Gregory Morrow wrote:

> What with the peurile garbage PBS and NPR programming, I don't understand
> why the US taxpayer should be asked to subsidise a "public" broadcasting
> entity...


That is another thing. I am not a US tax payer, or US resident. Their
signal is pumped into my country from a foreign nation and they use
their air time to beg for money. I also receive pledge drive material
in the mail. I guess they figure that since I can get their signal I
should be paying. Now that I have satellite the station that I receive
is from Boston. It is not a matter of anti Americanism, but living in
Canada I pay taxes that support our various public radio and television
stations.

As for public television and radio programming content...... a lot of it
is pretty good. I would suggest that a higher percentage of their
programming is of more interest to me than that which we get from
network television. I am on the fringe area for a NPR station so it is
not a clear enough signal to make listening enjoyable, but when I am
closer to the border I often tune it. The most listened to radio
programming in this household is the publicly funded CBC which has
terrific programming. Not all their programs are for everyone, but the
majority of it is far better than commercial radio.






> PBS and NPR both have a *hard* left liberal bias, I resent the fact that my
> taxes go to subsidise such far left - ish programme content...

Are you a Rush Limbaugh fan?

>
> I don't think that US taxpayers should be burdened with supporting
> *anyone's* viewing/listening habits any more than they should hafta
> subsidise my DVD or music - buying habits...the free market should reign
> supreme, NO public monies.
>
> The leftist - leaning National Endowment for the Arts should also be
> smothered with a pillow until dead, let the leftist freeloaders pay their
> own way...
>

I guess that answers my question.