The Corporate Dictatorship of PBS and NPR

[marmar]

The Corporate Dictatorship of PBS and NPR

Wednesday, 22 May 2013 14:53
By The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program | Op-Ed


PBS is blowing it, and their decision not to air a documentary on the Koch brothers is pretty horrifying proof of it.

But it wasn't always this way. On November 7, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Public Broadcasting Act.

The act set up public broadcasting in the United States, by establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which led to the creation of the Public Broadcasting Service, or PBS, and National Public Radio.

After signing the act into law, Johnson said that, “It announces to the world that our Nation wants more than just material wealth; our Nation wants more than a 'chicken in every pot.' We in America have an appetite for excellence, too. While we work every day to produce new goods and to create new wealth, we want most of all to enrich man's spirit. That is the purpose of this act.” ..................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16538-the-corporate-dictatorship-of-pbs-and-npr

[defacto7]

1. What a tragedy and a mess.

How could we have let so much slip out of our hands?

[HiPointDem]

2. public tv & radio have been in the corporate pocket for some time; more of the same.

[Octafish]

3. That's why conservatives hate arts education.

They don't want any enriched spirits they're not controlling.