Posted on 06/16/2009 6:57:45 PM PDT by Steelfish
PBS to Begin Phasing Out Religious Programming From Airwaves
PBS board members have decided to enforce a rule barring religious broadcasts in a move that spells the beginning of the end for most spiritual shows like Catholic Masses and Mormon devotionals on public television.
By Joseph Abrams FOXNews.com
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Former AmeriCorps Official Says Obama Removed Him for 'Doing My Job' PBS board members, who for 25 years have turned a blind eye to religious programming at some of their member stations' religious programing, have decided to enforce a rule banning the broadcasts -- a move that spells the beginning of the end for religious shows on public television.
Six PBS stations currently broadcast "sectarian" programs produced by local religious groups, including the morning "Mass for Shut-Ins," which is popular among elderly and ailing Catholics who cannot attend the daily service.
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PBS airs religious broadcasts? Where? Certainly not anywhere around here or in Chicago when I was growing up.
PBS to begin phasing out God based religion, religiously.
Let's be honest PBS.
I doubt any people on Freerepublic donates to NPR,or for that matter listens to it.
Been doing this for years, with the exception of their many anti-religious programs. ;-)
“PBS to Begin Phasing Out Religious Programming From Airwaves [Don’t Give $$ to PBS]”
....local PBS affialiate in our area missed their pledge drive last week by $40,000....their all shook up about it....especially now that they can’t blame Bush and the evil Republicans.
Why would I give money to PBS when they always take off the few Britcoms I watch to ask for money and put on Bee Bop shows?
They don’t do religious programming here anyway.
I wish we could stop giving money to PBS and NPR.
Religious shows bad, Homo shows good.
It was slightly amusing because the sanctuary looked like it came from Star Trek -- the original one, from the '60s.
I wouldn’t give a dime to PBS. I don’t watch it.
>>>PBS to Begin Phasing Out Religious Programming From Airwaves
No loss. The radio bands are saturated with religious stations.
As for getting the broadcasts off NPR, it seems to me that a govt subsidy for the Christian broadcasts leaves PBS open to pressure for equivalent Muslim, Wiccan, etc subsidized programming. Eliminating the religious programming now heads this off. Leave it to the private stations where it belongs.
“Why would I give money to PBS when they always take off the few Britcoms I watch to ask for money and put on Bee Bop shows?”
I never understood that either. I’m convinced that idiots run PBS. They take off the program that people tuned in to see and then put on some lame-o crappola that nobody wants. To top it off, they interupt the program every 7 minutes for a 5 minute spiel that warns you that unless you donate NOW, such “special” shows will no longer be available in the future. Six months later they drag out the same crappy specials and ask for more money. LOL!
I don’t want PBS airing religious broadcasts.
If priests and mormons and rabbis and mullahs want to air their views, they can buy time on commercial networks.
As an insomniac I enjoyed that morning edition come on here on the west coast at 3am, now I listen to Coast2coast and feel much better informed.
It’s one thing for us not to donate to them but it is even more important that we let them know that we wont be donating to them or watching their programming. How do we get a message to them?
Any time Barry Lynn chimes in, you know PBS listens. I despise this man.
I think they’ll leave the old shows on, just not put on any new ones.
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