I have been awarded Volunteer of the Year at KNPB/PBS in Reno Nevada. However, I believe there is a clear anti-Native American bias with a clear White Anglo-Saxon Protestant preference. Even a documentary about Native American kids in forced schooling was produced by a white non-Indan woman. I approached the producer for Art Effects locally with a suggestion regarding a local Associate professor who has a Ph.D. from Stanford and is an amazing filmmaker. He was never even contacted. Instead, they are now doing a program about a local white woman who recently was shut down briefly for violating copyright laws. Prior to that, a show was done about another white woman filmmaker (A friend of a producer). To this day the fabulous innovative Native American filmmaker has never even been contacted. I believe KNPB/PBS Reno is racist in hiring as well as programming. These folks who are having shows about them are all friends of the host and producers of the show. I tried addressing this directly but was told the staff was angry with me because I contacted the CEO, who by the way did nothing. What hs happened to the fabulous corporation that has the courage to create "Sesame Street"? So my tax dollars are paying to support white producers who allow Native Americans to tell their stories through them but not tell their own stories. Unless the Native meets Beads and Blankets complain.
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Washington Week with the Atlantic
To Sharon Rockefeller: could you please replace permanently Jefferey Goldberg from Washington Week. He is not appropriate fro this wonderful show that I have enjoyed for years. He is not a tv journalist. He seems self absorbed, and not able to let people speak long enough. The show seems like an infomercial for his friends and colleagues books. He holds up a book. Congratulates them, says strange things, like “and that’s all I will say about it”, then goes on to make reference to something in the book and make it a talking point. I believe on that show, at the end, he turned to the two women and said, I am paraphrasing, If you write a book, I will hold it up like this also. Apparently there are some very reputable writers who are women who have noted that he doesn’t really think women can write books or articles with many words. The last week with one panelist, Steve Inskeep, they seemed to have their own little time of laughter between them, like an old bos club, the new old boys club. He, I understand is very accomplished in many ways, including his editor in chief role at the Atlantic. I’ve enjoyed many articles there. Of course PBS is going through difficult times, but you don’t need him as editorial guidance or in this role on Washington Week. I have lost my Friday evening calm and sensible view and opinions show, with good panelists. I can’t imagine many people who have been in that role before wanting to be a part of this. Obviously finances were a concern, then talks with the Atlantic, then he is there clumsily and sometimes egotistically trying to be a moderator. Bring back Laura, or many other PBS suitable candidates. Let him keep his day job and talk with his Washington cronies about “existential ennui”. Please. Or I will and many others will have lost a little more of our no nonsense, well researched and down to earth news and opinion time at the end of the weeks which have been so difficult in recent times. I may not even be writing in the right place. I am one of the intelligent, but simple folks. Please see that someone who is in charge can help us and PBS. This is not the way to do it. I am sorry. I don’t like to be unkind. It is just such a bad fit. I know you must see it.
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jobline
I have submitted a job for publication and am wondering why you are not publishing it. Thank you!
SUPPORTING MULTIPLE PBS OUTLETS IN LARGE/RICH MARKET!!
Aisha Rascoe weekend host
The Royalist Party of Trump and Hitlar
Fantastic KPBS reporting by Gustavo Solis
PBS News Hour
Weekend Programming
Jonathan Capehart
Weekend Edition
All things considered
I want to cancel my membership. All the talk about how great Beyonce is better than church and all the hip hop crap is not for me. How do I cancel my membership?
Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe is one dumb c**t. BIDEN ECONOMICS SUCKS C**K MORE THAN ***ALLOVERME HARRIS DOES! NO TAXPAYER FUNDS FOR NATIONAL PABLUMPUKERS RADIO (NPR).
PNS FREE ACCESS
I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS HAPPENED THAT PBS IS A PYAY CHANNEL AND I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THE GOVT HAS SANCTIONED THIS? THEY RUN COMMERCIALS AND PROPGANDA AND DONT CONVEY NEWS BUT A SLANTED OPINION PIECE CALLED NEWS. THIS SHOULD BE FREE FOR EVEYONE... I WANT THE GOVE TO STOP GIVING THEM MONEY...MY MONEY TOWARDS THEIR AGENDA AND GIVING THEM AWARDS FOR SERVING THE PUBLIC GOOD??? LOL THE GOVT AND FTC AND FCC IS OUTRAGEOUSLY MORALLY BANKRUPT
Sunday Morning Edition
Ayesha Roscoe
I am a 56 y.o. African american male and I love listening to NPR. However, I find Ayesha Rascoe, host of Sunday morning Weekend Edition, to be intolerable. Her voice, her enunciation and especially her pronunciations are atrocious. For example, her intro, verbatim, sounds like this: "I Mysha Rascoe an dis is weeken edition". Please NPR, do something!
Weekend Edition Host Ayesha Rascoe
I seldom feel compelled to complain, but as a sustaining supporter of WITF radio, this host's voice is awful. Her delivery is poor. Her voice is not refreshing nor are her poorly placed comments appropriate. She needs to go. She literally ruins the show. Please replace her immediately.
America at a Crossroads
After viewing Judy Woodruff's report on the demise of local newspapers on last night's PBS NewsHour, I thought she and her team might be interested in some good news from Maine. The Portland Press Herald and numerous daily and weekly papers which had been offered for sale have been purchased by the National Trust for Local News, a non-profit that has pledged to preserve and invest in local news. That followed the resurrection of the monthly Harpswell Anchor as a non-profit in 2021. The Anchor ceased publication in 2020 and unlike most free papers, carried more news than ads and its loss was felt deeply by local residents. According to a report in DownEast magazine, many local residents and businesses contributed to its revival while several noted journalists serve on its board. Just want you to know how much we appreciate the PBS NewsHour. It's been a trusted source of news for us for many years. We particularly like its in-depth approach which is far more informative and satisfying than the brief segments on the network news. Thank you, Arnie B****r H*******l, Maine https://www.pressherald.com/2023/08/01/sale-of-maine-newspapers-to-national-nonprofit-is-finalized/ https://downeast.com/our-towns/how-harpswell-got-its-community-newspaper-back/
Increases of advertisement and commercials aka sponsor messages on NPR. What is CPB's responsibility on that?
I have noticed over various times increases of advertisement and commercials aka sponsor messages on NPR. Though these corporations may be well intentioned their "sponsor messages" distract from programming, in my opinion. I have notified my NPR station KPCC that I consider these "sponsors" not directly related to "public broadcasting". Does CPB having any standing and/or authority as to sponsor messages being broadcast on any NPR? Thank you for your assistance, suggestion, and advice. Sincerely Don