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PBS NewsHour

October 22, 2020 from Vermont
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I was calling in concern of the PBS NewsHour. I am a local viewer in Vermont. I am concerned that it is not factual news and that it is opinionated news with people sitting there to crap on the President and talk nothing but negative opinions about him. They're not basing the news on facts. It is ridiculous. You guys need to stay neutral with politics. You guys are losing millions and millions of dollars in donations. That is a fact. I watch your news daily. They just commented that Trump interrupted Biden over one hundred times but they did not mention that Biden interrupted Trump over seventy times. It is ridiculous. It is based on opinions not facts. Your news channel is a mess. Just is a Socialist Democrat who can't hold her emotions back. You guys are losing millions in donations. You need to stay neutral in politics. 

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the "public" WNYC treats the public with contempt

New York
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Dear leadership of CPB,

I am writing regarding a problem with the way the "public" WNYC treats its listeners.

I approached WNYC asking them to make a segment on judicial fraud -- judges replacing in their decisions parties' argument with bogus argument of judges' own concoction so as to decide cases the way they want to, not the way they have to -- and when sued for fraud. judges arguing that they have a self-given (in Pierson v. Ray) right to act from the bench "maliciously and corruptly." (I tried to describe this pernicious phenomenon at https://alibi.com/news/61032/Judicial-Fraud-Impacts-Americans.html and you can check my site, www.cajfr.org)

I purchased tickets, and came to several events with Brian Lehrer, their host of political program so as to talk to him, and came to meetings of their Community Advisory Board to advocate for reporting of judicial fraud -- and asked for reason why 1/3 of US government -- its judiciary -- being officially "corrupt and malicious" does not count as "news."

They refused to answer this simple question, and I kept e-mailing them further evidence of judicial fraud. They blocked my e-mail address and phones -- so I cannot e-mail them or call them. Is that a way to treat a listener by a "public" radio station? They are taking money from the public -- from NPR, and thru fund drives in which they assure listeners that they are the epitome of honest reporting, acting in public interest -- which is a lie because investigating how judging is being done, and reporting that judges think they have a right to act "maliciously and corruptly," is manifestly in the public interest, and hiding this as WNYC does, is counter to the public interest -- as is cutting off communications with members of the public just because what they hear from the public is not to their liking.

CPB likely gives WNYC some funds -- this funding should be cut off. WNYC's contempt for the public does not warrant public funding.

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Covid vaccine trisls

Wisconsin
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Please comment on the experimental error rate (margin of error) for the various trials. Please comment on what the placebos are in the various trials; they are not all the same. Also , why isn’t the appropriate placebo the adjuvant rather than saline? Also, why did the news media not immediately ask for the error rate? it’s the same principle as in political polling.

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Hunter Biden Emails

October 22, 2020
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I'm calling because I'm so disturbed, after being a very loyal listener to NPR, that you are not doing anything to discuss the Hunter Biden email controversy. You are completely ignoring it and acting like it doesn't exist. I'm quite disgusted by your bias. I would like to complain that I don't want my tax dollars to your Corporation any longer. I think it is just so un-American of you to be this biased and I'm really disgusted. I couldn't help but share my feelings and thoughts. 

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yamiche Alcindor

New York
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This reporter, who is one of the Newshour's featured, speaks so fast she is impossible to hear. Such speed trivializes the content.

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PBS NewsHour

November 27, 2020
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I would like to give kuddos to Judy Woodruff, who spoke all of those names and lives with such love and caring. She is a fine journalist.

Hunter Biden Emails

October 23, 2020
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I want to let you know that I have been a contributor for years and this is the straw that broke the camel's back - the disregard unbiased news stories, especially with the Hunter Biden issue and lack of support for the President. I will not be donating any longer to PBS. There are a lot of good programs, especially for my grandson. However, I can't continue to support an organization with such biased accountability. You have lost a loyal supporter and I will encourage others to do the same, and actually look toward defunding the organization. This is absolutely ridiculous. There needs to be accountability in your real, whatever that may be. I will continue to pursue that. 

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PBS Programming

November 7, 2020 from Minnesota
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I'm calling from Minneapolis and I really do enjoy PBS shows and entertainment. I wait for Saturday night, especially during the pandemic, to watch the programming. I am really not happy about seeing more political nonsense on the television on Saturday night. Give it a break. Put it on some other time but don't put it on Saturday night. I'm not going to watch it. I'm very disappointed in how PBS makes that call to do that. Your viewers are not happy. Take it to heart. We are not happy. I could go on again about the political issue but I choose not to do that and you should choose not to put it on Saturday night or anytime until the whole thing is totally examined and we have the right President in there rather than what we're going through. Again, keep the political nonsense off Saturday night. 

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PBS

November 29, 2020
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I hope this is PBS. I just wanted to mention that I will never watch your station. I feel that your reporting was biased and I also felt that you were trying to make the news rather than report the news. Unbelievable that I've been watching you all these years. Maybe I have not been getting the proper news. I'm done with PBS. And your radio stations are included. They're horrible. They do exactly the same thing. I'm finished. 

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Aiming radio signals

Texas
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I'm ordering Judy Woodruff to stop aiming her radio signals at me. I have a case number from a federal agency allowing me to file suit or issue an order to pay. I'm the only legal King, Chairman, CEO, President of the U.S.A. King of the Universe by birth Bruce Mlynski

PBS NewsHour with Judy woodruff

Vermont
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Liam Jardin’s reporting is Excellent but I wish she would over a few inches so she wouldn’t always be displaying that Martini shaker in her cabinet. She must read. Why not show a few books? A strong supporter of The News Hour.

Debates

September 30, 2020
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The reporter was saying that Joe Biden was just as bad as Donald Trump. That's just not true. If you care at all about this country, reporters should be supporting Joe Biden. They should be rallying around Joe Biden now. He did very well and it's only going to make him more nervous in his next debate. If you think that he did a bad job in this debate, he surely isn't going to get any better in the next debate. I think Donald Trump will. If you care at all about this country, please rally around Joe Biden. 

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Refuse to cover Biden laptop

Wisconsin
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I am contacting my congressman and senator to ask to repeal all government funding to CPB. They refuse to cover Bidens laptop but smeared the lies on Russia about the Trump administration. Now the are enemies of free speech.

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Oct 2 Shields & Brooks

Oregon
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I love Judy & how she presses for the truth from ppl like McConnell-lying about top economists saying the American ppl are just sitting around avoiding work & collecting those HUGE-HA-unemployment checks.

But I was seriously disappointed by the discussion of the subject line, p****footing around Trump’s outrageous actions bc he got infected with Covid. This penchant to lionize is not what I expect from professional reporters. I want to hear facts, not bleeding hearts.

And if he were to die, then is he suddenly a saint? He has callously rode roughshod over the very lives of the American public, to name but one of his gross offenses against this country.

He doesn’t deserve consideration.

I honestly sat watching wondering how many of Hitler’s atrocities you would brush aside were it he that was the subject of discourse?

You need to up your game to meet reality.

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Biden Scandal

Arizona
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ITs hard to believe that NPR a government funded radio station can deny anything it wants as newsworthy..Until the Biden crime family says any of these emails are not lrgitimate it is a STORY and not subject to your Censorship..Thank God Dr, Gosar is going to get you defunded!!!

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The PBS NewsHour

Illinois
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Why have you made it so difficult to contact you?! I’m so disappointed.

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Recent announcement by pbs they will not cover the Biden's possibly illegal activities while the FIB Confirms investigations

Maryland
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It is bewildering to me that tax payers democrats and republicans give money to PBS as a non political entity, yet in all their coverage, both radio and tv are far to the left in a lot of their coverage of political issues. Shame on them, and shame on us for supporting them!

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The PBS NewsHour

Illinois
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If you want public contributions, you must dismiss Yamiche Alcindor. She’s way too partisan.And why is it so hard to contact you. Are you intentionally making this difficult? Please reply…

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Biased reporting on the PBS Newshour

California
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I understand that people leaning left or right on the political scale can see bias in reporting and interviewing. I have watched the PBS Newshour on and off for many years and I sense a shift in reporting to the left. For example, following a final report on the unsuccessful impeachment proceedings against the president in late January and February, a PBS Newshour reporter stated that another House Committee would soon launch another inquiry into the president. To which Ms. Woodruff replied forcefully with a smile, "You bet!" This seemed to imply that she wholeheartedly supported yet another attempt oust the president. I thought that was uncalled for and showed extraordinary bias unbecoming a journalist. This is but one example of what I hear regularly on the program. Ms. Woodruff seems to go to great lengths to be harsh and almost uncivil in tone, demeanor and line of questioning of anyone from the Republican side of the political spectrum compared to the softer tone and line of questioning with anyone on the Democratic side and I do not believe I am imagining it. I have seen this in her interviews with the Senator from Wyoming vs. NY's Schumer or Speaker Pelosi. She impatiently interrupts the Republican, not allowing the person to completely answer the question, while letting the Democrat talk on and on without interruption. This results in a different impression of the interviewee, negative as to the Republican and positive for the Democrat. The day to day reporting seems, by implication, to lay the blame for every event at the feet of the current administration, be it a weather event or a racial confrontation or a gun related situation. I get a "gotta" feeling when I watch the Newshour. What I want, and so many other people too, is balanced and fair reporting that the newshour advertises. Reading the CPB viewer comment section, many people do not feel that the PBS Newshour offers balanced, fair reporting. Many Americans do not seem to trust in the news they are receiving from PBS Newshour that is funded, in part, by the taxpayer and viewers. I am one of them. I have found the Wall Street Journal to be far more balanced and educational in the presentation on issues of the day with well written columns and editorials. The news coverage is better too, with reports from many places around the world, rather than touchy feely articles that are weak on information. The WSJ leans conservative, but it provides a forum for differing views, such as a column by Rahm Emanuel on why Biden would be a president for change and Trump is a disrupter, or the column on the background of Harris' mother, a Tamil Brahmin, from a culture that highly values education, who was forced to leave India due to quota systems for employment. This explains why Harris as SF DA prosecuted parents of truant children. She values education too. It's a pity she has been reviled by the black community for this effort. Without an education, there is no hope of becoming a contributing member of our society. What I seek in the news is a variety of opinion and wide range reporting so I can form my own opinions. The PBS Newshour does not measure up and in fact it is a disappointment. Another PBS program, Amanpour and Company is equally disappointing and is even more biased in its presentations. Recently, the program had as guests, the Lt Governor or Michigan (democrat) and the woman who started Republicans against Trump, to discuss the upcoming election in the battleground state. There was no interview with a Republican or a group that is against Biden. There was no balance in the program. Why do you continue to carry such a one-sided excuse for journalism? Ms. Amanpour seems to have abandoned any standards of journalism in her programs and they should be offered as commentary and entertainment. She is reputed to have said, "when you are neutral, you are an accomplice." This should not be the position of a journalist and yet the PBS Newshour program and Amanpour and Company appear to be anything but neutral.

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Question for Aman Nawaz

South Carolina
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Dear Aman - I appreciate ALL your talents and how you use them to keep me informed and connected! Could you please satisfy one simple, strange curiosity that I've had since you have been reporting in various settings? I have a 37-book set of classics that looks exactly like the matching red books on the shelf behind one of your reporting sets. Try as I might, I can't read the titles of the volumes! My set goes from "The Works of Balzac" to "The Works of Zola." What title are on the shelf? My set was printed by Black's Readers Service Company, Roslyn, New York, in 1925. I haven't read all 37 volumes, though I've dipped into many of them over the years! Thanks for satisfying my curiosity! - Elaine Frick, Columbia, SC.

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