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   -=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-   
      
    AT> My 8 year old is "tired of the racist crap." I like PBS enough to watch   
    AT> the extra channels they have (with cooking shows, travel shows, etc)   
    AT> but I'll never forget Elmo giving a lecture about police brutality, and   
    AT> I won't miss PBS one bit when I see the puppets sitting out on the   
    AT> curb.   
      
   They sold that IP long ago.  They are just broadcasting it now.   
      
    AT> To me it seems like most people are watching Instagram/TikTok videos   
    AT> more than TV. (I still watch TV but I'm a weird guy.)   
      
   I haven't watched TV in years now.  The number of shows that I cared about got   
   smaller and smaller as they either went off the air, or went Woke.   
      
    AT> I used to always see the ad that says "This show was made possible from   
    AT> contributions from viewers like you," and now I know what it really   
    AT> meant: "Made possible with squandered tax dollars from taxpayers like   
    AT> you."   
      
   The "viewers like you" probably only accounted for 50% of their operating   
   budget. And that would have been decades ago when they played shows that people   
   wanted to watch.   
      
   I remember about 20+ year ago when I moved out to the area that I live now, I   
   used to watch PBS a good deal.  Tracks Ahead, Red Green, etc.  Then I got to an   
   area that I now recognize as more left-wing and the only time those shows got   
   broadcast was during pledge week.   
      
   I talked to a local who'd been here for a long time and he told me that was the   
   norm for this PBS station.  They only play the good stuff during pledge week,   
   but back to ballet, opera, etc. that the station president likes.   
      
   It was obvious that if the local PBS was an actual, non-subsidized broadcaster   
   they would quickly go out of business.   
      
      
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