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Wanderlust988

(775 posts) Fri Aug 1, 2025, 10:48 PM Aug 2025

How come CPB and PBS do not go private? Can't Bloomberg buy them or something? [View all]

Why is our side just letting them wither on the vine? We have plenty of big donors that could just buy them outright. They can't be THAT expensive. It's not like buying ABC or something.

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How come CPB and PBS do not go private? Can't Bloomberg buy them or something? [View all] Wanderlust988 Aug 2025 OP

Because they were created and organized as *public* entities that by definition Ocelot II Aug 2025 #1

They ARE largely private, most of funds anyway. elleng Aug 2025 #2

They depend on a substantial amount of funding from CPBS. lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #3

I would like to see a list of ways to support public broadcasting, both national and local. usonian Aug 2025 #4

Going private is how TLC went from being The Learning Channel and giving us things like Cronkite's Scrivener7 Aug 2025 #5

It is a private corporation. Why do you think that having a billionaire make up the lost funds wouldn't change the WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #6