Comments on: Big Bird, Jim Lehrer have viewers atwitter during and after presidential debate

By: Report: Romney signed law for WGBH funding

Report: Romney signed law for WGBH funding — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 03:47:32 +0000

[...] PBS,” Romney told moderator Jim Lehrer, the executive editor of PBS’ Newshour program, according to a report from the public media magazine Current. “I like PBS, I love Big Bird. Actually like you, too. But [...]

By: Support Big Bird

Support Big Bird — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 01:18:00 +0000

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By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:27:00 +0000

Stand by for more and longer pledge drives on PBS member stations!

By: Dru Sefton, Current

Dru Sefton, Current — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:17:00 +0000

Hi Rand: About 15 percent of PBS’s revenue comes from the federal
appropriation. Federal dollars also account for about 15 percent of the
pubcasting system’s overall budget. Thanks for your comments!

By: Rand

Rand — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:41:00 +0000

By the way, I thought Jim Lehrer did a superb job of moderating the debate. He pressed for details and keeping to schedule, but didn’t make himself the center of attention. He let the participants play the game with minimal interference from the ref. There is a reason he is such a highly respected newsman and he showed it in the debate. I hope he set a standard for the future debates.

By: Rand

Rand — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:35:00 +0000

Congratulations for a well written article filled with factual statements about Mitt’s other comments on the issue. I wish you had included one more fact. How much of PBS revenue comes from federal subsidies? I think it is a relatively small part of their total budget. Less than 20%? Mitt and all of us want PBS best programs, like Lehrer, Big
Bird and Bert and Ernie, NOVA and FRONTLINE to survive, and they will. But, once
we stop taxpayer subsidies, they might have to ask Bain Capital to show them how to
keep it viable.