I was a avid watcher of your programs. But now our sees that you only choose to petal to the left and their radical extremisms. That is not the America we love. Therefore my family and I will no longer watch your stations, programming or contribute to you and yours in any way!!!!
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Publicly funded media needs to drop its bias
It is much more important for public media to get defunded than the police. Over the past five years public media has done a nosedive away from positive, culturally improving content, to slimy, bottom of your shoe, dregs of 'I'm offended' devisive content. This shouldn't be rewarded with grants and high paychecks. These 'writers' are a disease.
Defund NPR
We are fed up! NPR does not deserve federal funding. NPR cut down the “Declaration of Independence” and we do NOT trust anything NPR reports. NPR is anti- American and should NOT be getting grants, federal funding or any tax dollar help. We demand defunding of NPR now! Cheryl Thompson
NPR funding
It is long past time to defund NPR. It has had a biased, liberal agenda for years and now outright states such beliefs opening by holding the Declaration of Independence in derision, and at taxpayer expense.
I support CPB, but you need a new tag line
Hello:
I absolutely support the mission and the role of CPB. I am a longtime contributor to public broadcasting and have NO problem with my taxes going to CPB.
That said, as a retired communications person, I find your long-time tagline laughable: "A Private Corporation Funded by the American People” is an oxymoron. If it is funded by the American people, it is by definition, NOT a private company. A private company is funded by shareholders. Or customers. Or donors. Or benefactors. Or trusts. Or venture capital. Or private equity. You are funded by the public. And NOT by volunteers but by taxpayers, whether they like it or not.
As I said, I like it and support it.
But in a time where alternative facts have run of the rhetorical landscape, your attempt to have it both ways comes off as naïve at best and downright dishonest at worst.
Bill Baker
PBS NewsHour
I like Stephanie Sy and the article she did on homelessness.
Capitol Fourth
We were very disappointed with the Capitol Fourth presentation with how they had such a divisive song at the very end. It does nothing to unite the nation, in fact, it does quite the contrary. We have one national anthem and not two. As long as people who are at the top of their world and jobs and education and are doing very well are in your face trying to say they don't have anything. If they're the problem and they are presenting this, look in the mirror and say I made it in this country. Why are we trying to divide it by saying it's not possible to make it when it certainly is. We're not a systemic racist country. We are a country that has made mistakes, but a country that deserves better than to have two national anthems. It was very disappointing and we won't be watching it again.
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Do you believe in unbiased reporting , both black and white, this country needs healing, on both sides.
Subjects covered on your Friday Night news report 7:00 - 8:00 EST Exchange Covid death memories for Climate Change issues arou
Since you are discontinuing the Covid - Death Memories time, the Weems, in Brunswick ME., suggest you use that slot to talk about Climate Change issues around the world. Certainly the drought and water issues in our southwest warrant critically important information as do the storms in the southeast, glacier melting in Alaska and the death of salmon in the Northwest. The list is endless. Why aren't tv newscasters talking about this most important issue. Please!!! Susan Weems
PBS Newshour 6/22/2021
Judy asked a question to the CA Democratic Senator using the term "marginally qualified voter" which even a Republican would not use. A voter is either qualified to vote based on an evaluation of their registration application or not. There is nothing marginal except in the eye of a racist who wants someone based on their heritage to have difficulty registering for, and casting a ballot. The Republican states are passing laws that would allow politically appointed boards to throw out ballots as Trump requested for the 2020 election. Federal oversight is necessary. Terry Kelley Jacksonville
Fresh Air
I'm calling in after listening in to an hour long program that was so extremely partisan and biased that I couldn't understand how a publicly-funded program could be so partisan and one-sided without offering any challenges to the perspectives they were giving. The program was Fresh Air and the topic was Critical Race Theory. They didn't ask a single person that didn't agree with Critical Race Theory what their position was. They just lambasted everybody that had an opposing view and made them sound like complete morons. If it's going to be a publicly-funded program, then they should offer both sides of the story. I think you guys should look into just how biased NPR is and consider doing something to make it so that both sides of the story are being presented and people can get a fair grasp of the situation and decide for themselves. All of the legacy media is one-sided. It would be nice if radio programs were not the same.
Judy Woodruff
The anodyne and yet self-satisfied comments of Judy Woodruff are about to drive me away from watching the PBS NewsHour. I agree with those who say she must retire. Yamiche Alcindor must practice to slow down and catch her breath. So sad that listening to the NewsHour is getting to be an irritating experience. I like the content.
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I have been thinking about donating to your pbs station but I've decided not to! I cannot donate to a station that promotes things that I don't think should be shoved down our throats! I don't care for or appreciate what you air! Even if I donated you would still air this crap! My money will NOT go towards the gay community or trans people! I'm appalled that you use people's money for this type of programming! Because of your programming and others programming you're making this look like it's okay when it's not! We don't want to see this crap and you along with other stations are shoving this crap down our throats! We are sick of hearing and seeing crap about this! You need to get back to the programming you're known for... good! You're showing crap and I'll never donate to you unless you change your programming!
Commercials are increasing on NPR.
I have noticed over the last three years that "words from out sponsors" (which I translate as "commercials") have increased to degree that is very irritating, distracting. I send in donations to my local NPR station KPCC twice a year to make sure programming continues for the "public," not commercial interests. With more commercials on all the NPR programs I Iisten to I am concerned that business interests will influence programming. The public deserves better. Was not the creation of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to provide commercial free broadcasting to the public or has that been sidetracked? Please ensure that all public broadcasting is focused on the public.
Thank you for your time, attention, funding, and overseeing public broadcasting.
P.S. I was not able to find a way to contact the Ombudsman.
Awful bias
I will never watch any PBS program until the clearly biased Yamiche Alcindor is fired. There are real reporters willing to get to the bottom of where COVID-19 came from and this scum actively attacks anyone who even wants to ask questions.
Newshour - Washington Week
I join the chorus of longtime viewers who’ve had enough with the Newshour and Washington Week. I am a lifelong progressive and liberal. I once considered PBS the gold standard in journalism. Now I’ve quit The Newshour and Washington Week and not for a perceived liberal bias, I am unabashedly liberal. I’ve quit because the journalism is so poor, the reporters so green, the content so decidedly use enlightening. No it’s not because most of the correspondence are women, it’s because their not ready for the assignments they’ve been given. Having Yamiche Alcindor anchor Washington Week is hurtful to her and the show.
Would somebody there please pay attention to the quality of the the shows, they are nowhere near is good as they once. It’s time to clean house, retire Judy Woodfuff, find an A team of journalists, pretend it’s 60 years ago and start over.
As a lifelong viewer I’m done until you start over ~ and, after 50 years we are no longer going to contribute