Socialism, it's 'The Rise of the Nazis' or the 75th anniversary of that travesty of international law known as the Nürnberg War Crime Trials.

It is quite obvious that PBS loves to rub Nazis in our faces, every time we turn around, and I for one am sick to death of it. What is also quite obvious is that bashing Nazis has become a regular pastime on PBS and I'm uncertain as to exactly why, unless it's because there's so much influence by pro-Jewish elements of American society at PBS who are behind this. In the present decade of American progressive 'Democratic identity-socialism', it appears to be conveniently overlooked that Hitler's execrable transgressions against humanity were and have been far exceeded by a full century of Soviet/Russian Communist barbarity (whose victims number in the hundreds of millions)! There have been innumerable, equally despicable villains (AKA: mass-murderers) in the past several thousand years of human history...Napoleon, Ghengiz Khan, Mao Zhedong, Pol Pot...the list is practically endless...but whom do we chose to trot out of the closet of horrors every week? Why, those lovable, ultimate mega-monsters, the German National Socialists!

The fact that Josef Stalin was ostensibly our 2WK 'ally', who shared in the defeat of the German Third Reich (and a subsequent victory-wreath) endowed his utterly barbaric depredations (mostly against his own people!) with a most convenient blanket immunity from worldwide censure that has been conveniently swept under the historical carpet. Had the Soviets been on the losing side, make no mistake in thinking that Stalin would have escaped the same sort of carnival-like miscarriage of justice that the Nürnberg Tribunal defendants faced. Despite the populist ballyhoo that portrays the Nürnberg Tribunal as just and fair, a preponderance of objective jurists today condemn them as an absolute, utter farce. They were in fact a travesty of proper jurisprudence and the equivalent of a virtual 'Old West Style' lynch mob right from the beginning!

Reichsmarschall Herman Göring, in his lengthy prepared statement before the Tribunal, presented many compelling arguments in his defense (and the defense of the other defendants), but today the lucidity and practical cogency of his testimony is also conveniently ignored and/or overlooked by liberal historians. Göring masterfully summarised his testimony with the chilling reminder that “Der Sieger wird immer der Richter und der Besiegte stets der Angeklagte sein” ("The victor will always be the judge and the vanquished the accused").

In summary, enough is enough. It's time to stop beating a dead horse. Stop fanning the leftist liberal 'SOCI' (for that was the popular term for socialists, back in Germany's 1930s) flames and let's get on with life in the present moment! We have enough things on our cultural plate to worry about without being accused of being 'closet Nazis' every time we turn around!

One final thing: What is termed 'Anti-semitism' is a gross misnomer. The proper term should be 'Anti-Jewish' or 'Anti-Zionist', since the term 'semite' applies to all peoples of the Southwest Asian region and therefore unjustly impugns the entire range of Arab peoples, none of whom are Jewish.

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Yamiche Alcondor

Virginia
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Both my husband and I were enthusiastic in Vice President Biden’s defeat of President Trump. Listening to Yamiche Alcindor’s screed heard on Hari Screenivasin’s interview on Saturday (11/07/20) was an embarrassment of clear racist bigotry. We can never again listen to her reports or commentary with anything resembling confidence or respect. This type of irrationality besmerches your reputation and our fondly held respect for Gwen Ifill. This commentator was so focused on the gender, place of education, race of sorority of the Vice President elect that she actually failed to focus comment on the Predent elect. This reporter offered a shameful commentary so biased in presentation that we shall refrain from watching or listening to her again.

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Jamestown Season 2

Maine
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Just recently signed up for PBS passport. Since signing up, I have noticed language censorship. Why, and is there a way to disable it?

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Signal interruptions

Florida
Feedback:

Your signal transmission has been intermittently blocked all weekend. Screen goes blank.

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PBS News Hour

Maine
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My wife and I are avid watchers of the PBS Newshour and enjoy what we feel is excellent and fair reporting. We are also long standing supporters of NPR. We have, however, been very disappointed by the biased reporting by Yamiche Alcindor. As I watch her manage to take any positive news that involves Republicans and turn it into a negative, I wonder how it is that she has been given such editorial leeway. I always wait for the...but...which is the signal she is about to move into her biased agenda. The Newshour has a great team of reporters, however, Alcindor does not, in our opinion, maintain the same level of professionalism.

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The Pilgrims

Vermont
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All of the videos including "The Pilgrims" vibrate so much that I cannot watch any of them. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

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Judy Woodruff calling republicans "Rural, without a college education"

Ohio
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I watched almost all of the PBS News Hour election special, and was disgusted by the obvious liberal bias of your news anchor Judy Woodruff. At about 1 am last night (November 4th 2020) Judy Woodruff made a statement about republicans being "rural, and without a college education." I am an independent but my family is all college educated republicans and the assault on them was unjust and uncalled for. Ever since David Gregory got fired as moderator of Meet the Press, I have relied on PBS for what I felt was the last unbiased news. It makes me sad that the last reliable news station in this country has been corrupted by anchors like Judy Woodruff who would rather report their opinions over facts. I will no longer be watching PBS News Hour, and no longer recommend it to others who are tired of the far left and far right news. I'm sure this email wont even be read but it's important enough that I have to try. My last remaining source of unbiased news media is foreign news like german Deutsche Welle. Even though many of the topics on Deutsche Welle are impertinent to me as an American, the lead anchor Brent Goff is always on point. His interviews are full of poignant unbiased questions and he never puts forward his opinions, only facts. I hope some day PBS News Hour can find an anchor like Brent Goff who can return your news station into the hub of information it once was. Thank you for reading.

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PBS NEWSHOUR is a disgrace, 100% bias against President Trump

Wisconsin
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We can no longer count on the PBS News Hour for trustworthy / factual / balanced reporting. The days of MacNeil and Lehrer are long gone. Since 2016, the program is so one-sided, so biased against conservatives, especially Trump voters, that it is painful to watch. (Frankly, I do so less and less, and I used to be a donor!) Also, how much abuse can one take? I would like to say to Judy Woodruff that we, "deplorables," are not stupid; have dignity; are as much children of God as anyone else. We get it: You despise us, just like you despise the President.

To the board of CPB, I say: Enough is enough. Get rid of the PBS News Hour. It has outlived its usefulness and it cannot be fixed.

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NewsHour broadcast of David Brooks is badly out of focus

New York
Feedback:

The video from David Brooks home webcam has been TERRIBLE for 6 MONTHS!! This is a feature segment. It looks really poor, it's distracting. Look at Jonathan Carhart crystal clear, David is badly out of focus/cloudy. Look! An excellent camera is $100. I'd be honored and happy to donate that new camera.

Please forward this to: Sydni Dreher, Senior Production Manager Michael Melia, Senior Broadcast Producer and Stuart Cohen, Editor/Camera/Tech.

This is my daily news since the live Watergate hearings coverage,(I was 14).

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Lost Support & Credibility

West Virginia
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I am cancelling my channel and will never again support PBS. Your broadcasts do not reflect, inform or serve a very substantial portion of ‘the public.’ I will not support nor contribute to topic suppression and such blatant, politically slanted broadcasting. Further, as a private, nonprofit entity benefiting from CPB grants and other federal funds, it is even more disturbing. This isn’t journalism...it’s simply ‘opinionism.’ No credibility. No support.

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Shields & Brooks

Texas
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Dear Mr.Shields and Mr. Brooks, A former Marine asked last Friday "why can't America have 2 Presidents?"

Taught to fight after Vietnam mostly with other Marines on base after years of being kicked out of exceptional schools over fighting, this 65 year old who got a GED from Jesuit in Dallas, predictably claims to have voted, after finally staying out of prison for a score of dwi's. Yes he never went to jail while I represented him for 1 score of cases. But later, penniless, the Tennessee solution presented itself and thankfully he quit.

Impressed by wealth and touched by narscasim himself, this man who used to con many others, has always been vulnerable to bigger cons. He took care of a disabled sister who is now cared for under Medicaid but fails to understand Texas Republicans would starve the program if they could.

Ironically it seems that if Biden gets to 270 with Nevada Saturday, his hero Trump will not exit with class and will claim being co president, without forcing Biden into a corrupt bargain to encourage him to leave.

McConnell wanted the will of the people. Well 2 million more selected Biden before Trump tries to use the 2000 playback to stop the count. Can't these folk be more creative?

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1A

Virginia
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This comment is directed to Mr. Rupert Allman, executive producer at NPR's 1A. This used to be a very informative radio show. Former hosts, Diane Rehm and Joshua Johnson, would engage with their guests by asking thought-provoking questions. While that may have been the case today (11/11/2020), when the discussion centered around upcoming vaccines for COVID 19, it certainly was not the case the previous two days. This past Monday, the host did not engage with the guests by asking any question of substance. As a matter of fact, she just gave free rein to the guests. This is especially true of the female guest (an academic from a local state university) who dismiissed statements by the show's listeners regarding their assertions on moral compass. This is the kind of attitude that gives the acedeme a bad rap for snobbery. Unless there is a substantial change in the way the host is supposed to interact with the guests, I'm afraid 1A will not have too many listeners.

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Stop

Pennsylvania
Feedback:

Being an old USAF Korean veteran and living through many life lesions, I find it quite disturbing that your programing is so unbalanced.

Constantly your stations show past and present history of the Jewish people, why is this done?

This is the USA, your stations should be showing our own history of how our native people were treated rather than mostly Jewish populations in Europe, both past and present

At this time I now turn off your stations off that blast the old and new articles about Hebrews, I have heard every story too many times.

Get with our USA and show our own problems, stop living off the backs of Jewish people.

Possibly your concern needs new management !!!

R A Ebitz Pittsburgh/Greensburg Pa

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Hunter Biden Emails

October 19, 2020
Feedback:

I was wondering if there were going to be any investigation or any comment that I've read on other news sites about the Hunter Biden emails. I wanted to know what NPR's position was on that and what they have been finding out. I would appreciate if something could be brought up about it so we could at least be informed. 

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November 10, 2020. Mark Shields newspaper column comment

Michigan
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I just read Mark Shields column in my local newspaper, the Mining Journal, Marquette, Michigan. Nov. 10, 2020. The article is about two white older men who ran for president. Fire of all, I like Mark Shields, consider myself a progressive Democrat. He mentions the number voting, etc. NOT ONCE, however did M. Shields mention the choice ofKAMALA HARRIS (diversity!) -- By Joe Biden. This is a HUGE factor in the MASSIVE NUMBER of votes for Joe B.

It is still astonishing --to me--that Trump got the number that he did. I have to remind myself that many of those who voted for DT 45 are people who will vote Republican - NO MATTER WHAT forever. Many are white non educated people who think he is going to actually help them. Some Trump voters care only about what they see as the ECONOMY getting better. So really -- Not many are the extremist RIDICULOUS white supremacist wing of this group (the ones who carry guns into Michigans capitol, for example. Another part of his voters are ignorant of actual facts and do not care about the DIVERSITY of this America today. America is changing rapidly -- whether WHITE VOTERS for 45 realize that. Far more states are purple or bue than ever before. Women who voted for Trump are simply voting against their own best interests, like the women of the 50-60s who served dinner in their aprons, Handmaids tale.

Those old white men who voted for Trump need to wake up to a more diverse country. Thats just a fact of American Life.

Thanks, Mark, for the good work. Just a few comments. You needed to add Kamala to the article.

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Timeline youtube video don't match the verbage or have missing links.

Georgia
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Some of the YouTube videos linked on the history timeline are either broken or do not match to the description. For example the 3-2-1 contact video is "a day in the life of a KISS concert" and the January 12, 1982, American Playhouse video is "for colored girls: somebody almost walked..." October 25, 1971 video is unavailable June 6, 1983 video is unavailable

These are just the ones that I have found. I haven't gone past 1983.

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PBS NewsHour

October 22, 2020 from Vermont
Feedback:

I was calling in concern of the PBS NewsHour. I am a local viewer in Vermont. I am concerned that it is not factual news and that it is opinionated news with people sitting there to crap on the President and talk nothing but negative opinions about him. They're not basing the news on facts. It is ridiculous. You guys need to stay neutral with politics. You guys are losing millions and millions of dollars in donations. That is a fact. I watch your news daily. They just commented that Trump interrupted Biden over one hundred times but they did not mention that Biden interrupted Trump over seventy times. It is ridiculous. It is based on opinions not facts. Your news channel is a mess. Just is a Socialist Democrat who can't hold her emotions back. You guys are losing millions in donations. You need to stay neutral in politics. 

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the "public" WNYC treats the public with contempt

New York
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Dear leadership of CPB,

I am writing regarding a problem with the way the "public" WNYC treats its listeners.

I approached WNYC asking them to make a segment on judicial fraud -- judges replacing in their decisions parties' argument with bogus argument of judges' own concoction so as to decide cases the way they want to, not the way they have to -- and when sued for fraud. judges arguing that they have a self-given (in Pierson v. Ray) right to act from the bench "maliciously and corruptly." (I tried to describe this pernicious phenomenon at https://alibi.com/news/61032/Judicial-Fraud-Impacts-Americans.html and you can check my site, www.cajfr.org)

I purchased tickets, and came to several events with Brian Lehrer, their host of political program so as to talk to him, and came to meetings of their Community Advisory Board to advocate for reporting of judicial fraud -- and asked for reason why 1/3 of US government -- its judiciary -- being officially "corrupt and malicious" does not count as "news."

They refused to answer this simple question, and I kept e-mailing them further evidence of judicial fraud. They blocked my e-mail address and phones -- so I cannot e-mail them or call them. Is that a way to treat a listener by a "public" radio station? They are taking money from the public -- from NPR, and thru fund drives in which they assure listeners that they are the epitome of honest reporting, acting in public interest -- which is a lie because investigating how judging is being done, and reporting that judges think they have a right to act "maliciously and corruptly," is manifestly in the public interest, and hiding this as WNYC does, is counter to the public interest -- as is cutting off communications with members of the public just because what they hear from the public is not to their liking.

CPB likely gives WNYC some funds -- this funding should be cut off. WNYC's contempt for the public does not warrant public funding.

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Covid vaccine trisls

Wisconsin
Feedback:

Please comment on the experimental error rate (margin of error) for the various trials. Please comment on what the placebos are in the various trials; they are not all the same. Also , why isn’t the appropriate placebo the adjuvant rather than saline? Also, why did the news media not immediately ask for the error rate? it’s the same principle as in political polling.

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Hunter Biden Emails

October 22, 2020
Feedback:

I'm calling because I'm so disturbed, after being a very loyal listener to NPR, that you are not doing anything to discuss the Hunter Biden email controversy. You are completely ignoring it and acting like it doesn't exist. I'm quite disgusted by your bias. I would like to complain that I don't want my tax dollars to your Corporation any longer. I think it is just so un-American of you to be this biased and I'm really disgusted. I couldn't help but share my feelings and thoughts. 

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yamiche Alcindor

New York
Feedback:

This reporter, who is one of the Newshour's featured, speaks so fast she is impossible to hear. Such speed trivializes the content.

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PBS NewsHour

November 27, 2020
Feedback:

I would like to give kuddos to Judy Woodruff, who spoke all of those names and lives with such love and caring. She is a fine journalist.

Hunter Biden Emails

October 23, 2020
Feedback:

I want to let you know that I have been a contributor for years and this is the straw that broke the camel's back - the disregard unbiased news stories, especially with the Hunter Biden issue and lack of support for the President. I will not be donating any longer to PBS. There are a lot of good programs, especially for my grandson. However, I can't continue to support an organization with such biased accountability. You have lost a loyal supporter and I will encourage others to do the same, and actually look toward defunding the organization. This is absolutely ridiculous. There needs to be accountability in your real, whatever that may be. I will continue to pursue that. 

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PBS Programming

November 7, 2020 from Minnesota
Feedback:

I'm calling from Minneapolis and I really do enjoy PBS shows and entertainment. I wait for Saturday night, especially during the pandemic, to watch the programming. I am really not happy about seeing more political nonsense on the television on Saturday night. Give it a break. Put it on some other time but don't put it on Saturday night. I'm not going to watch it. I'm very disappointed in how PBS makes that call to do that. Your viewers are not happy. Take it to heart. We are not happy. I could go on again about the political issue but I choose not to do that and you should choose not to put it on Saturday night or anytime until the whole thing is totally examined and we have the right President in there rather than what we're going through. Again, keep the political nonsense off Saturday night. 

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PBS

November 29, 2020
Feedback:

I hope this is PBS. I just wanted to mention that I will never watch your station. I feel that your reporting was biased and I also felt that you were trying to make the news rather than report the news. Unbelievable that I've been watching you all these years. Maybe I have not been getting the proper news. I'm done with PBS. And your radio stations are included. They're horrible. They do exactly the same thing. I'm finished. 

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Hunter Biden Emails

October 23, 2020
Feedback:

You can either report on Hunter Biden and the corrupt Biden family or I will fight like hell to make sure that all government funding stops going to your left-wing organization. You're not journalists. You are in the fact that you're a loudspeaker for the leftist-Democratic party. I'm just leaving you a warning that me and many of my fellow Conservatives will make sure that you are defunded and put out of business. 

 

 

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PBS YouTube

November 14, 2020
Feedback:

Why does PBS on Youtube most times turn off their comments section. Why do most people who work for PBS show and affinity for democrats. I have watched many of your news shows and it always seems you turn off comments and then spout democratic rhetoric. I am sorry but i pay a bunch in taxes and i am curious why you use our tax dollars to belittle or under mind any conservative frame of mind.

I am going to do my best to see what i can do to have the ACT President Johnson signed and the appropriations given to CPB withdrawn or lowered. I do not see why you need hundreds of millions of dollars of our tax money to tell use how good the democrats are.

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PBS NewsHour

November 30, 2020
Feedback:

I am absolutely disappointed in PBS NewsHour and in their reporting, specifically Amiche Alcindor. Fairly regularly now, she will say to Judy, "Judy, people are saying" or "according to critics." Those are not news sources. Those are opinions that she is dressing up as they are real news. It is absolutely disgusting to me to see what used to be a prominent news program resort to things of that nature - "people are saying" and "according to critics." That is not news. That is someone's opinion that they have dressed up as some official source. It just goes regularly un-commented on. I've seen some of the bumper statistics that you do, it will say "96% of this is this," with no attribution to the statistic. Judy Woodruff herself has resorted to opinion. That is why people want to defund PBS. It is so stilted to the left it is unbelievable. As someone who was on the left, with the last Hillary debacle and the current debacle, I've registered as an Independent. This is so unbalanced now that it is unbelievable and undeniable. I'm seeing how stilted it is to the left. The identity politics, especially from people of privilege. I'm tuning out. I don't trust the PBS NewsHour anymore. 

 

 

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Hunter Biden Emails

October 24, 2020
Feedback:

I have been an NPR listener for years. Unless you start covering Hunter Biden and the information coming out concerning the Bidens, I will listen to you or donate to you again. How dare you cut out the news. 

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News Report on over policing of teen

California
Feedback:

I am concerned about what message your co-host Tony D. Intended (at the conclusion of the report on the arrest of a Black teen) when he tossed his ink pen onto the desk.

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Aiming radio signals

Texas
Feedback:

I'm ordering Judy Woodruff to stop aiming her radio signals at me. I have a case number from a federal agency allowing me to file suit or issue an order to pay. I'm the only legal King, Chairman, CEO, President of the U.S.A. King of the Universe by birth

Bruce Mlynski

PBS NewsHour with Judy woodruff

Vermont
Feedback:

Liam Jardin’s reporting is Excellent but I wish she would over a few inches so she wouldn’t always be displaying that Martini shaker in her cabinet. She must read. Why not show a few books?

A strong supporter of The News Hour.

The PBS NewsHour

Illinois
Feedback:

If you want public contributions, you must dismiss Yamiche Alcindor. She’s way too partisan.And why is it so hard to contact you. Are you intentionally making this difficult? Please reply…

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Recent announcement by pbs they will not cover the Biden's possibly illegal activities while the FIB Confirms investigations

Maryland
Feedback:

It is bewildering to me that tax payers democrats and republicans give money to PBS as a non political entity, yet in all their coverage, both radio and tv are far to the left in a lot of their coverage of political issues. Shame on them, and shame on us for supporting them!

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Question for Aman Nawaz

South Carolina
Feedback:

Dear Aman - I appreciate ALL your talents and how you use them to keep me informed and connected! Could you please satisfy one simple, strange curiosity that I've had since you have been reporting in various settings? I have a 37-book set of classics that looks exactly like the matching red books on the shelf behind one of your reporting sets. Try as I might, I can't read the titles of the volumes! My set goes from "The Works of Balzac" to "The Works of Zola." What title are on the shelf? My set was printed by Black's Readers Service Company, Roslyn, New York, in 1925. I haven't read all 37 volumes, though I've dipped into many of them over the years! Thanks for satisfying my curiosity! - Elaine Frick, Columbia, SC.

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Biased reporting on the PBS Newshour

California
Feedback:

I understand that people leaning left or right on the political scale can see bias in reporting and interviewing. I have watched the PBS Newshour on and off for many years and I sense a shift in reporting to the left. For example, following a final report on the unsuccessful impeachment proceedings against the president in late January and February, a PBS Newshour reporter stated that another House Committee would soon launch another inquiry into the president. To which Ms. Woodruff replied forcefully with a smile, "You bet!" This seemed to imply that she wholeheartedly supported yet another attempt oust the president. I thought that was uncalled for and showed extraordinary bias unbecoming a journalist. This is but one example of what I hear regularly on the program. Ms. Woodruff seems to go to great lengths to be harsh and almost uncivil in tone, demeanor and line of questioning of anyone from the Republican side of the political spectrum compared to the softer tone and line of questioning with anyone on the Democratic side and I do not believe I am imagining it. I have seen this in her interviews with the Senator from Wyoming vs. NY's Schumer or Speaker Pelosi. She impatiently interrupts the Republican, not allowing the person to completely answer the question, while letting the Democrat talk on and on without interruption. This results in a different impression of the interviewee, negative as to the Republican and positive for the Democrat. The day to day reporting seems, by implication, to lay the blame for every event at the feet of the current administration, be it a weather event or a racial confrontation or a gun related situation. I get a "gotta" feeling when I watch the Newshour. What I want, and so many other people too, is balanced and fair reporting that the newshour advertises. Reading the CPB viewer comment section, many people do not feel that the PBS Newshour offers balanced, fair reporting. Many Americans do not seem to trust in the news they are receiving from PBS Newshour that is funded, in part, by the taxpayer and viewers. I am one of them. I have found the Wall Street Journal to be far more balanced and educational in the presentation on issues of the day with well written columns and editorials. The news coverage is better too, with reports from many places around the world, rather than touchy feely articles that are weak on information. The WSJ leans conservative, but it provides a forum for differing views, such as a column by Rahm Emanuel on why Biden would be a president for change and Trump is a disrupter, or the column on the background of Harris' mother, a Tamil Brahmin, from a culture that highly values education, who was forced to leave India due to quota systems for employment. This explains why Harris as SF DA prosecuted parents of truant children. She values education too. It's a pity she has been reviled by the black community for this effort. Without an education, there is no hope of becoming a contributing member of our society. What I seek in the news is a variety of opinion and wide range reporting so I can form my own opinions. The PBS Newshour does not measure up and in fact it is a disappointment. Another PBS program, Amanpour and Company is equally disappointing and is even more biased in its presentations. Recently, the program had as guests, the Lt Governor or Michigan (democrat) and the woman who started Republicans against Trump, to discuss the upcoming election in the battleground state. There was no interview with a Republican or a group that is against Biden. There was no balance in the program. Why do you continue to carry such a one-sided excuse for journalism? Ms. Amanpour seems to have abandoned any standards of journalism in her programs and they should be offered as commentary and entertainment. She is reputed to have said, "when you are neutral, you are an accomplice." This should not be the position of a journalist and yet the PBS Newshour program and Amanpour and Company appear to be anything but neutral.

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Pbs newshour

Arizona
Feedback:

I am continually struck by the anti Trump bias on the Newshour, especially by Ms. Yamiche. I suggest that ALL complaints be made public. If they were I suspect it would be clear that viewer complaints are being ignored and bias tolerated.

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pbs programming

Florida
Feedback:

I am legally blind as are over three milion people in the US. I know that PBS accomodates the hearing impaired with captions. However, when programs have people speaking in other languages, there is no voice over to help us understand what is being said. Also, with some shows that are hard to understand there are also sub titles and again, low or no vision patrons are left out. Of course it is not only PBS but all TV staions, but supposedly PBS is interested in accessibility. Another issue the diversity of programming in SW Florida. We are "snowbirds" and have the opportunity to compare programming in Fla. and Southestern, Connecticut(Ct.) Though the couhnty in Ct. is not affluent about two and half hrs. NYC, we have six PBS channels wh are: Ch.2; Boston: Ch.13, Hartford: Ch1160, Create; Ch.1161"Sorit"; Ch.1146 World and chPBS44, local PBSBoston. One thing are do appreciate is that Friday and Saturday night are a little"special". Series such as "Dr. Blake" and "Mid-Sommer Murders" and other interesting programs are aired. So too, they have finally cancelled "The Lawrence Welk Show, which has been on my whole teen and adult life and I am 77. It is really time to say "Goodbye" to Lawrence. While you are at it, "Keeping up Appearance" and "As Time Goes By" need to be laid to rest. :ast is the repetition; I know your funds have been cut but repeating things ten to twenty times a month is wearing. If you must repeat, go back to your succesful series from the past such as "Jewel in the Crown" and re-run" those. Because I have twice as many choices in Ct. the repetition does not bother me as much.

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WNYC Morning Brief

New York
Feedback:

They refuse to show comments that are contrary to their views. I have tried repeatedly over many months with no success. I use no improper language. It is scandalous. Someone needs to be fired.

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PBS Viewership in Maine

Maine
Feedback:

October 28, 2020

Dear PBS,

How many hundreds of thousands of households in Maine no longer get public television? If you took a poll to determine who is able to watch PBS anymore I think you would be surprised that it truly is in the hundreds of thousands.

Why when WCSH TV channel 6 NBC switched to digital recently and all I had to do was rescan my TV to get it. As for PBS, I haven't been able to view it since you switched to something else impossible to get even on a new smart TV.

Years have gone by with no PBS for probably hundreds of thousands of Mainers. is just unknow or it's swept under the carpet along with the viewership of myself and everyone else in Maine who hasn't viewed PBS for YEARS.

Sincerely,

Randy Hawkins appletonfair22@yahoo.com

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Logo items

Minnesota
Feedback:

Hello. I am curious and wondering if there are any CPB logo stickers and/or related merchandise available (i.e. notepads, pens, keychains, etc.) If they are available for purchase, I'd be happy to buy them. If they are available for free, please send to:

Ben Faklasnam 1595 Monarch Street Shakopee, Minnesota 55379

Thank you.

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French Laundry Restaurant

Virginia
Feedback:

Shame on you. I felt the discussion with the French Laundry chef was appalling and insensitive to what is occurring today. Parents can’t feed their children, millions are out of work, and many face eviction while this chef feels it important to give people (rich people) an “experience” dining for $1600.00 a couple. I turned it off because it made me sick. If he said at the end he donated $1400 to their local food bank I would have felt better.

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The Marching Mothers of the southern Ohio Appalachian Trail

Ohio
Feedback:

I hope in February (Black History Month) 2021 you will sponsor a series on PBS about the Marching Mothers of the Appalachian Trail. These women marched for two years from 1954-56 in an attempt to get their children who was attending the all colored school in Hillsboro, Ohio to be admitted to the all white school in Hillsboro, Ohio. The children had nowhere to go because the all colored school had been set on fire and it burned to the ground. The case ended up in the United States Supreme Court, where the late US Supreme Court Judge Thurgood Marshall ( who did not argue the case) provided legal guidance to the lawyers who argued the case on behalf of the Marching Mothers. This was the first Northern desegregation case in the North and the second desegregation case in the country. I hope to be an consultant on this story and maybe future stories from the Appalachian Trail.

Staff salaries at CPB

Illinois
Feedback:

In the interests of transparency, I was looking through the cpb.org website for staff and officer salaries. It surprised me to find that there is little to no information about what the staff and officers are paid, and since this organization is entirely funded by taxes, it should be somewhat easier to determine how those tax dollars are spent. I see that 5% of total revenues are allocated to administration costs, but further details are lacking. Where can one find this information?

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PBS Passport

October 15, 2020
Feedback:

I'm wondering why the "Cobra" series is censored. The swear words are muted out and it really detracts from the show. All the sudden dialogue dips out. It's really annoying and it shouldn't be. Please stop doing that. It's ridiculous. 

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Debates

October 8, 2020
Feedback:

I wanted to comment on the debates last night and in general. I find that there is a remarkably limited variety of commentary going on, not a wide range of discussions like I am used to. I used to watch the MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour. What I really liked about it is that one got a very wide variety of perspectives on things. There were great discussions and one could always rely on the fact that you were going to learn something new and be enlightened. Even if you didn't necessarily agree with a person's opinion or their take on their subject, you got a different perspective on it. What is different now is that it seems to be all of the same perspectives and it is a shame. Judy Woodruff is the managing editor of the NewsHour and she was a contributor to the MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour significantly. She knows very well about the mechanisms of having a varied perspective and point of view is practiced in journalism. I'm very disappointed in Ms. Woodruff and the whole operation. It seems to be very amateurish. You have people who appear to be very biased and it's clear when you listen to them that they hold these partisan views. It's very discouraging and I personally don't wish my tax money to be going to this operation and I intend to make it known. 

 

 

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Funding

Wisconsin
Feedback:

SINCE YOU ARE A TOTALLY COMMITTED ARM OF THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRATIC PARTY, Your funding from My TAX DOLLARS SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY STOPED! LET THE BASTARD DEMOCRATS PAY YOUR BILLS NOT AMERICANS!

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WGCU donation - I demand my item or my funds back

Florida
Feedback:

October 18, 2020

Dear Sir or Madam,

This is my second time to donate to my local PBS station and not receive the 'gift' that was promised to me. I realize that I was supporting my local PBS station when I make these donations, but it is irresponsible to promise products that never come. Especially since the item has a special significance to me and my husband. It is a cheap trick to tug at your viewers emotions and not deliver on your promise.

Here is what I sent your local station just this morning, as a second follow up:

----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Ruth Buchanan To: "memberservices@wgcu.org" Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020, 09:32:38 AM EDT Subject: Re: Confirmation of Your Gift to WGCU

Please track down the item that came with my contribution. I really would like to have it. Otherwise, is it possible to get my funds back?

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 7, 2020, at 10:13 PM, memberservices@wgcu.org wrote: THANK YOU! Your gift is crucial now more than ever. We are very grateful for your support of WGCU Public Media, your source for fact-based news and information, exceptional arts and culture, and trustworthy education and entertainment for our children. This email is to confirm your recent gift to WGCU Public Media, your PBS station for Southwest Florida. It's a gift we promise to use wisely in support of the television shows you count on every single day. The details of your donation are reflected below. If you find a discrepancy, please call 239-590-2361 or email us at memberservices@wgcu.org.

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Sincerely,

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Barney

Feedback:

good evening sorry to attach everybody to the email I know that a lot of you guys are busy during the pandemic this email is in regards to yes Barney and friends I did a very video while back on YouTube on Barney am I got about 12,000 views on basically I was explaining why Barney is still good to have around you know I know it’s 2020 and you know Barney  is not really around on television which is bad you know I have nieces and nephew to our 2 3 4 and five and they watch shows such as SpongeBob Sesame Street is good but the message IOf love and just compassion is gone and I feel like Barney actually filled a big gap in there in the 90s and 2000s  I just hope that is a way to re-brand the product and I’ve been reaching out to certain people who would love to have the show back I know that is may take time and even years to try to get to show back to where it was but I feel that the new generation needs to experience love it’s 2020 and as I mentioned you have such things as racism police brutality things going on and I feel with Barney educated that the kids it would be good kids  will be involved the ratings will be skyrocketed like it was before so I definitely feel like it is a good way to rebrand him also all summer long I’ve been giving  multiple Barney DVDs to children hospitals in New York City lots of the kids enjoy Barney the nurses said they were still surprised that the message that he brings the kids still work so I definitely think it’s a good idea but it’s just my opinion hopefully it just gets through to you guys thank you

Shields & Brooks

California
Feedback:

I really miss Mark Shields and David Brooks' commentary this year during the debates. I hope you will be bringing them back for election coverage and commentary. I am a (former) long time Republican who could not check the box for Trump in 2016 and will not in 2020 either. The Republican Party as it exists today is not the party of true conservative values: smaller government, compassionate, a hand up rather than a hand out, strength abroad with our allies, fair trade, and support for business. I do not recognize today's party and am disgusted by Trump. He is a fraud and a charlatan. While I never agree with Mark Shields, I respect his opinions and he makes think about other perspectives. I find myself in nearly complete agreement with David Brooks as his struggles with today's Republican/Trumpian values mirror my own. Please bring them both back for the election coverage.

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1A Broadcast

October 5, 2020
Feedback:

Today's 1A radio program was on the US 2020 Census. I would like to know when the program will be repeated, rebroadcast again. Please let me know as soon as possible so I can listen to the entire program. 

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PBS News Hour

September 24, 2020
Feedback:

Why do you keep lying? It is bad enough that we have to pay taxes to support a left-wing group. This woman Breonna Taylor.. The Attorney General for Kentucky went through the facts from the grand jury, not from a police internal report that you view as skewed. The guy that shot the cops admits that he shot first. The cops returned fire. It was not a no-knock warrant. You keep repeating that no-knock warrant mantra over and over. You just let these things go and you don't challenge it when you get people you're interviewing that lie. You don't question them. You don't bring up the other side. You don't bring up independent facts. This Breonna thing is turning into a riot now because people are operating under a bunch of false assumptions - that it was a no-knock warrant. The paperwork did not say that. The paperwork said that it was a knock and announce warrant and there were independent people that were not related to the police that corroborated that they heard the police. You guys enjoy putting fuel on the fire. People die and get injured because of it. There's blood on your hands. You do it for your liberal agenda and to stir up interest in your show. It's disgusting. 

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Debates

September 30, 2020
Feedback:

The reporter was saying that Joe Biden was just as bad as Donald Trump. That's just not true. If you care at all about this country, reporters should be supporting Joe Biden. They should be rallying around Joe Biden now. He did very well and it's only going to make him more nervous in his next debate. If you think that he did a bad job in this debate, he surely isn't going to get any better in the next debate. I think Donald Trump will. If you care at all about this country, please rally around Joe Biden. 

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PBS News Hour

Virginia
Feedback:

Lately, the more I see Judy Woodruff's interviews the more frustated I get with how she gets manipulated by the interviewee! Just watched Tim Murtaugh (Trump Communications Director) on the News Hour. So very disappointed again to see Judy Woodruff allow a political operative not answer questions and lie nonstop. And so frustrated to see Judy Woodruff afraid of interrupting and looking so timid and frightened. Why wouldn't she challenge Mr. Murtaugh's assertions? Can we get another person to do real interviews: hard questions, press to get answers, and control the air time!? Please!!

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Oct 2 Shields & Brooks

Oregon
Feedback:

I love Judy & how she presses for the truth from ppl like McConnell-lying about top economists saying the American ppl are just sitting around avoiding work & collecting those HUGE-HA-unemployment checks.

But I was seriously disappointed by the discussion of the subject line, p****footing around Trump’s outrageous actions bc he got infected with Covid. This penchant to lionize is not what I expect from professional reporters. I want to hear facts, not bleeding hearts.

And if he were to die, then is he suddenly a saint? He has callously rode roughshod over the very lives of the American public, to name but one of his gross offenses against this country.

He doesn’t deserve consideration.

I honestly sat watching wondering how many of Hitler’s atrocities you would brush aside were it he that was the subject of discourse?

You need to up your game to meet reality.

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Refuse to cover Biden laptop

Wisconsin
Feedback:

I am contacting my congressman and senator to ask to repeal all government funding to CPB. They refuse to cover Bidens laptop but smeared the lies on Russia about the Trump administration. Now the are enemies of free speech.

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The PBS NewsHour

Illinois
Feedback:

Why have you made it so difficult to contact you?! I’m so disappointed.

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Biden Scandal

Arizona
Feedback:

ITs hard to believe that NPR a government funded radio station can deny anything it wants as newsworthy..Until the Biden crime family says any of these emails are not lrgitimate it is a STORY and not subject to your Censorship..Thank God Dr, Gosar is going to get you defunded!!!

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PBS Newshour

California
Feedback:

Thanks and deep appreciation to Judy Woodruff and the staff at PBS Newshour for your professionalism: Right on, Yamiche Alcindor for 2019-2020 White House coverage. I agree with my wife who says Yamiche should get extra pay for “hazard duty” covering the liar-in-chief and his lying den of hyenas in the cabinet. Kudos to Lisa Desjardins and William Brangham, stellar work from both! We can see this past year has been extremely difficult to be true journalists and I wish to extend my sincere gratitude for PBS Newshour’s even handed, fact based reporting.

feedback

Arizona
Feedback:

many of comments on pbs is in their opinion you lean left. No facts provided just opinions, conservatives want pbs to become like talk radion which is 91% conservative. I appreciate facts not biased opinions, Who balances conservative hoover?

The Newshour

Feedback:

I have watched (and supported) our local public TV channel (Ch. 9 KQED) here in the SF Bay Area for nearly 50 years. Judy Woodruff has had a long and distinguished career. So it pains me to urge you to see her into retirement. She has lost her edge; her engagement with others is no longer crisp and smart as it should be. She is simply too old to do the job effectively. I am 82 so I think I know a little about age. With all due respect, please encourage her to turn the hosting of the nightly show over to a younger person--and there are a great many of those who appear nightly with her who could succeed in that position--perhaps co-hosting with Hari Shrinivasan? He is outstanding in his hosting of the weekend program. Thank you

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CRISPR taken too lightly by NOVA

California
Feedback:

It seems the Ken Burns documentary on CRISPR had a healthy attitude of “approach with caution” , whereas this latest Nova episode has shown the use of CRISPR in a positive “go forward and make the world a better place” kind of light... which causes me great pause and suspicion of certain financial backers of PBS. There should be approval before a CRISPR ethics board prior to release of such materials to the general public. It’s basically an ad or a stamp of approval to use such an entity as Nova to endorse this powerful piece of science to the public. I fear the train has left the station. Shame!

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RNC Convention

August 31, 2020
Feedback:

I'm reading your website and under "who you are" there's a list of things that are lettered that say "achieve our goals." Item C says you want to "produce high-quality content, including news and information, that is accurate, fair, balanced, objective." I just really want to know if you believe that. After watching the Republican and Democratic conventions, I was appalled at the prejudice. During the Democratic Conventions, everyone was kissing up to the speakers, saying how wonderful they are, all your pundits and commentators. During the Republican Convention, it was absolutely and totally critical. That can't possibly be fair and balanced reporting. I think it's a disgrace. From now on, when we do something political like that, please keep your commentators out of the action or put in a balance of conservative and liberal commentators. We are totally disgusted with PBS these days. 

 

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News Hour

California
Feedback:

I am consistently frustrated by Judy Woodruffs inability to manage interviewees. Just now, in her interview with Jared Kushner, she let him go on and on praising Trump’s efforts on Covid etc and she couldn’t get a word in or rebuttal. This is a very consistent and very troubling failure to keep the news factual and not mis-information or misleading. Its time for stronger leadership on the News Hour. I am a PBS/NPR sustaining member and have been watching the news hour since the 1980s. I increasingly do not like what I’m seeing.

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CPB Funding

Nebraska
Feedback:

CPB is the group that should be "defunded". How can you allow NPR & PBS go on and on about being fair & unbiased when they so strongly support the left. News Hour & Washington Week are now just Democrat advocates & Trump bashers. JR Nott Grand Island, NE

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Judy Woodruff,PBS news hour

North Carolina
Feedback:

I want you to know how much I appreciate your reporting, your patience and your professionalism. Listening to Jared Kushner (9/15/20) almost made my head explode. You ask good questions with persistence. You have the capacity to “tolerate fools gladly “ . I fear that without the patience you exhibited, our democracy and our society will come apart. With gratitude, Frank 

 

PBS News Hour

New York
Feedback:

I have been watching the News Hour for over twenty years but I can’t remember a time where the news are so biased against Trump and the Republican Party. Judy Woodruff does not miss an opportunity to chastise both. It is so obvious that is ridiculous. No wonder I hear the president wants to defund you. I really miss Gwen Ifill and Jim Lehrer. Please correct for the country’s sake.

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Mark Shields Contact Information

New York
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I have detailed information on a Catholic Lobby that I would like to get into the hands of Mark Shields. What is his e-mail address.

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Leftist programing

Oregon
Feedback:

My husband and I are appalled that you are using children's shows to push socialism and leftist information. The riots in Portland have ruined a once beautiful city. We are offended that anyone thinks this is ok! We are canceling our membership to OPB PBS.

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global heating and nature programs

Oregon
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I'm appalled at the continuing head in the sand airing of Nature Programs that project an all is well attitude concerning the state of the natural world. The most recent knowledge that 67% of vertebrates are gone in the last 50 years is an emergency! Please stop minimizing the truth.

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PBS News Hour

North Carolina
Feedback:

I love PBS, but News Hour needs to stop leaning to the left and get it to the center. I'll give one example from yesterdays program, when talking about the presidents response to the protesters that were shout by that young man they said he shot the protesters but failed to mention that they were attacking him and said the president was defending the action, but he said it was under investigation. The people need to hear both sides. If they are unable to do that, then PBS should have their funding taken away. As it stands now, News Hour is a waste of tax payer dollars. Just so you know, I voted for Clinton the last election and I'm leaning towards Biden for the up coming election.

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Replace Judy Woodruff

Utah
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I realize Ms Woodruff has had a long and illustrative career... but the operative words are "has had". She is not sharp, she stutters and she is unable to quickly adjust when her guests take her off topic. She's not an investigative reporter and worse, she's a lackluster anchor who clearly stutters when reading the teleprompter. Ms. Woodruff should be moved off air. I am over 60 and I'm embarrassed for her. She should focus on features that do not require her to be hard hitting . Even i know when it's time to move one. If you are catering to the over-60 crowd, the PBS News Hour is going to die slow death w/ her and your audience. I personally am about to move back to network, or worse cable.

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Frontline The Choice 2020

Tennessee
Feedback:

again, i call bias. You are using the words of trump's niece, clearly anti-trump and selling a book. Meanwhile, poor little Joey(?) Let's all grab the kleenex. Let's all also remember he has been in office 47 yrs! Rich beyond means b/c he is a career politician...oh but poor poor Joe! This is PBS showing their true blue colors.

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I must condemn the promotion of pro looting books

California
Feedback:

And the miss use of tax payer money

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PBS Newshour/Judy Woodruff

California
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For many years I had appreciated the professionalism of The PBS Newshour management and staff. Both McNeil and Jim Lehrer had an uncanny ability to facilitate the contrasting or opposing views of their numerous expert analysts. Unfortunately, those days are long gone. The managing editor Ms. Judy Woodruff does not particularly care to host much in the way of contrasting/opposing perspectives either as expert analysts or as her correspondents. There are other reasons why the PBS Newshour has deteriorated in quality. I do not have time to go into detail. The following staff are a detriment to the program and should be replaced:

Ms. Judy Woodruff: She worked with McNeil and Lehrer and was very familiar with the objective philosophy prevalent at PBS at The Newshour. Apparently she has elected to change horses in mid-stream to a highly partisan one sided and bigoted production exemplified by her poor choice of correspondents, specifically:

Lisa DesJardin- Her family has donated how much money to CPB and PBS. Partisan Correspondent with poor journalistic skills.

Y. Alcindor-Partisan Correspondent with poor journalistic skills.

Shields and Brooks- Obsolete Editorials Infuriatingly one sided partisan, lacks fairness and objectivity.

The only one who does a good job consistently in Miles O' Brien. He should be made interim Managing Editor. Let Woodruff stay under the condition she goes back to the way she interviewed during the time of The McNeil Lehrer Newshour and replace all of the rest

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PBS News, Judy Woodruff

Virginia
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I am not a Trump supporter - but I object to the biased and argumentative interviews by Judy Woodruff. I am a significant and dedicated supporter of PBS, but Ms Woodruff is hurting PBS.

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NPR supporting Looting! Fix this.

New York
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I am deeply concerned that NPR is running articles for a pro-Looting book entitled "In Defense of Looting". The title is not ironic or sarcastic like "In Praise of Folly" or something, which is what I thought before paging through the book's sample pages on Amazon. I thought this might have been something like that at first. It's not. The book literally advocates theft and rioting, and among other things that make no sense, claims private property is racist, which doesn't even make sense from an Anarchist perspective, since property just wouldn't exist. "Property is theft" is the line from Proudhoun, if I recall. I'm a lifelong liberal, and social justice advocate (I taught in the prisons and I have a program for undeserved adult learners), but this is just absurd. I can't believe taxes are funding this trash.

Here's the article. I would have thought the person who sent me the link was lying, as well.

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting

You need to address this. ASAP.

I already have to worry about COVID-19 and how little the gov't did, now I have to worry about intermittent riots and my tax dollars doing PR work for rioters? Thanks, no.

I'm also writing my congressman and senator. I have listened to cartalk for years and I know NPR has had fine shows, and am a huge believer in public programming, but this is just appalling. I think the total and complete lack of standards needs to be addressed and they need to stop promoting violent, insane anarchists who advocate crimes if they want public monies. These types of maniacs are going to get Trump re-elected and get public broadcasting defunded.

For the love of God, take care of this. I enjoy watching Neil Coward and Broadway on PBS. I'd like to continue to do so.

Michael Murdoch 347-247-7681 michaelmurdoch0@gmail.com

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Shields and Brooks on Trump panic avoidance

Washington
Feedback:

Why haven't these people figured out that Donald Trump is a consummate liar? When Donald Trump says he didn't reveal the danger of the COVID-19 disease, because he didn't want the public to panic, he is really lying in an attempt to cover up his need to keep people coming to his rallies and providing the adulation that he needs. Saying he doesn't want the public to panic is about as phony and excuse as one can make, from a person that is fully of phony excuses. Wake up and smell the coffee!

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Election 2020 Debate

New York
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I am a devoted viewer of PBS. I watch PBS because I learn so much and very much respect Judy Woodruff and other journalists and analysts who work closely with Judy Woodruff. I wanted to see if any assistance could be provided by Judy Woodruff and all involved who critiqued the very disturbing outcome of the debate. Simply asking that the Presidential Debates are handled with more decorum . Chris Wallace represented Fox but it seemed he lost ability to control racial slurs and constant interruptions made by President Trump . As a result, extra time was made for him at Biden’s and the viewers expense. President Trump should have been disqualified . He violated every rule of diplomacy in a debate. Wallace tried to set limits but failed . Perhaps a new rule to Turn individual microphones on for time granted and when time is up , turn it off. If not abided by , he should have lost his turn. At least Vice President Biden did more to explain facts with less time allowed. Once again President Trump got the attention he so desperately needs. To him that is a “Win”. He does not have what it takes to be a responsible or respectable President. Less viewers will want to see more debates after the first one tonight if this is all we can expect. People will not be educated and may not vote. I want everyone to vote, and I want to have hope that there are better days ahead. Respectfully, Barbara Branigan Broderick

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Arthur Anti-Racism Episode

August 31, 2020
Feedback:

I am very, very disappointed that you are injecting propaganda into at least one program, Arthur. I thought we were into teaching children about kindness, sharing, relieving some of their anxiety about the dark, and strangers. To teach them that black people are being victimized is just disgusting. I am stopping any kind of money going to PBS, canceling any subscription that I have, and I will not allow my grandchildren that show and will monitor the other shows. It is unnecessary. I don't know if BLM is funding you. You've really crossed the line with this indoctrination, propaganda, and silliness. 

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Washington Week

Arizona
Feedback:

What a biased program - the announcer used slippery language to fault the Republicans for refusing to approve the skinny pandemic bill when it was actually the Democrats. Appalling. Can't you hire real journalists?

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Captions/translation and music vs talking

New Jersey
Feedback:

To Whom It May Concern, First and foremost on behalf of family and friends I want to thank you for all of the wonderful hours of entertainment you have provided over the years. Especially the British, Canadian and Australian Broadcasting Corps just to name a few, We especially enjoy the coms and the mysteries. Also the many educational and informational programming you air. I am not sure that you can do anything but I feel you know how to spread the word in regards to the matter I am writing you. Didn't know where else to turn. I'm pretty sure that we aren't the first to be annoyed about the two problems I am writing you about. 1) While watching mainly documentaries (Th Alphabet A-Z or something like that is the most recent) when they add captions because they person is speaking another language or their Accent is very thick or their English isn't that well they provide captioning. Overall this is great and wonderful. However, there is two problems with it. First and foremost is a majority of the time the captioning blends in with the background. An example would be using white for the captioning when there is a a light background or vice versa makes it very hard to read. Also the writing is very small. This does cause a significant problem especially for the elder and those with vision problems. If you watch the program I mentioned above you'll understand what I am talking about. We wonder about the editor's, producer's and whoever, is responsible for the finished product. It's as if they either don't watch the final product or they don't care. If you're providing captioning you'd think they would have a contrast so the viewing audience can see what's being said and it could be written a little bigger. 2) The other is why on many occasions do they increase the music especially during dialogues or talks making it harder to hear. Or they just increase it. Again this can be a problem for the elderly and those with hearing problems. Many also don't like the loud noise. As I stated before I didn't know who else to address these issues with. I figured that since you deal with many of these people, groups or organizations you can pass the word to them. I would also appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction of where I can address the issue or get a petition going so that they know that there are many in the viewing audience can also address the issue with them. Hopefully, if enough people complain they can change it so that we the viewing public will really appreciate not only the program but the time and effort they made in making it. Hopefully, this makes sense. Again thank you for the many wonderful years of alternative television viewing. At this time I would like to thank you for your time and attention to this matter. My email address is 32hibernias@gmail.com Respectfully Yours, Joseph W Kirwan

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General

Virginia
Feedback:

Why do you play bad shows during pledge time? It doesn’t cause me to pledge. In fact, when I see one of these “infomercials” with someone selling the latest diet book or most nutritious eating plan, I just turn the channel. I just want to see the regular shows, or maybe a ballet. Really, are these informercials all you can come up with?

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Weekend edition Sunday

Colorado
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NPR has taken a serious leftward lurch due to the staff being of the millennial and younger gen x demographic I’m assuming. I used to listen to WHYY in Philly, Radio times, fresh air, ATC until the content became all victim all the time. Moved to Colorado, CPR same stuff different location. WHYY alumnus Joanne Allen came out here too. Today they were pushing a book “the history of whiteness” which I’m sure isn’t flattering to white folks. A promo for an HBO movie, a supposed comic romp about a young girl running away with her friend to get an abortion. Hysterical! The usual “disproportionately affects people of color” inserted in every story when it’s not even relevant. I listen to the puzzle and some rare non leftist political shows, hidden brain and the like. That’s it. Wouldn’t give you a plug nickel hope you get defunded.

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Debate

Texas
Feedback:

For the next president debate, unless it’s the candidate’s two minute turn their microphones should be muted.

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NPR - In defense of looting

California
Feedback:

As a listener to This American Life, Snap Judgement and other NPR classics I appreciate the content that CPB offers. However, lately I have started to shy away. The last fundraiser was the first time I did not contribute. A big part of the reason is the normalization of violent idea's towards our political opponents. This article in particular made me realize that NPR is no longer on the correct side. As I have started to leave heavily biased sources behind...I always previously felt NPR was neutral....however, I no longer feel that way. Please stop supporting the unrest, violence and chaos that is ripping this country apart. I simply will NOT be a part of it....and if NPR is a part of it, I will no longer support CPB. Thank you

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting

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Nature Cat

Kentucky
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At end of program there was a short piece encouraging children to pick up pine cones to use in a variety of different ways. Although that is excellent to suggest, many creatures hide out in pinecones, especially scorpions in the South. This could be very hazardous to young children and you should encourage kids to have parents check the cones out before they smell, paint, and take apart the cones. Thank you

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The News Hour

Feedback:

I am a long, long-time lover of the NewsHour. Judy Woodruff may not remember, but we chatted at the Carter 70th Anniversary venue in Annapolis.

I have not mentioned a name in my criticism that with your new woman speaks too fast, barks questions, diminishes the wisdom with which we are accustomed on the program. I bought Gwen Ifill stamps!

I thought she was improving. But this evening's interview with the Harvard representative surrounding the validity of a quickly produced vaccine was just awful. Most elderly persons cannot keep up with the speed of her comments/questions. Imagine someone with English as a foreign language trying to understand her?

I really do protest.

Either school her or send her to another network.

Ken Kaufman

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Propaganda

Mississippi
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PBS is nothing more than a Propaganda Broadcast System, continually hard left leaning. Trying to twist the true facts of what's happening in this country, one example is, agreeing with looting, burning police cars, blocking off city streets, and shooting anyone who crosses that line. Polluting our kids mind with socialist ideas thru cartoons etc. Continually harping on slavery, which ended over 155 years ago, but bringing it up like it happened yesterday. Continually bashing President Trump, and hailing the left who seriously want to take our 1st &2nd amendment rights away. PBS is not the true educational television it once was. They report the news then have someone to spin it trying to make something out of it that its not. If their going to report the news, report it and leave the commentaries out. I recently cut the cord of dish tv, live way out in the country and my antenna only pickup pbs, and I was shocked at how far left or socialist/ communist PBS has become. They spin everything to the hard left, then try and make it sound true. I' m really disgusted at what PBS is doing. Agreeing with a terrorist group antifa/ BLM? Its just unbeleivable. I mean if the whites in this country are so racist as PBS claims, then how did a black person ever get elected president? Its as if their continually trying to stir up something.

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Biased Reporting by Fox. REALLY JUDY WOODRUFF?

Missouri
Feedback:

Really? You chose to do a 10 minute segment on bias by Fox News and let Brian Stelter spin his magical yarn without challenging him on anything? I can't think of a better word than "dufus" when describing Stelter. He is extremely biased and doesn't check his facts. YES - I know you will say to report it to Newshour or my local station, but you need to be aware of the overall programming that you allow. I'd stop funding for NPR and PBS in a minute with the biased reporting they offer.

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Reporting Suggestion

September 12, 2020 from MI
Feedback:

I'm trying to get something put on the news about a nursing home that is neglecting their patients. There's lots of reviews on the place. 

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PBS NewsHour

Pennsylvania
Feedback:

Please stop repeating the nonsense that demonstrations have been "mostly peaceful."

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biased communist propaganda

Tennessee
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CPB and all it's many octopus tentacles are an evil, venomous, hateful, mean-spirited propaganda machine for 1917 Red, Marxist Communism. I boil thinking about the lies, hate, dissension you propagate against America, the Constitution, freedom and peace. You are exceedingly clever and twisted how you wear a mask of civility to cover the reality of your genuine intent. For decades you have worked hand in glove with the depraved democrat party, communism, socialism, and practically any mortal enemy of America. Your documentaries portray enemies almost as humanitarians. You rail against conservatism and the American culture and tradition. As in the democrat party and communists you have diligently but determinedly for decades not so much as inaudible sound. Now you think you are one breath away from joining with your partners in crime and treason. You may suceed in bringing about a civil war. However, you will regret it. God and good people will ultimately destroy you. In the process you will be hunted as the dogs and traitors you are. You will not enjoy being hunted and eliminated on sight. Your "news" and that of the MSM is so unreal there is no way it could remotely be accurate. You communists are running a democrat campaign without a candidate; Wag the Dog. Biden is walking dead and the world knows it. Washington Week; how can that be news. It is planned in caverns, in the dark, with bats, and blood on the floor of the American people. Democrats will *** their children and **** their mothers and sisters. Everything is a LIE. Murder, lie, steal, abuse, commit treason.......all for power and control. You have made a fatal mistake of assuming you have control now and are ready to grasp it in your wretched paws. NOT! Antifa is not strong or to be feared. They are children convinced they are players in a redo of 1917. All running on adrenaline and romance. Fools, pawns, cowards; they will die very young and for nothing. You don't need or deserve Federal funding. You now have volunteers, donations from individuals and foundations, federal dollars and now even advertising. You have it all..........and you use it against America. I would as soon see a French type revolution. Round up the communists and enemies, give every last one a trial, remove to a holding pen, shuffle them into the E and B area for disposition. Leaders? Seize ALL assets, take them to a "special" area for slow E and B. Ticket to h*** you filthy, vile, murderous demons. May you burn in h***. Just my opinion, but I am not alone. Washington Week-just a hand picked panel playing out a script. There is no other side or view point. Just a socialist fireside chat, OR propaganda. I am f****** tired of the s*** from enemies like you, MSM, dems., communists, islam, Isis, BLM (self avowed communists), Antifa (the same), Soros, Clinton's, obama's, and the complete cast of murderers. Burn in h***.

I would call accepting money from the people and using it against the people as gross waste. Maybe the IG should hear more complaints about CPB?

whyy radio programming - liberal - all of it is slanted and biased

New Jersey
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npr whyy is not doing a fair job of reporting the news at all. it is liberal and keeps all information on conservative views off the air.i am referring to the radio broadcasts. i have complained alot to whyy radio statoin and nothinog ever changs.it is so violently liberal and so slanted and biased that it definitely needs to be looked at. i dont think taxpayer shoudl be forced to support such a biased, slanted radio program as npr whyy . does it come ouit of boston, a knoiwn liberal state. it continually has a political leader of one stripe discussing a situation with never someone o fthe opposite view to bring clarity to the situation and event. it presents one liberal side continually. this radio station should lose its funding from taxpoayers, becasue it is not presenting both sides of an issue. it is slanted and biased and needs poblic money taken from it entirely. let the liberals support it if they want such a biased radio programming.

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Bias

California
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How can you receive government support and be so biased against Republicans? I am a gay man living in San Francisco for over 40 years and even I can see the bias. Frontline used to be great and non partisan. Now it’s all woke propaganda and trying to influence elections. Stop taking taxpayer money.

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PBS Newshour

Feedback:

Ladies and Gentlemen,

PBS Newshour is awesome in reporting. I love to watch it via YouTube, because I live abroad

Sincerely yours, Ivo Sesnic

Mark Shields

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