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Shields and Brooks

Oregon
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Mark Shields. Please retire and allow the next generation to take on the mantel of liberal Democrat. I'm sorry, but it is more and more difficult to listen to your halting sentences. I just watched the latest 8/28/20 broadcast. Besides your difficulties in expressing a thought, I am appalled that you take up the Republican line about violence and law and order. If you are so sure about the horrors of Portland, please come and take an actual look. I live in Oregon and though the anarchists are good at spoiling legitimate protests, their actions are as much a distraction to the genuine calls for a just society as are the screeching about law and order from Trump. Leave Republican views and talking points to the Republicans if you are going to assign yourself the role of a liberal in an argument. And really, it's time to let a younger liberal voice take on the roll for the Newshour... Besides all that, I have really appreciated you through the years. Garth Cheff

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CPB Return email address?

Ohio
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I've sent a formal preliminary proposal for a documentary for the topic of The History of Slavery to your office via Priority Mail. It would expedite and simplify things if I had a return email address to use. Thanking you in advance.

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Arthur Anti-Racism Episode

August 15, 2020
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Stop causing divisiveness with children and stop trying to indoctrinate my children with taxpayer money. This is enough. 

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Niall Ferguson's Networld

California
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Is this series going to resume with a Season 2 and future Episodes?

Ferguson is doing PBS and We the People a great service by raising our awareness of where the U.S. stands in the global usage of Artificial Intelligence. My congratulations to Mr. Ferguson. He should be familiar with the book, BetweenBrAIns by Omar Hatamleh and George Tilesch. The two of them complement each other fabulously.

Mr. Tilesch has just returned from Europe and I’m sure Mr. Ferguson will be most interested in talking with him about AI, networks and citizen reaction to the new technology.

Thank you for your reply to my question.

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Coverage of RNC2020

Oklahoma
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I want you to know that I am thoroughly disgusted I got from listening to the woman who kept everything together. She is very good at APPEARING not to have bias. But it was subtlety apparent that she does. She has that right but not on national tv, not while covering the political party she is in opposition to! She was very cunning. However, I have to say that the people she talked with seemed to be somewhat complimentary to the convention speakers even though she tried to shoot down or water down what they were saying. There was one person in her camp that tried to keep a fairness going in her reporting. She is black and wears black-framed glasses. Sorry, I cannot recall her name.

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RNC Convention

August 26, 2020
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I am a viewer in Tuscon, Arizona. I would like to leave a comment about Judy Woodruff and her coverage of the convention. She is not giving us a chance to actually watch the convention. I'd like to express that a concern. It seems a little biased to me. 

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coverage of the DNC and RNC

Arizona
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We love NPR and PBS..... most of the time. Until they get political, which is a lot more often these days. Since some of my tax dollars go to support NPR and PBS, I have a couple of questions that I would like to get answers to. What is the mission statement and or the ethical guidelines for new reporting. If these are publicly supported entities, are they supposed to strive for objective non partition reporting and commentary? If so, why did most of the commentators making comments after the various speeches at the Democrat convention have mostly glowing commentary about the various talks at the Democrat convention and mostly negative comments after the Republican convention speakers. One has to wonder if there is significant bias in NPR and PBS news reporting. If so, is this what you want this organization to be known for? Maybe you the board are OK with that. If so, can you at least put a disclaimer on your news reporting? I have a suggestion....particularly when it comes to something like the conventions. Do NOT make comments after the talks. Let the public decide. Unless you think the public is stupid, the public does not need your commentators to pick apart every speech.

PBS and NPR have complained a lot about foreign entities manipulating our elections. If the goal of NPR and PBS is to manipulate the vote, are they not just as guilty as a foreign power trying to manipulate the way Americans vote? Would not your board and NPR and PBS be hypocrites when they complain about foreign interference in our elections when you yourselves are trying to manipulate the vote?. We who love NPR and PBS expect better of you....unless of course, it is your goal to influence our elections, then just admit it Inquiring minds would like to know your answers to these questions. We look forward to your reply.

Sincerely Philip and Cindy Alderink 2651 N Santa Rita Av Tucson AZ 85719 520-205-2963

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Pbs news hour

New York
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there are many qualified people at this show, however Judy Woodruf is not one of them. She is lost after asking one shallow question- that which is already writter for her. She cannot think on her own of any credible follow up or rebuttal to obviscations from people she is interviewing. Her interviews of reporters are so shallow it's so clear the questions are rehearsed. She struggles for words when that happens and is not a journalist. She was never one on cnn and is not one right now. She is merely a reader of what's in front of her who can be replaced by a computer real cheap, or better yet by a new journalist...a real one

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PBS NewsHour

August 14, 2020
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I usually watch PBS but now I realize how biased you guys are. Shields is talking about how great Harris is and everything of that sort. They're not coming out with any of the truth on this. Got to find a news station now. 

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Democratic National Convention Coverage

August 20, 2020
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I happen to be watching the Democratic National Convention on PBS this evening, the third night, and I see Mark Shields go into this diatribe about George Floyd being killed by a white person. George Floyd's family said that it was personal, that he didn't get along with the officer - Chauvin. Apparently, Chauvin worked as a bouncer at a bar for twenty years and George Floyd was also hired as a bouncer of the bar or club. It could have been that Chauvin was caught dealing drugs or shaking down somebody or that George Floyd was wanting in on his side gig. George Floyd's family said it was personal so that takes the race out of it. Why is that piece of crap Mark Shields still on TV. It is disgusting. Anyway, keep doing what you're doing. God bless you.

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My tax dollars and your PBS Newshour anchors

Virginia
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Is there a forum where I can file a complaint about Yamiche Alcindor? I assume that she gets paid via taxpayer dollars?

I am deeply saddened at this person's condemnation of a quadriplegic man who is expressing his opinion.

Thank you, Tom Wells EE2020@mail.com

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Yamiche Alcindor

August 27, 2020
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Your White House reporter that made the tweet about Congressional candidate Madison Cawthorn was the most disgusting thing I ever read. She is a horrible woman with ice water running through her veins. I'll never your station again. I'll never donate to your station. Disgusting. 

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Judy woodruff and pbs biased reporting

Illinois
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Soo disappointed in Judy woodruff and others reporting the news, I will stop watching as you are becoming progressively more biased against trump, reporting mostly ,only on occasion conservative viewpoints,crushing most of them to your liberal agenda so advantage. You lost the respect and integrity you once enjoyed by most viewers, what a shame,you should join msnbc and cnn, you are not much better.

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Arthur Anti-Racism Episode

August 12, 2020
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I'm calling to let you know that my grandchild saw the Arthur episode talking about racism and I think that it is totally disgusting. It is sick. It is evil. How dare you put that on TV. My grandchild saw it. I'm having everybody watch that and everybody is appalled. It is sick. 

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new newscaster

Massachusetts
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The woman who has recently delivered the news in the last week or so drones and is boring to listen to. Also, why does Judy move her hands so much? It is distracting and needs to be off video if she can't control it.

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Defunding PBS

Virginia
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I will be contacting groups to urge the people that supports PBS to stop donations. Your one sided twisted views are communistic, bias and disgusting. How do explain keeping a straight face when you bow down to evilness and disgusting rhetoric. Shame on your communist democrats. 

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Yamiche Alcindor

August 28, 2020
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I want you to get this message to Yamiche Alcindor. Tell her, first of all, I'm white, since she bases everything on color. Tell her she's a pathetic soul. She doesn't represent women in this country. She doesn't represent men. Tell her I'll never put my fist in the air for "white silence is violence." That's not correct. She's wrong. I will stand for the pledge of allegiance. I will stand for the national anthem. My family will, our friends will, our neighbors will. Tell her she's wrong. I don't like that. Because I don't like it, she needs to listen. Black lives matter doesn't matter at all. All lives matter. Black Lives Matter is a Marxist group, a communist group, an oppression group. Is she for slavery? Tell her she has a hell of a nerve. She has no talent. She has a filthy mouth. Tell her to leave the country. Why doesn't she go to North Korea or Japan? Tell her I don't like her and tell her that I'm an average American and that I'm better educated than she is. Tell her she's a loser and she is a weak woman. She doesn't represent any people in this country except this country except the Marxists that feel the same way. Nobody wants them and nobody cares to hear from them. Make sure you pass this message on to her because its how the majority of Americans feel. You'd never know this from PBS, or CNN or MSNBC. They're all clowns and a disgrace and an insult to the intelligence of Americans. I am voting for President Trump, our whole family is, neighbors, friends, everybody is voting for President Trump. The Democrats, the Communists - they'll have to cheat. They'll have to have mail in ballots. That speaks volumes. Have a good day. 

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Judy woodruff and pbs biased reporting

Illinois
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Soo disappointed in Judy woodruff and others reporting the news, I will stop watching as you are becoming progressively more biased against trump, reporting mostly ,only on occasion conservative viewpoints,crushing most of them to your liberal agenda so advantage. You lost the respect and integrity you once enjoyed by most viewers, what a shame,you should join msnbc and cnn, you are not much better.

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PBS Newshour

Colorado
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I'm proud of Judy Woodruff for asking Nancy Pelosi a "soft-tough" question about the flexibility regarding lawmakers negotiating a so-called "Phase 4" coronavirus aid bill. I'd like to see more tough questions asked. It's called journalism. Thanks.

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Arthur Anti-Racism Episode

August 12, 2020 from Nebraska
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I have a large problem with the way you are trying to program kids to be activists. I have not been watching your channels for years because of your liberal views. I am now going to be pressing my Congressman and Senators to defund you. Your programming, your political views are no longer needed in this country. You are out of control and I am tired of paying for it. 

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