Monday, June 20, 2005
BuzzMachine... by Jeff Jarvis
BuzzMachine... by Jeff Jarvis: "a humble suggestion for how to save public broadcasting:
Make it truly public broadcasting, supported by its public instead of by government.
The hooha going on over the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is precisely the danger of taking government money: It's taking political money. It is a worse compromise than taking advertisers' money, for advertisers' agendas are clear -- selling things, making money -- while politicians' agendas are far more slippery. "
Make it truly public broadcasting, supported by its public instead of by government.
The hooha going on over the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is precisely the danger of taking government money: It's taking political money. It is a worse compromise than taking advertisers' money, for advertisers' agendas are clear -- selling things, making money -- while politicians' agendas are far more slippery. "
