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PBS Disappearing Volume

Illinois
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Why does PBS have this problem continuously? I have watched via Xfinity and Roku and had problems over the last year regardless of the carrier and location - Chicago and Sarasota

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CPB Board Term Expired?

New York
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Please explain to the American public why Bruce Ramer remains on the CPB board of directors as of Feb. 1, 2024 when it seems clear his total years of service exceed the maximum allowed for this role.

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Bruce Ramer's term expires at the end of 2024. https://www.cpb.org/content/bruce-m-ramer-vice-chair-cpb-board-directors

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New York
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Defund Wall Street. Defund Wall Street.

Caller

Michigan
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Hi, my name is Mike Wheeler, and I work with Freddy's Garden. We are a food and nutrition company that offers products with no artificial flavors, no artificial colors, and no added sugar. It really makes us unique as a branded company. It's our social mission. All the net products from the sale of our products to retailers, it goes to a 501C3 classroom that we own, which introduces animation content and educational modules to help kids eat more vegetables and lead or live more active lifestyles by gardening. Our program has been implemented with over 1200 students here in the Grand Rapids area with tremendous results. The results suggest that kids willingness to try vegetables can go up as high as 37%. We'd like to send our information to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Who should we send it to? My telephone number is area code 818-***-****. We're based in Grand Rapids, MI. My e-mail address is m******.************r@gradysgarden.com. I'm looking forward to hearing from someone soon. Thank you so much for your patience, and your future support. Bye, bye.

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Illinois
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Hello, hi. I realized that this was the type of form that I would be accessing when I called this number, so I'm really not totally prepared. I thought I would prefer to talk to a representative. Perhaps this is a better format calling with regard to WTVP TV in Peoria, IL. Understand that they have had some possibly questionable... Saying I felt like that happened at all, and I either support or not, the people that were in office at that time on the Board, various things or do at this point, I have solid evidence to announce or ridicule them. However, it has come to my attention as I look into this what little there is information available that um several of the people that have been appointed or in some way taken over the operation of the television station and different things like that in all regards are heavily conservative, and I'm afraid that dirty content that might be offered by CPB might be refused or formats of broadcast might be changed to meet a more conservative agenda. I enjoy arguments on both sides of any topic, but I'm just afraid that some of the more politically correct information on different groups maybe you might call minority groups of one sort of another will be not requested by or not promoted by the new leadership. I don't have any reason, I haven't heard anything that would make me believe that. I don't want you to think that I am you know trying to blame somebody for something. I just, I just wanted you to be aware of the fact that it's possible that some things that I have had the opportunity to learn about won't be allowed for me to see anymore because they're objected to by certain groups of people. It seems to me for the most part that CPB has been very fair in exposing and in explaining both sides have many topics and not just be and I guess what they would call non conservative or liberal although probably maybe they are a little bit more liberally leaning but I just don't think that the presentations that they make and all of their intricacies are more important to my decision making and my way of feeling about people that might be allowed under this new administration and I hope that I'm wrong you know as I say I I'm not I'm just putting that out there for whoever is in charge of funding when they get this thing squared away and organized I hope that it's not turned into a 24 hour Christian revival organization nothing against that it's just that there's other places I can see that and this should be what it is open to everything thank you so much for your time I appreciate it and I could say I'm not trying to hurt anybody feeling anything I just want to make sure that people realize that who's running that and make sure that nobody's allowed to change the type of format that CPB or CPB yeah has has put out there because the variance of the programming and ideas that you guys buy and they buy or however all that works is it's phenomenal I'd hate to see it change so goodbye.

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Oregon
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Hey there. I am receiving emails in my personal e-mail from a company called Everfi asking me to complete harassment courses for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, so this is an e-mail that kind of looks like it's for employees of maybe I am not an employee of CPB, and I have no relationship to CPB. I don't understand why I'm receiving the emails and image it says to contact the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to be removed from whatever list I'm on. My phone number is 503-***-****. Again, the number is 503-***-****.

PBS News hour!

Indiana
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My Wife and I was considering joining PBS, until we've been watching PBS News Hour and all they do is talk bad about President Trump, never do they say anything bad about Joe Biden!! Joe Biden has done a lot of things that people don't talk about, do what ever reason. When the talk about President Trump and have guests on the show it two Democrats cutting President Trump down. My feelings are you talk bad about President Trump, you better talk about Joe Biden and the things he done. Look at the Southern Border, higher Prices one everything, but no one mentions that. I think what you're doing on PBS is Awful!!!

washington week in review with the atlantic

Wisconsin
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I have always appreciated Washington Week, but it's new iteration in combination with the Atlantic headed by Jeffery Goldberg is GREAT!!! Jeffery Goldberg is an astute ( and funny ) moderator. I appreciate his ability to move the conversation along, to ask scintillating questions, to dot the fast -paced discussion with humor, and to value the responses from his guest panel. Thank you for the continuation of this important broadcast.

closed captions

Texas
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Your closed captions are unreadable. You need to put a black background behind them. I am hearing impaired and can no longer watch your channel.

Washington week in review

Washington
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To: PBS From: Pam Hammond Re: WA Week in Review I am so disappointed the the “new” programming. To my mind, Jeffrey Goldberg sets the wrong tone in the role he has taken on as moderator. He dominates the conversation. He interjects his opinions, often in a jokey manner. He clearly takes positions on topics that are being discussed. I am wondering if partnering with the Atlantic for economic reasons was dependent on his assuming this position. In the past, I have enjoyed and benefited from crisp, sound analysis of current and pertinent political and social events. The role of the moderator is a critical component in providing a low key direction of the discussion. Many have excelled in this position in the past. The whole program has changed….and not for the better.

Ayesha Roscoe

Oregon
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I am another long-term public broadcasting listener and supporter who cannot stand Ayesha Roscoe’‘s voice. She sounds like she is yelling half of the time and much of the rest of the time she speaks with a high-pitched excessively “perky” voice. Unfortunately, her voice distracts from the content. I know I am not the only one who finds her voice so annoying. I think I’ve listened to my last Sunday morning broadcast thanks to Ayesha. Such a pity, considering current and previous African-American hosts and commentators on public broadcasting, who have voices that don’t distract the listener from the content

Lack of close captioning on StoryCorps Animated Shorts

New Hampshire
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PBS claims to support diversity, yet airs animated shorts by StoryCorps which do not have any captioning. Are you only supportive of some types of diversity, but do not support persons with hearing disabilities? You should not show or support these shorts unless they have captioning. Period. I have long been a member of my local PBS station and am really disturbed every time you show these animated shorts - I cannot understand them without captioning.

PBS/Newshour audio levels

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It appears that audio levels have been automated to a degree resulting in louder levels after even slight pauses. Very annoying. Give the ability to set levels back to humans.

KEN BURNS NEEDS TO DO THE ULTIMATE DOCUMENTARY ON...

Maryland
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KEN BURNS NEEDS TO DO THE ULTIMATE DOCUMENTARY ON UFOS, ETS.. WHY? TIME IS NOW-----STEVEN GREER ALL OVER YOUTUBETV, (streaming) -with UFO, et-- project disclosure - with testimony from BLACK Ops programs people that have gone before congress. This in just the last yr or so. SAYING YES, we are back-engineering alien craft and keeping it a secret. AND yet mainstream media has been keeping secret what Steven Greer -an emergency room doctor, originally - has been doing these last decades of work on Disclosure. Hey " YOU CAN'T HOLD BACK THE HANDS OF THE CLOCK THEY WILL TEAR YOU APART"-- from movie "Getting Straight" So what is PBS TV waiting for? WORRIED ABOUT LOSING DONATIONS FROM THE GOV.? talk to elon muskk bet he would make up for any lost donations.

CJ Taylor Charley Jessie Taylor luminati for us founding father

District Of Columbia
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I need this to get to the corporation that runs all the news networks if you can I am in stating and that investigation into the news networks in the US for covering up terrorist activities done through the CIA and all of its entities they have been censoring it for Access terrorism done to the people and we need to fix this immediately the FCC needs to be called in along with the secret service presidential because we need to get the information to the people to say this country from your act of treason New Orleans was done through these entities and so a bunch of other things that is almost depressed our country now we need to put on the news what the president orders and not what the CIA wants if not I will do a total and complete corporate takeover of all your freaking corporations and everything that has to do with anything of the news I do not mess around with this you will not freaking scare me and I'm not joking you will need to get in contact with President pence and ask him what needs to be put on the news immediately throughout all your networks if this does not happen when I come up in the standing I will do total corporate takeover and all your 15 billionaires will lose a lot of their freaking money in their accounts will be frozen for terrorist activities and war crimes just try me

Amna Nawaz

Virginia
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I really like the new team of Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett. They are knowledgeable and adult and lead the broadcast in a very professional manner. Good transition!

Silence on Israel Supreme Court Decisions

Oregon
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On NPR recently we have learned of two important Israel Supreme Court decisions limiting the powers of Benjamin Netanyahu. Yet on PBS we have heard nothing. Why? Are Foundations censoring content?

PBS NewsHour

California
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What I like best about the PBS NewsHour is that they begin each program describing how Israel is winning the war against Hamas. Naturally Amna Wanaz is disappointed since her sympathies lie with the Hamas terrorists, whom she describes as “militants”.

News hour

Florida
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Amna Nawaz I commend her for her very sensitive and cogent interview tonight with the woman who was recently released from Hamas prison. And I commend that courageous woman for telling her story in such a straightforward and respectful way.

Washington Week

California
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On Washington Week, some of the reporters refuse to refer to Trump by his name, instead using the euphemism, “the former president”. If I didn’t know any better, I might think that they were referring to Jimmy Carter.