Keep the 'public' in PBS: our Lyceum of the airwaves.(Public Broadcasting Service)

From: Commonweal | Date: July 14, 1995| Author: Donahue, Hugh Carter | Copyright information

The Republican Party's move to privatize PBS is a mistake. The system should exist for educational purposes and not for commercial purposes. Public radio and television is an important aspect of citizenship and quality would suffer under privatization.

Congressional Republican claims that budget cutting and "privatization" are the proper future course for the nation's public broadcasting system are shortsighted. They belie a mistaken philosophy that sees Americans as consumers firs...

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