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A Modest Enquiry into the Necessity of a TV License.

Pennsylvania
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Hello there. I would like to suggest that you start having people with television sets pay a compulsory monthly TV License fee. The reason why I'm suggesting this is because PBS and NPR have not been receiving that much funding lately, and only 15% of all PBS funding comes from the U.S. government. That's where my idea comes in. Many countries have been using this system of funding for their public broadcasters for quite some time. Here's how it works: Everyone who owns a TV set with an antenna hooked up to it or watches TV online using the Internet has to pay this fee. People will have a bill sent to them every month. Then the money goes to you, then you send it to PBS and NPR. However, there will be discounted costs for seniors, people with disabilities, and people close to or below the poverty line. I think this would be a great idea.

Sincerely,

Anonymous

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Sunday Morning

Mississippi
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Aeysha Roscoe. Really? She has the voice of a screechy, 14 year old. Her cackling laugh, her weird accentuations ( and I have a home in the Mississippi Delta), her volume and emphasis dive bombs, she's really hard to listen to...especially on a quiet morning. I rather listen to silence. I don't have a lot of money but every time I think of priorities for giving Aeysha Roscoe cancels out any thought of NPR. I give to MPB local programming, WWNO is a total loss- repetitive and boring. But Aeysha Roscoe- I'd pay to have her shut up.

Weekend Edition Sunday

Massachusetts
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I had listened to every episode of Weekend Edition Sunday for decades, with great pleasure. But since Ayesha Rascoe became the host I am no longer able to do so. My Sundays have been significantly diminished as a result. The main reason is her voice. It is so grating that I find it difficult to believe she was chosen as the voice of a major news platform for NPR. In addition to the fingernails on a blackboard quality of her voice, she sometimes drops her 'g's, and often slightly slurs, seemingly in too much of a hurry. She is an excellent journalist and interviewer, but she does not have a voice for radio. I say that having been a broadcast journalist for almost 25 years.

Bias political views

Virginia
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Shame on CPB for allowing and supporting such politically driven, bias reporting by NPR. Tax payers should be upset that our federal taxes are Publicly funded broadcasting companies with their own political agenda driving what they report as news, instead of facts. Does (anti) National Public Radio think that the average American Citizen needs them to tell them how to think? Report the facts, we owe it to our future as a Nation.

June 13, 2023

California
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Mrs. Amanpour with professor Snyder from Yale are totally biased and Blind, bought out to left . CNN comments by Trump stated by Amanpour and professor are warted comments. This program and PBS are totally bought out and are blind. Other PBS programs that are straight reporting that are not political are very informative but other programs are pro dictatorship pro control of society deceived by lies.

Pbs

Florida
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The only channel I watch is PBS But lately is repeats and repeats why? Please get new series. Thank you

NPR(high school amateur radio)

Michigan
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Why do your radio people whisper like grade school girls? How does this channel survive considering the ridiculous topics & and constant talk of racism and sexuality. What a farce !

Lidia Bastianich

New York
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For all her cooking savvy, Ms. Bastianich and her crew need to get up to date on the downside of almond culture... A full gallon of water is required to create each and every almond. Wonderful to have folks immigrating but then engaging in expansive almond cultivation... Not so great... And when included in a PBS presentation downright dumb. Was anyone at PBS watching the store?

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Steve Gundry

Connecticut
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Why are you risking your reputation( and thinking audience) by broadcasting programs like Dr. Steve Gundry. Fact checking and verifying "science" ads like his would lead anyone with a computer to find out that he is simply selling and his claims are without scientific merit. This makes me wonder about CPB ethics. I certainly won't consider donating anytime soon due to lack of trust.

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posc 100 or 300 courses content

Maryland
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I did a website on cpb courses content for posc 100 or posc 300 but I am unable to find the exact website. The course name is how is the govt formed or what is the government role or citizenship of thucydides or "pericles" Funeral oration" form of govtin polyponesian war please help me to find the website

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Leading the lambs to slaughter

Maine
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I was appalled last week by your disregard of the UN appeal for dramatic action on the climate emergency within the next five years. The BBC and DW news broadcasts gave one third of their news time to this crisis. Are you afraid your corporate donors will withdraw their funding? Are you afraid you’ll scare your audience? They SHOULD be afraid and they need to act NOW. And why are stock market numbers more important than the amount of carbon our atmosphere?

Frontline

New Hampshire
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pbs-master-class-media-messaging-canceling-clarence-dr-robert-scott%3FtrackingId=Bhe9mb9uQfuKmv0HsOc%252FaA%253D%253D/?trackingId=Bhe9mb9uQfuKmv0HsOc%2FaA%3D%3D

Frontline on Clarence and Ginny Thomas

Michigan
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This show is such blatant propaganda it makes me sick to see it painted as pure fact. Gunny Thomas is referred to as always having been on the "far right". Just because someone stands for conservative principles doesn't equate them to skinheads. This continuous narrative to make any and all conservatives out to be racist caricatures vastly over simplifies the problems of this country and only helps to contribute further to its spiral downwards. You people at PBS are helping to flush the foundations of western culture down the toilet of emotional knee jerk responses.

Aisha Roscoe

New York
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" All Things Considered" New Host.. NOT easy to listen to...Especially given importance relevancy of reporting News..bottom line Thank you.

Aisha Roscoe

New York
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Aisha Roscoe.." All Things Considered " NOT EASY TO LISTEN TO

Newshour

Delaware
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Could Nick Shiffrin do a story on whether the citizens held in foreign jails in Russia or Iran might actually be US spies? The assumption always seems to be these are kidnappings without cause and the focus is on the families wanting their loved ones home. What is the rest of the story?

Odd Squad Language

New York
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My family are avid PBS viewers of you children's programming, for reference my children are 6 year old twins. We have been watching PBS since they were toddlers with Sesame Street and Daniel Tiger. My son loves Odd Squad. Odd squad based on your ratings is for children 5-8. I have begun to question whether or not some of the content is appropriate for any child in that age range. Some of the language and situations being portrayed are a little older than this age group. What prompted me to write this complaint is a phrase my son has come across from one of the agents. This is just one example but it was my proverbial straw, Agent O'Donahue says "Gag me with a spoon". To most adults this is an innocuous phrase but to an impressionable 6 year old who all but worships the characters of Odd Squad it has lead to some issues at home and school. I am highly disappointed in the writers of this children's show and are out of touch with what appropriate language is for a 5-8 yr old. The development of a 5 yr old and an 8 yr old are entirely different and what is appropriate for one is not for the other. We will no longer be watching Odd Squad in our home and I will scrutinize other PBS kids shows from this point on.

survey

California
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KALW's Mind Over Matter asked listeners to go to KALW website and complete the survey. Well where is it?

When and Why did you change the day/time of Mind Over Matter? It is the only show I know of that offers entertainment while exercising your mind.

Bill

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Missouri House Republicans want to defund libraries. Here’s why. PBS NewsHour

Missouri
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See the article in the 28 January Springfield News-Leader: Missouri lawmakers to get 5% raises over next 2 years, first since 2007. Looks like Missouri Representatives are taking library defunding personally; we should too. Kudos to Gabrielle Hays for her insightful article.

/stop you pleas for money

Texas
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Why would I give to this corporation that lies with your unfair bias for democrats, Biden, and the Woke agenda that is tearing our country apart. It makes me sick every time i hear begging for money when we, the taxpayers, are funding this corporation.