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We are very attached to a number of your weekly programs. What we can't understand is why, when you are doing your semi-annual fund drives, you take the programs we look forward to off the air and put paid infomercials on worthless, uninteresting subjects like dieting, health, and finances that go on forever! All it does is turn us off to yourfundraising and we go elsewhere until the fund raising is over.

I have a question I hope you can help me with. A news station in Alabama has aired a story that I know without a single doubt is a lie, is one sided, and was not checked for accuracy in the slightest. The other party involved is accused of theft of a dog, which is a lie to cover up other facts to avoid the worker at a shelter getting in trouble. The other person has been harassed by strangers, had her daughter who is 12 posted on social media along with their home address by total strangers who were also harassing through messenger (Facebook) and she had animal control called to investigate her animals, and was also harassed and threatened bby police officers (2 that I know of) all because she went to the shelter got the dog and took it to the vet. She DID lie to get the dog by claiming it as hers because in order to get it out of the shelter, she needed to claim it because it was on a stray hold. The dog is 14 years old and the vet said it was severely mistreated through neglect, they removed teeth that were necrotic, a sebaceous mass on the dogs back, and gave the person meds to treat a skin infection and also staph. When the dog was treated, she picked it up from the vet and was home for a few minutes before the human shelter called her and started threatening her. She went there to speak with the people and she admitted to the lie and she apologized. She told them she would give the dog back but didn''t bring it with her because it was just out of surgery and she had 5 children with her. AT that point her boyfriend was threatened because he had outstanding tickets and she was told he would go to jail. She was told they would arrest her for taking the dog because it was a felony, which it is NOT. The dog would need to be worth over $250 for a felony charge and I don't know a single person in their right mind who would pay that for a neglected 14 year old dog that was rotting from the inside out. The channel ABC 33/40 aired a supposed ' FEEL GOOD CHRISTMAS' story detailing how the owner who was responsible for the original pathetic condition of the animal got the dog back after it had been "missing" for 12 days. We don't know how long the shelter had the dog but I do know that they are lying about everything, right down to the fact that she gave them paperwork saying the dog belonged to her (Obviously she couldn't do that if the dog DIDN't belong to her, which she'd already said.) The "journalist" did not attempt to contact the person to get the other side of the story or to check facts. Now this young girl is STILL having her information posted on social media along with the pictures of her children. I am drafting a letter to send the Cynthia Gould, who is responsible for the story, explaining this to her and telling her to retract the story because I am absolutely fully prepared to sue on behalf of the girl in the middle of this gang of old ladies. I am also including the caveat that she is more than welcome to re-publish the story when she has all her facts. I am well aware that the 1st gives permission to report the news, it does not however give any news station the right to publish or prepetuate false information or to defame another individual. Is there anything else that I should include befor sending the communication? I would appreciate your help and I certainly appreciate the mission CPD.

There was a short segment on St. Nicholas on Ch. 25 in New York @7am today. It came on after the broadcast of the exercise show Sit and Be Fit and I found it objectionable as a Catholic. In trying to separate the history of the (Turkish) Bishop St. Nicholas from the commercial Santa Claus it was disrespectful in portraying him as a tyrant. And when discussing how Amercans perceive him, it stated "America was too late for the whole saint thing." The graphics were also derogatory. Please stop attacking Christianity. Thank you.

Why is PBS/NPR paying BBC? Why did BBC have Alan Dershowitz on commenting on conviction of Ghislaine Max (https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59828961)? Not even Sky (no) News had Dershowitz on, but BBC did! Why the Corp. for Public paying BBC (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/19/bbc-strikes-deal-with-pbs-to-create-factual-programmes)?

I posted the above to kera.org at its contact/feedback page.

Regards, Aram Azadpour Grapevine, TX

The results of the election in Virginia and President Biden's sinking poll numbers are indicators of what the electorate not only feel about the Biden agenda, but the whole campaign in the media to cancel any alternative perspectives on the important issues facing voters. People want The McNeil Lehrer Newshour brought back. I fondly remember The PBS Newshour with McNeil/Lehrer. The best part of the program were the lively debates moderated by both of the two hosts, as well as Judy Woodruff herself. Sadly, Judy does not seem to have been positively influenced, as evidenced by the one sided biased reporting dominating the program 99.9%. Woodruff stifles debate and seems to have an anti Male agenda. Is she allergic to heterosexual males, sure seems that way to me. I guess woodruff does not believe men count for much anymore in the so called "me too" generation, AKA a Blood Libel.

There is no reforming this bunch. I object to any public funds going to this program, with all due respect.

WM, RN

Hello,

I’m wondering if the CPB is aware of what’s happening to the Valley PBS station in Central California. It appears to have been taken over by local conservative business interests and has been producing programming that looks increasingly like corporate agribusiness infomercials.

The current CEO (an openly politically partisan figure on social media) owns the production company the station pays to produce these programs, and they were underwritten by an agribusiness lobbyist who also sits on the station’s board.

It was reported today that vacancies on the board were filled with five more conservative businesspeople. Is there anything the CPB can do to prevent a takeover like this by commercial interests?

Gary Abernathy is the antithesis of David Brooks. Please, bring in Gerson to fill in for Brooks. There was no PBS civility in the Capehart/Abernathy exchange. Big disappointment.