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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Public display of mass shooting victims
Oregon
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Repeared re runs
Washington
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Have you run out of money for new shows? I see you have lost Vera. Is Brit Box and Acorn taking the shows? I hope you come up with something other than repeating every episode about ten times. Even passport is boring. I may have to pull the plug on public television.
Maybe cut your hours on air.
Sorry
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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Defund Public Broadcasting
Massachusetts
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Public broadcasting is absolutely biased to the left, yet pretend to be a non-biased source of information (as you should be, given you receive funds from OUR tax-payer money). You should be ashamed of yourselves. Where is your integrity?
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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.
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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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
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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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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Who will advocate for access?
California
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I just wanted to draw awareness to the fact that Public Broadcasting is no longer accessible to every American. I'm not a technician but I know that even with post-digital conversion TV sets, ordinary consumer antennas are no longer sufficient to receive public broadcast channels. As it stands now, one is required to have expensive outdoor antennas if they wish to receive these channels "over the air". Needless to say, this isn't accessible to ALL Americans, especially low income families or renters. This wasn't an issue before the conversion. There are paid "passport" programs with each individual member stations but even that doesn't allow people to receive live broadcasts. I am aware that this issue falls on the FCC and individual stations, but there should be advocates who will protect the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. It seems like this has fallen through the cracks.
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