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To: combjelly who wrote (232851)	5/16/2005 10:11:31 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574205

PBS is supposed to require that every program is balanced with the individual program? Why? I did not say that. It would be nice to remove the propaganda filled NOW from the airwaves. That is unlikely. The artical said: "better than two-thirds of public television stations carry "NOW" prime-time, less than one-fifth provide such prominence to the Wall Street Journal program. Indeed, many major markets relegate the Journal program to slots like 4 a.m." If one wants balance then it is attainable. If one wants another liberal propaganda factory, that should be funded by those who support the desired goal. Government funding should not by used to further propaganda intended to manipulate our citizens. That was one of the secrets of the German National Socialist Party. We should not support, encourage, or tolerate such a system. PBS as a whole is viewed by Americans as being balanced. Show the polls. The scientific ones I have seen show PBS accurately perceived as skewed left.

To: combjelly who wrote (232851)	5/16/2005 9:17:40 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574205

Ok, let me get this straight. PBS is supposed to require that every program is balanced with the individual program? I don't know that Peter is arguing for any such thing. If he is than I disagree with him. PBS as a whole is viewed by Americans as being balanced. In fact, there is a fair fraction that views them as being slanted conservative. The image of it being liberally biased is only held by a small minority of the population... The image of it being liberally biased is held by a much larger fraction than that that views it as slanted to the conservative side. In fact as far as I can tell the "PBS is a heavily biased to the conservative side" is an idea that has insignificant support. I don't think it is overall as liberal as many conservatives claim but the tilt to the liberal side is fairly obvious. Tim