From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <mlorrey@datamann.com>
>The PBS you describe seems to be following the model of magazines
>and newspapers everywhere, while only online news/mags seem to
>follow the tv broadcast model, and scholarly journals typically
>only follow the subscription only model. The old PBS model only
>works so long as enough people with money are bamboozled into
>beleiving in the superior quality of programming on PBS, and don't
>mind paying other people's way (typically under the elitist meme
>that they are helping to 'enlighten' people), which is why PBS
>tends to be dominated by left wing liberals.
I not only used to subscribe, but I used to man a phone during
pledge drives. I'm hard pressed to say what I watch on 11 anymore
with the exception of "Wall Street Week".
They always whine during pledge drives how they don't get a dime
from cable, I wouldn't let cable have the channel for free.
Brian
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