Republican leaders want Bill Moyers to have Gingrich as cohost

[DaveSZ]

http://fightingbob.com/article_print.cfm?articleID=226




Bill Moyers is obviously liberal, and used to work for President Johnson.

Since PBS is publicly funded, shouldn't conservatives have equal time with liberals?

Discuss.

[TexasProgresive]

1. The Grinch that stole the Constitution

should produce his own show if he wants on TV.

[Vickers]

2. The best part about that article, they put "fair and balanced" in quotes

Good to see that lots of folks are seeing that for the bullshit it is.

[punpirate]

3. Conservatives can buy or beg all the time they like....

Moyers comes to PBS with his own funding--that's why he can do programs such as NOW when he wants. It's all about funding. If Newt wants a show of his own, let him buy it himself--that's the PBS way... such as it is....

[Ganja Ninja]

10. Exactly! Moyers produces NOW with his own money.

Is Newt going to kick in half? Why doesn't Newt just produce his own show? The answer is that if Newt produced a show he would syndicate it to FAUX and make a boat load of money. That's why more republicans aren't on PBS. The corporate media will pay them megabucks. Why bother with the pittance they can get from PBS.

[Kanary]

4. riiiiight....... poor, poor neocons are soooo deprived of their fair share

of media coverage.

:crazy:

Kanary

[Q]

5. How about Al Franken with Rush Limbaugh?

- Actually...PBS is only partially 'publicly funded'. Since the GOP took control of our government in 94...the funding has been cut almost every year.

- Give Gingrich his own program...but put the same restraints on him that Moyers has.

[w13rd0]

6. Screw that...

...let the Grinch get his own damn program. How is it that these bastards can call it a "liberal media" when every cable news network is dominated by pundits that come in two flavors, right-wing, and righter-wing, but if a "liberal" has ONE DAMN PROGRAM where they speak unopposed, they get their panties in a bunch?

F'k them!

[DarkPhenyx]

7. As I recall...

...PBS gets very little funding from the Government. Most of it "public funding" comes from individual donations and corporate donations.

So, to answer the quewstion. No. The "funders" have spoken, and they have decided to fund to a Gingrich free station.

[SlingBlade]

8. If it were up to them

There would be NO PBS.
So I say “Fuckem”

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

9. tucker carlson's new pbs show is about to premiere

tucker carlson: unfiltered

when was bow-tie boy ever filtered?

[KharmaTrain]

11. Moyer's Isn't Publicly Funded

Another Repugnican strawman...but then it's no surprise they're going after PBS & NPR...outside of the direct control of their proxies: Clear Channel, Sinclair and Salem Broadcasting.

Individual PBS shows like Moyers are mostly produced with corporate money. I'm not sure who the current underwriter is, and this issue has been addressed here before...if the GOOPs are pissed with Moyers (O'Reilly in specific), they can go after the corporate funder.

PBS stations get government funding for overall station operations...primarily in block grants and isn't based on programming...usually on the size of the station and other inside politics. Many local stations also get state and some get municipal subsidies. Then there's the subscriber money...the stuff they hit you with on the "beg-a-thons"...this is the money is used to buy the Moyers show or any other PBS offering.

Unlike CBS, ABC & NBC, PBS stations aren't required to carry any show and can "buy" specific series to their liking. PBS is a cooperative and the programs originate from the stations, not the other way around.

So if Gnewtie wants his "equal time" (sounds like he's looking for his next easy paycheck), have Uncle Rupert throw some money at a local PBS station that will air his series, that will then be offered to all the PBS stations...and let's see how many of the local affiliates pick it up.

BTW...most PBS & NPR affiliates get less than 10% of their operating funds from the Federal government. These goons just want total domination of the broadcast airwaves.

[BiggJawn]

12. Gingrich? the same repile that wanted to pull PBS' funding?

That's a laugh...
As has been pointed out, Bill pays for his show. Now, are the ReTHUGs proposing that a privately-funded production needs to meet THEIR standards in order to find airtime?

"Auletta quotes Bill Moyers: "This is the first time in my 32 years of public broadcasting that (the Corporation for Public Broadcasting) has ordered up programs for ideological instead of journalistic reasons." Strong words."

The Ghost of Goebbels lives....

[DaveSZ]

13. That is ironic lol

He did cut PBS' funding quite a bit didn't he?

[BiggJawn]

15. He wanted to pull the plug entirely.

And kill NPR, too. Which is why NPR has become the Whore of the RNC that they are now.

[checks-n-balances]

14. They have congressional majority, let 'em bring back Fairness Doctrine

if they're going to whine about not getting their hog's share of EVERYTHING. But that won't happen, since they don't want equal time but DOMINATION of all our airwaves (and everything else they can get their hands on).

Power hogs!!!

DaveSZ, thanks for bringing this to our attention, although, as stated in your original question, I don't believe these people/corporations want "equal" time. I'm convinced that too many of them will not be satisfied until they have ALL the time.

FAIRNESS DOCTRINE..!


Edit: grammar correction.

[Cat Atomic]

16. Since Limbaugh is on Armed Forces Radio, shouldn't he be

forced to have a liberal cohost? I vote for Eric Alterman.

[NashVegas]

17. Hey, That Looks Like Welfare Endorsement to Me

Let Gingrich fund his own show, like Moyers.

[Jacobin]

18. Moyers is about to retire

So, I guess in a couple of months, his show would be hosted by just Newt? On NPR?

Fair and balanced....