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PBS and the $3.5M carrot ...

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Songbird, Feb 12, 2014.

  1. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Pandering Broadcast System?

    A 2-year PBS series about public pension cuts has some troubling aspects, first and foremost the show's sugar daddy -- billionaire former Enron honk with an agenda that seems to go against everything "Pension Peril" tries to present -- is putting $3.5 million of capital into the venture, with a caveat.

    http://pando.com/2014/02/12/the-wolf-of-sesame-street-revealing-the-secret-corruption-inside-pbss-news-division/

    This part seems most troubling:

    Seems like PBS is playing fast and loose with its rules. Or maybe it doesn't care.

    Good story either way.
     
    Songbird, Feb 12, 2014
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  2. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

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    "You're sellouts too!"

    --ESPN
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Dec 15, 2014
    LongTimeListener, Feb 12, 2014
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  3. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    PBS has been sucking up to the big-money right-wingers for some time now.

    Many of their puportedly 'news' shows are preposterous exercises in false equivalence.
     
    Starman, Feb 12, 2014
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  4. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    They're giving the money back.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/business/media/wnet-to-return-3-5-million-grant-for-pension-series.html?_r=0
     
    Songbird, Feb 15, 2014
    #4
  5. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Archer Daniels Midland wonders what the fuss is about.
     
    Football_Bat, Feb 18, 2014
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