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PBS Newshour. Judy must retire.

Georgia
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I watch PBS Newshour live with your new live feature on APP on Apple TV. My husband walks in, and says oh no live. I can’t fast forward through Judy Judy Judy. Please help her retire, ease her into it.

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. We welcome all comments about public media. However, CPB does not produce, broadcast, or distribute programming, including Newshour. Further, CPB does not employ any journalists. Your comments will have more weight if you contact NewsHour: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/contact-us

Scarlet and the Duke

Utah
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I was looking forward to watching the new Masterpiece program, “Scarlet and the Duke” but it was broadcast with a verbal overlay for the blind. That made it unwatchable for me. Why the verbal overlay? Doesn’t make me happy about being a new subscriber.

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). CPB does not broadcast programming. Please contact your local station or PBS with your concerns at http://www.pbs.org/about/faq/contact-us/.

Jan.11, 2021

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Please can Judy Woodruff provide more in-depth reporting about the planned continued planned insurection that will manifest in armed attacks on every capitol in all fifty states.

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. We welcome all comments about public media’s content and services. However, CPB does not produce, broadcast, or distribute programming, including NewsHour, and is prohibited from interfering with editorial decisions related to programming on PBS or local public television and radio stations. Your comments will have more weight if you contact PBS NewsHour directly: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/contact-us

Jan.11, 2021

Washington
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Please can Judy Woodruff provide more in-depth reporting about the planned continued insurection that will manifest in armed attacks on every capitol in all fifty states. A l s o : Recently, our Governor Enslee have the front gates of the Governor's Masion destroyed by pro-Trump cult members who came on the property and did a little riot rehearsal before Police quickly broke them up. Are these thugs even attacking small venues? Anne Williams

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. We welcome all comments about public media’s content and services. However, CPB does not produce, broadcast, or distribute content and is prohibited from interfering with editorial decisions related to programming on PBS or local public television and radio stations. Your comments will have more weight if you contact NewsHour directly: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/contact-us

Why is Fake News So Effective

Massachusetts
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I am a Massachusetts educator, and I was impressed by the online assignment, "Why is Fake News So Effective?" This topic was broken down in a manner which reached different types of learners. The images and interactives really kept my students engaged. I also appreciate the final assessment, which nicely drew on a culmination of skills that the student built from the previous segments in the assignment.

I wanted to know if the maker of this online interactive has other interactives of this nature. I appreciate the manner in which students can work on topics, save information, and see a folder of their work. I also think that this is extremely helpful for educators, as they are able to conveniently aggregate and grade students' data. If you can please assist me with this, that would be great!

Sincerely,

Robert Fitzgerald Norton High School, Massachusetts

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB provides funding support for PBS LearningMedia but does not produce or publish any content. Each piece of LearningMedia content includes media and project credits with more information about the producers of the educational media. You may also be interested in KQED's media literacy program "Above the Noise" and their media literacy platform "KQED Learn."

Lincoln Project

January 18th, 2021
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I'm just curious why no media or news organization has picked up the story of the Lincoln Project persecuting people that used to work for our old government. They're going after people, canceling their jobs, getting them fired. That doesn't seem very American to me. Why isn't there a story about that?

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. We welcome all comments about public media’s content and services. However, CPB is prohibited from interfering with editorial decisions related to programming on PBS or local public television and radio stations. Your comments will have more weight if you contact PBS directly: http://www.pbs.org/about/contact/viewer-services/

Fire Michael beller

Illinois
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I saw a video circulating Facebook where your principal counselor is calling for Trump’s supporters children to be placed in camps, like Hitler. If this is truly the view of this station, you do not deserve any funding. You are a disgrace. If this is not your company’s view, you need to fire him immediately!

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB and PBS are separate organizations. CPB has never employed Michael Beller and he is no longer employed by PBS. CPB will continue to support public media content and services that strengthen our connections to one another and provide a forum for thoughtful, civil and inclusive discussion.

WGBU Television Viewer

January 21, 2021
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If you are a godly, Christian channel then why are you supporting evil, such as what our Democratic parties are doing? I'm going to bring it up this up in my church and a few other churches about this television station. You are not posting the truth about things. Change it or higher above will take action. 

PBS GRANT

California
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Are these the ideals that CPB were intending to support when the donation to PBS was made?

https://www.projectveritas.com/video/pbs-principal-counsel-lays-out-violent-radical-agenda-says-americans-are-f/

This is a disgusting point of view. Re-education camps and separating children from their parents for an opposing point of view.

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB and PBS are separate organizations and CPB has never employed Michael Beller. CPB will continue to support public media content and services that strengthen our connections to one another and provide a forum for thoughtful, civil and inclusive discussion.

PBS Newshour - Yamiche Alcindor talks too fast

Oregon
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The show is excellent. We just wish Yamiche Alcindor could slow down when she talks. It is so bad we can’t understand what she is saying. On other shows she doesn’t talk this fast and very good and professional. We wish she could take it down a notch or two so we could hear her properly.

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. We welcome all comments about public media’s content and services. However, CPB does not produce, broadcast or distribute programming, including NewsHour. Your comments will have more weight if you contact NewsHour directly: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/contact-us

PBS and CPB Broadcasting Propaganda

Idaho
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I have read hundred of complaints regarding how unbalanced and opinionated the NewHours has become, you can't take money from taxpayers and only report propaganda from the left, you state that you have nothing to do with these shows, you don't produce ect., so making comment is a complete waste of time, pointless. Both of these organization refuse to hire conservative journalist, or have any guest that don't fit a Socialist/Communist narrative. You make wonderful shows on Travel, Science, Food etc., but you should no longer be allowed a favored tax break for reporting any Political programs. Your ads say, Fair and Balanced or something like that and that's completely untrue. Yamish and the other three gals are not journalist, they just give us their liberal opinion, so cut the crap, drop those ads as the News Hours is not honest at all. Go back to Journalist school, or hire some Conservative Journalist, investigative reporting is not what you are doing, you are nothing more than a propaganda tool for the Communist party. . . the other show are great, stop the Political B.S. shows. . . Bashing the President of the United States 24/7/ 365 is not news, you treated Obama or Hillary or Billy, or Sid Blumenthal the senator who lied about his Military service. Everyone knows voter fraud is real but U? Not one honest story on Voter Fraud, where's the Journalism.. .. . . I have watched you every week for years, so I know how bad you have become, lead, follow or get out of the business. . .

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. We welcome all comments about public media’s content and services. However, CPB does not produce or broadcast programming, including NewsHour, and is prohibited from interfering with editorial decisions related to programming on PBS or local public television and radio stations. Your comments will have more weight if you contact NewsHour directly: viewermail@newshour.org.

Classic Arts Channel

Florida
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WEFS Channel 456 here in Kissimmee, they had a slide on indicating they were changing Satellites and to check their website for the new coordinates. Please make the change as I love the programming.

Thank You

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PBS News hour

California
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PBS is publically owned, given $445 Million per year by Taxpayers, Democrats, Republicans, Independents Etc. Given these facts why did PBS refuse to report the stories about Hunter Biden's ties to the Chinese and the FBI investigation of his Laptop?

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michael beller

Illinois
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see the michael beller interview proves your guilt you all should be in prison

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB and PBS are separate organizations and CPB has never employed Michael Beller. CPB will continue to support public media content and services that strengthen our connections to one another and provide a forum for thoughtful, civil and inclusive discussion.

KOCE a PBS station in Los Angeles

California
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KOCE has a disturbing clanging (probably from electric guitars) noise during a station break just after and just before a program. They often show very serious or a particularly interesting human story or serious history, perhaps about some kind of human struggle. Then, on the station break you get this very noisy clanging sound. It's disturbing. I don't know why they have that particular noise between programs. Why? Often I just leave the station as soon as a program is over and go to some other station. Moreover, I send NO donation to the station.

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election

Alaska
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Your all disgusting and all of you should be in prison

Newshour

Minnesota
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The Newshour presents great, balanced coverage of the news. Thank you. I'm very sorry to see Mark Shields retire. I've look forward to Shields and Brooks every Friday night.

Mark Shields departure & PBS Teams' work

Indiana
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I have really enjoyed the Mark Shields & David Brooks discussions. Judy Woodward & the entire team are hard driving, remarkably fair, objective, unbiased & always professional. I will miss Mark Shields, am glad he'll be back on occasion, & wish him the best! In the meantime PBS News Hour will remain my go to for comprehensive news & creative programming geared to both inform & educate. TKU

Donation Support

Colorado
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I am of the opinion as others before me that PBS is a far left organization and your bias is so obvious. The German station DW New with Brent Goff is a typical left leaning propagandist against the United States. He doesn't impress me at all and seems to me to be a no talent journalist that couldn't get a job in the USA!!!

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PBS NewsHour

Pennsylvania
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Hello,

Please pass along my thanks to Mark Shields for his years of excellent work, including his commentary on the Friday evening PBS NewsHour.

His decency, humor and insight have been an inspiration, and I will miss him!

Brian Steer Pottstown, Pa.

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