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PBS kids is the kinda one refuge of “if you need to pull the screen lever, at least it’s safe”. We really don’t iPad except on planes or long car trips, but we uninstalled YouTube - you get them set up with whatever innocuous thing and then 2 seconds later who knows. On PBS Kids you can at least buy 20 minutes without someone trying to sell your 2 year old corn syrup.

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Pondering it a bit, PBS, being non-profit, is missing the profit incentives that make other media complete shit.

You could argue that private sector could/should produce such a thing on its own.  But the empirical "data" suggests otherwise.

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2 hours ago, Bojack said:

Ana had ever listened to 5 minutes of NPR, he'd realize he's a minor league both-sideser compared to them.

KUT is literally the only ota radio I listen to. Your assessment is absolutely laughable. 

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34 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Pondering it a bit, PBS, being non-profit, is missing the profit incentives that make other media complete shit.

You could argue that private sector could/should produce such a thing on its own.  But the empirical "data" suggests otherwise.

Bro, the shareholders would NOT accept a "not for profit" use of their money. Don't you know they're entitled to consistent quarterly growth at all costs?

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1 minute ago, Celery Man said:

If Ana listens to KUT in the car alone, does him explaining how much smarter he is than other people even make a sound?

I make the kids listen too, until sometimes the content is not age appropriate. 

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1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

Pondering it a bit, PBS, being non-profit, is missing the profit incentives that make other media complete shit.

You could argue that private sector could/should produce such a thing on its own.  But the empirical "data" suggests otherwise.

Exactly, which of part of the insanity of the idea that PBS is somehow harmful to poor people. It’s a free public benefit, it is the least biased source of reporting, it is arguably the only free educational media where your child is not the product.

 

I don’t see why HBO or Netflix or whoever can’t do Frontline, and I guess they make some similar content, but PBS does that thing better than anyone and the lack of a profit incentive is surely part of it. It’s important and it is good, unless your definition of good has been so heavily corrupted that you put child rapist stickers on your car or you espouse libertarianism as if it comes from a moral high ground. Let’s tear down the libraries too. And of course the schools and universities, which is the plan. Welcome to Costco, I love you.

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1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

Pondering it a bit, PBS, being non-profit, is missing the profit incentives that make other media complete shit.

You could argue that private sector could/should produce such a thing on its own.  But the empirical "data" suggests otherwise.

It's called crowding out. There is clearly a market for what is obviously a good product. How can a private sector entity compete for the same audience with an entity that gets a huge government subsidy? Government is the self licking ice cream cone. 

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1 minute ago, Thetexashammer said:

It's called crowding out. There is clearly a market for what is obviously a good product. How can a private sector entity compete for the same audience with an entity that gets a huge government subsidy? Government is the self licking ice cream cone. 

Why didn't the private sector generate Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, etc?

And now we're concerned about private media having to compete with PBS?  Fucking hell.

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8 minutes ago, Thetexashammer said:

How can a private sector entity compete for the same audience with an entity that gets a huge government subsidy? Government is the self licking ice cream cone. 

Your argument is that PBS was crowding out the TV viewership market for wholesome programming? Please say more, and provide some supporting info

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16 hours ago, Samson's Wig said:

I can't tell if this thread has drawn in a weak troll or if there is a new candidate for dumbest motherfucker on this site.

New?

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15 hours ago, Hermanator said:

You have to be a very obtuse dumbass to not notice the last 2 decades have proven libertarian bullshit doesn't work. This isn't the 1820s wild West frontier. We are a global society that relies on vast networks of systems and people to maintain our modern standard of living. 

To still call yourself a libertarian in 2025 is peak retardation. 

Anyone over the age of about 25 who calls themselves a libertarian is simply not very bright.

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12 hours ago, Sawbonz said:


The new budget that was passed just gave the top 10 richest Americans on estimated $3 trillion over the next 10 years and not a peep from these fucksticks about it. 

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In general, you can't have quality/educational for-profit kids television because you can't make a toy line from Sesame Street or Mr. Rogers that is going to be able to compete at any scale with GI Joe or Barbie or Transformers or Marvel or whatever else.

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36 minutes ago, safe sex said:

In general, you can't have quality/educational for-profit kids television because you can't make a toy line from Sesame Street or Mr. Rogers that is going to be able to compete at any scale with GI Joe or Barbie or Transformers or Marvel or whatever else.

The problem with american innovation. 

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1 hour ago, Beau Vine said:

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I used to feel this cartoon was perfect but lately it bothers me that the rich man's cookie pile isn't way bigger for the sake of accuracy. If hard hat man's one cookie represented a net worth of $500,000, rich man's cookie pile would be at most $15 million. If rich man has a net worth of one billion, that's 2000 cookies. If that were Elon, Bezos, or Zuckerberg the cookie pile would be need to be between 450,000 and 800,000 cookies. Anyway, here's a picture of those 3 at the inauguration with some other rich pricks. Between those 3 people, they have about 1.8 million cookies if hard hat man's cookie represents $500,000 net worth.

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