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Originally posted by Shawnski@Sep 29 2005, 06:16 PM
The difference is YOUR statement Rouge. I am not sure you can even validate THAT statement. Is the PBS getting an equal share of the revenues/distribution coming into CPB? What IS the contribution to CPB vis-a-vis the "funding" that PBS GIVES BACK to CPB. It was the CPB funding that was cut by the American gov't.
PUBLIC broadcasting is just that... public.... in the States anyway. Private donations are their key revenues. In Canada, our "public" CBC corporation doesn't go the private donation route, it is funded by all of us, regardless of whether we want it or not, whether it is profitable or not, whether it reflects our opinions or not, whether we see the programming we want or not.
Sorry mate, for Americans to cut a sliver out of a small sliver doesn't relate to the topic at hand. Actually, it does. That whole article goes to the subject at hand. It is trying to lead the reader to a particular viewpoint (including yourself) whereby the bottom line indicates otherwise.
$100 mill in the grand scheme of things down there? That is about the cost of producing ONE good movie.
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The Feds are cutting their funding to the CPB which in turn funds PBS. It may be a sliver of a sliver and you can do all the division you want, but the federal funding of a leftist (alleged) media outlet is being cut. Period.