Why PBS Is a Public Menace | David Boaz | Cato Institute: Commentary

Why PBS Is a Public Menace | David Boaz | Cato Institute: Commentary: "PBS used to ask, 'If not PBS, then who?' The answer now is: HBO, Bravo, Discovery, History, History International, Science, Planet Green, Sundance, Military, C-SPAN 1/2/3 and many more."

"In 2003, NPR told potential advertisers that 'compared with the general public, NPR listeners are 55 percent less likely to have a household income below $30,000 ... 152 percent more likely to have a home valued at $500,000 or more and 194 percent more likely to travel to France.' And PBS viewers were 98 percent more likely to be a CEO and 315 percent more likely to have stocks valued at $75,000 or more.

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So why should working- and middle-class taxpayers be subsidizing the news and entertainment of the rich?"