Public and community broadcasting deserves to be defended

LA Times: PBS Is 'Fair and Balanced,' Despite What Ignorant Conservatives Say

Los Angeles Times TV critic Robert Lloyd heaped scorn on conservatives while defending the indefensible –taxpayer-funded PBS and National Public Radio – as “fair and balanced” in Wednesday’s paper, in a long column under the long title “PBS and NPR cater to all Americans, despite what Marjorie Taylor Greene might believe.” It's easy for Hollywood journalists to look down their nose at red-state Republicans and dismiss all the evidence of left-wi…

Group wants West Fargo to reconsider broadcasting on public access channel

WEST FARGO — Leaders of a civic engagement organization are urging West Fargo leaders to reconsider their March 17 decision not to renew the use of a public access channel on local cable. As part of a franchise agreement with cable providers Midcontinent and Sparklight, the city has a dedicated cable channel where it can broadcast content. The city broadcast West Fargo City Commission meetings, weather and a handful of announcements from local C…

Public and community broadcasting deserves to be defended

The latest Republican effort to defund public media ignores the extraordinary difference a tiny portion of the federal budget makes to communities nationwide.

Wolfgang Herles speaks out what viewers have been watching for years: Public broadcasting has become a moral educational mission – financed with compulsory fees. And Herles is not the first to describe this from within. The post Ex-ZDF-Mann calculates – and hits a sore point first appeared on reitschuster.de.

Thüringen's FDP boss Kemmerich wants a lot: He not only stands ready for the FDP head, but also calls for the abolition of public service broadcasting. As he explains: