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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Newshour
August 17, 2021
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On the Newshour they had Amy Walter on. She was referring to the image from Charlottesville as if that was the summation of all people think of when thinking of him. Why does she continue to repeat a lie? Even someone as slimy as Jake Tapper indicated that it was just a lie. If you look at the context of what he said, he never said the Nazis were good people. That's clearly just a false narrative that the left continues to lie about. That's clearly a false narrative that the left continues to lie about and even Jake Tapper can't stand the fact that his colleagues continue to repeat something that isn't true over and over. I don't know how you live with yourself, you're intelligent people.
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Programming Complaint
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My name is Kate Budlong. I am on the West Coast, subject to PBS SoCal. They seem to have completely gone over to commercial sponsors and allowing hours and hours of commercial programming - Suze Orman, or whatever she calls herself; the pseudo-medicine MD; and all kinds of basic garbage science. I was told by one of their operators that they are allowed to do this because they were corporate sponsors. I thought, "wait a minute, what's the difference between this and any other corporate sponsor that gets a minute at a time." Their pledge drives are filled with these things, discrediting all the really valuable programs that PBS is famous for. I think they should lose their nonprofit status because they are certainly not a nonprofit anymore and not a service to the community.
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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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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.
continual activation
Florida
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if public broadcasting is free why should i have to activate each time i would like to watch programing way too much trouble and would seem that it becomes arduous for those people who only watch infrequently i have been watching pbs for fifty years and iti has become a nightmare, . why do i need a password when my taxes pay for PUBLIC tv
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Advertising
Wisconsin
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I am SO disappointed advertising has come to public television. How can these companies say they are contributors/benefactors when we are forced to watch their advertising. Not OK.
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