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52. PBS -- Petkoch Bull Shit

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Wed May 22, 2013, 01:21 PM

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PBS Killed WISCONSIN UPRISING Documentary "CITIZEN KOCH" To Appease Koch Brothers [View all] Segami May 2013 OP

Hopefully they will complete their film LeftInTX May 2013 #1

It is on Netflix. Indyfan53 May 2013 #32

That's a different documentary. Chef Eric May 2013 #49

I know I see Puglover May 2013 #2

That allows them to have a big voice on what gets aired there then I would think lunasun May 2013 #4

Yep... IthinkThereforeIAM May 2013 #19

Bingo! trof May 2013 #15

tag leftyohiolib May 2013 #3

The Kochs must be stopped. Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #5

So, what's the plan? pscot May 2013 #25

tax the jeezus out of 'em........ lastlib May 2013 #35

Cat and mouse pscot May 2013 #37

I heard a discussion on this on the Diane Rehm Show today. Thanks for posting. Amazing stuff kelliekat44 May 2013 #6

+1,000 freshwest May 2013 #38

Funny, I saw this post here on DU praising a Koch for donating to PBS just last night... corkhead May 2013 #7

There is no donation...it was pulled off the table over a similar documentary "Park Ave". kelliekat44 May 2013 #8

I wasn't saying anything about any donations specifically for this program. corkhead May 2013 #12

+1 Segami May 2013 #13

I have been a consumer of PBS and NPR for several decades corkhead May 2013 #14

Maybe they should take it to Current tv or Link tv both very progressive stations. southernyankeebelle May 2013 #9

Hopefully they will do just that. mountain grammy May 2013 #68

kr HiPointDem May 2013 #10

Like other posters.. I'm thinking: When one door shuts.. another will Cha May 2013 #11

PBS's credibility just took a hit in my eyes. Nanjing to Seoul May 2013 #16

These evil motherfuckers don't have kids, do they? Myrina May 2013 #17

The Kochs do not DONATE anything, they invest Half-Century Man May 2013 #18

Equal Opportunity Exploitists? Is that what you are saying? KoKo May 2013 #20

Lets call it Half-Century Man May 2013 #24

Yep ...that's right. The Koch asscarrots are PBS contributers ...for a reason. L0oniX May 2013 #21

I can't help but think that if more people donated to PBS justiceischeap May 2013 #22

K & R, important issue dreamnightwind May 2013 #23

Who here didn't see this coming? n/t Ian David May 2013 #26

I, for one, Newest Reality May 2013 #27

That's very wrong. East Coast Pirate May 2013 #28

Koch Bros are Public Enemy #1. Worse than North Korea, Iran and Al Quaida combined. ErikJ May 2013 #29

They are truly the real terrorists in this world. Initech May 2013 #59

That's the article in this week's New Yorker. Manifestor_of_Light May 2013 #30

You mean this one, "A Word from Our Sponsor?" mojowork_n May 2013 #45

I loved the damning indictment by the doorman. Manifestor_of_Light May 2013 #53

They must have been the model for Mortimer and Randolph Duke mojowork_n May 2013 #57

Yeah, I love NOVA, but... Up2Late May 2013 #31

Bill Moyers & Co. is the only show I tune into PBS for. marmar May 2013 #33

The best news program on TV! merrily May 2013 #44

They get put on boards & when they don't like content...gone Astazia May 2013 #34

I hope the publicity surrounding the controversy allows HBO or Showtime to pick this one up. n/t dsharp88 May 2013 #36

I wrote my local PBS affiliate to ask randr May 2013 #39

+1 tofuandbeer May 2013 #61

NPR & PBS have become shells of their former beings Botany May 2013 #40

+1 uponit7771 May 2013 #41

I just heard Ken Rudin of NPR pushing the meme that Obama needs to take ... Botany May 2013 #42

Breaks my heart oldandhappy May 2013 #43

The left needs to stop viewing PBS as a sacred cow. Money and politics have corrupted it. merrily May 2013 #46

PBS also did a show on Wind Turbines Whisp May 2013 #47

WTfuckingF! lonestarnot May 2013 #48

Why don't these wannabe dictators declare themselves Caesar and get it over with? Initech May 2013 #50

Now that PBS has been purchased by a Koch, there is no reason to savannah43 May 2013 #51

PBS -- Petkoch Bull Shit Blue Owl May 2013 #52

THat's fucked up! gopiscrap May 2013 #54

K&R hay rick May 2013 #55

The Kochs are aggressively buying ALL main stream media... hue May 2013 #56

They get their greedy mitts on Tribune Corp and we can kiss freedom of the press goodbye. Initech May 2013 #60

I keep thinking the Social Media is going to save us. We can't Cha May 2013 #66

So what we need to do next? 4dsc May 2013 #58

K&R defacto7 May 2013 #62

I think I remember a bush hold over Phlem May 2013 #63

This sucks...but I understand why DissidentVoice May 2013 #64

. blkmusclmachine May 2013 #65

made colbert show last night dembotoz May 2013 #67