It’s a very scary thought that in present day America we are no longer safe. Any country that FF47 decides to piss off could fire a missile our way and without Public media or an effective emergency broadcast system we would be dead in the water.
I recognize the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation from the PBS shows I've watched. Thanks for such helpful support. But I agree that donations will likely not be enough to keep many public radio and televisions up and running. And I say that the current president's narrow-minded view of our country and its people, and his general ignorance and cruelty are very harmful to us all.
Since this Substack is the Contrarian, I will offer a contrary view (in part) that you can also read on my Substack. No question that Public Media is wounded. However there is also opportunity. Neither PBS nor NPR has to worry about appeasing the government, at least not more than any other media entity. So the networks have an opportunity to go in different directions. One very needed direction is to get a dialog going between right and left. Perhaps PBS can pull this off with a more aggressive weekly debate show, featuring some stars on the right and left dueling in the arena of ideas. And I would like to see a Colbert news (real news this time) show. It would be a supreme irony if he got a voice on the public airwaves. It will take a few months to reorganize and maybe at that point, Donald Trump will be even less popular and perhaps less influential. I would like to see him stop Joe Rogan from appearing on a debate show on PBS, should he elect to do so. A more open society, with an interchange of ideas, might even save some of the rural stations, with their conservative audiences wanting their voice to be heard. It won't be easy, but someone has to try.
It’s a very scary thought that in present day America we are no longer safe. Any country that FF47 decides to piss off could fire a missile our way and without Public media or an effective emergency broadcast system we would be dead in the water.
I recognize the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation from the PBS shows I've watched. Thanks for such helpful support. But I agree that donations will likely not be enough to keep many public radio and televisions up and running. And I say that the current president's narrow-minded view of our country and its people, and his general ignorance and cruelty are very harmful to us all.
Since this Substack is the Contrarian, I will offer a contrary view (in part) that you can also read on my Substack. No question that Public Media is wounded. However there is also opportunity. Neither PBS nor NPR has to worry about appeasing the government, at least not more than any other media entity. So the networks have an opportunity to go in different directions. One very needed direction is to get a dialog going between right and left. Perhaps PBS can pull this off with a more aggressive weekly debate show, featuring some stars on the right and left dueling in the arena of ideas. And I would like to see a Colbert news (real news this time) show. It would be a supreme irony if he got a voice on the public airwaves. It will take a few months to reorganize and maybe at that point, Donald Trump will be even less popular and perhaps less influential. I would like to see him stop Joe Rogan from appearing on a debate show on PBS, should he elect to do so. A more open society, with an interchange of ideas, might even save some of the rural stations, with their conservative audiences wanting their voice to be heard. It won't be easy, but someone has to try.