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PBS NewsHour

August 5, 2021
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I was wondering why Judy never mentioned variants of Lambda, variants sweeping through South America. It seems like totally incomplete reporting. 

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Technical Concerns

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I was calling to find out what happened to Northwest Public Broadcasting. It went downtown before noon today and is still down. I was wondering if it was because of wildfires, but I hope nobody was hurt. I really love your shows. I watch Ken Burns's "Country Music." 

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How to fund good journalism

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The continuing decline in advertising revenue is reducing quality in the news media, and reducing the number of jobs for journalists. A number of people have proposed that the state should fill the funding gap. Below I propose a scheme to do this. https://the-visionary.w3spaces.com/journalism.html#main-points Never click on a link somebody sends you in an email. Copy this link and paste it into the address bar of your browser.

No sound on tv at 6:45pm

Tennessee
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What is wrong with the sound on our tv

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washington week in review

California
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We are great fans of Washington Week. But we find it very hard to listen to Yamiche Alcindor, not because of what she says but how she says it. She seems to mumble and misspeak and her speech problems interfere with the delivery of her message. PLEASE give her a speech coach. She needs help. Maybe she is a stutterer.

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Why are majority of producers from one political party?

New Jersey
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If P stands for Public why are the vast majority of PBS producers and their content liberal?

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9-11 coverage

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.. or the lack there of. My cable provider is going to block PBS, CNN, and MSNBC as a result of liberal journalistic malpractice. No, Fox is no better, but they didn't have Mr. Capehart lament that conservatives were a far greater than any other external threat. Like comparing a made for TV event like Jan. 6th to 9-11. You people are disgusting.

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PBS Great Performances Broadcast of Metropolitan Opera Live Performance of Verdi’s Requiem on September 11, 2021

Massachusetts
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Cutting out the last moments of this broadcast was a breach of trust between PBS and the public which funds the network. The live broadcast was a deeply meaningful experience for many of us who needed the solace of the Requiem to acknowledge our grief on the national day of mourning. The insensitivity of cutting off the performance before the climax was appalling. I urge you to issue a public apology for this terrible error, and re-broadcast the performance free of charge to the affiliates for several weeks. I assume that you have heard from many corporate sponsors who are unhappy about this insensitive episode, and I can assure you that I will re-consider my support for PBS unless there is a public apology to both the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and those of us who were very offended by the abrupt and callous ending to a most meaningful spiritual performance in memoriam for the terrible loss of life on September 11, 2001. Sincerely, Kathleen Atkinson Nahant, Massachusetts

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programmed music

California
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On my latest BMI statement I found the following line item: "CPB WEB MUSIC Title: FOX-COLORLESS SKY BECAME FOG Work no.: 008097257 Use: FF Performance count: 5,575 Period: 20211" With this high a performance count, this is obviously a piece of mine that's used for some sort of recurring purpose--perhaps a show intro or promo. So, I'm simply idly curious about what show or promo it's been used for. Thanks. Jim Fox

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PBS Newshour

New York
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I continue to find Yamiche Alcindor a very annoying presence on PBS. I do not doubt her credentials or the depth of her information and coverage, BUT I CANNOT LISTEN TO HER... She simply TALKS TOO FAST... SHE DOES NOT TAKE A BREATH. She seems like a nervous accomplished student who cannot spill out her information fast enough. She really stands out against all the other reporters as a negative and often prompts me to change the channel. I'm baffled why you continue to engage her as I don't believe my response is an unusual one.

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PBS NewsHour

September 14, 2021
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I'm very disappointed in Judy Woodruff's interview of Senator Barrasso. She shouldn't have given him so much time and given him such a voice. I'm very disappointed in Judy Woodruff. 

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NPR News

September 12, 2021
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I just read this article titled "Idaho's Hospitals Are Overwhelmed, But Many Locals Remain Skeptical Of Vaccines" posted on NPR early this morning, September 12, 2021. It doesn't have the name of the author listed. It credits the story being produced by the Mountain West Bureau. It doesn't have anything about where they got this information. It doesn't have anything about quotes from where they got this information and numbers and data. I talked to a hospital this morning and they denied their ICU beds were 100% full. They said that their hospital beds have not been full since the beginning of the pandemic. The research I've done for my piece, I've found conclusively different facts. There is only one truth. 

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Programming Information

August 27, 2021
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We have a radio in Liberty, Maine and it works pretty well. I don't know if the presentation of Beethoven's Ninth is going to be available anywhere in Maine. I would appreciate some information about that. 

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Public Radio in Alabama

August 25, 2021 from AL
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I'm calling from Huntsville, Alabama. I'm listening to your station in Tuscaloosa. You are playing my favorite Beethoven piece and I'm loving it! Thank you so much. 

Programming Suggestion

August 21, 2021
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I'm suggesting special programming in light of the evacuation of Afghanistan and Americans rethinking why we go to war, what that means, what it means to try to get out of a war, where the sacrifices in vain, etc. I'm watching your folk music special right now. I think, in the past, you ran a special on how music affected our nation. I haven't seen you run that again. I really liked it. That's the kind of thing you could pull out or extrapolate from. The idea would be for people who get the message that peace is better than war and not to get sucked into wars unnecessarily, or help create them, or even have the consciousness of the energy which helps create them. You can contemplate how to do this and it's not restricted to one program. The rest of the programming out there keeps getting worse. I hope that you can be a beacon of light for humanity, the viewing public. I hope that more people will watch PBS. Seize the moment. This is when more people are attuned to the war versus peace issue. 

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PBS

District Of Columbia
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Washington DC 911 live white house press Secretary talking about 911 Pbs white house press briefing in prass 911 day set 11 at 9.00 am . Et on pbs newshour

Telephone contact information

New Jersey
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To whom it may concern: I have been a fan of PBS for more Han the 30 plus years that my dear Mother was watching Julia Child. I had become a teacher and told so many about it and the wonderful programs available "back in the dark ages". When I did Vol Work at McCRter Theater in Princeton I did the same. I tell you this only because I still only watch you and the daily news. The big however. you are now too complicated for me to navigate and get in touch with,sad to say. I live in Ewing Twp, N.J. and I did call from time to time but that again what happened? The number is gone and no was answering recently when it was available. I even had my daughter (who now lives in Cambridge,Ma. doing vol work while growing up and at home Would be pleased to hear from you. Eileen D

CPB bias?

New York
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The reason so many of you think the CPB is liberal is because it is right. The right way to improve society happens to be "liberal" policies. The opposite side wrongly referred to as conservative is wrong about many of their espoused ideas. If you pit "real" liberals and conservatives in a debate on the air, the liberals would crush the conservatives. These right wing ideas are self-serving and power hungry and bankrupt. Not popular. So that is why CPB appears to be liberal. Do you think the Constitution is a conservative document? No.

Programming

California
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Im tired of having to pay to watch PBS at all and then my local shows or just crap and the shows that I want to watch I have to pay a separate fee and join a club it used to be perfect that on the weekends it was as time goes by follow up with some other British comedies and now they're gone and it's just one-sided political crap mostly against Republicans

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Judy Woodruff

Minnesota
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We watch the Newshour consistently, serving as our best source of truthful and balanced news and insights. However, for the past six months or so, it seems as though Judy has developed an attack mode interviewing style that is off-putting. Is this a ratings increase effort dreamed up by management to be more competitive or is it simply another example of the erosion of the integrity of our discourse? Civility is difficult and cannot be earned by cordiality at the end of an interview. We know you can do much better because we've seen it from her over the years.

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