[ladyjane]

PBS and NPR will do just fine without government funding. They could trim their salaries 20% and still be overpaying some of their executives and managers.

I have a friend in real estate who gets a lot of relocation NPR and PBS employees. Their salaries are much much higher than local television and radio people. Especially the minorities.

Plus PBS competes with small private companies offering services such as video production and editing. They can undercut the private companies because they pay little to no tax. In some areas they have practically pushed most of the small companies out of business.

Let’s not forget - they’ll do a Jessie Jackson shakedown on corporations.

[taildragger]

"Plus PBS competes with small private companies offering services such as video production and editing. They can undercut the private companies because they pay little to no tax. In some areas they have practically pushed most of the small companies out of business."

Hmmm... Sounds like a conversation I had with a Commercial Banker and his disdain for Credit Unions via their tax exempt status.... Great post LadyJane!

[SMARTY]

My friend said he had been in and out of many TV studios in his career.

He said PBS stations ALL had the newest, latest most up to date equipment and technology.

Commercial studios were chock full of old, outdated, patched up and duct-taped stuff. They MADE DO and couldn't compare to the PBS stations.