#PublicMedia supporters say the commercial forces that made television a “vast wasteland” still exist in an era of #socialmedia algorithms that reward #content that attracts the most likes & shares. That’s rarely the hyperlocal issues or deep policy discussions that are the bread & butter of local public television & radio stations, which have their own locally produced programs that run alongside the national shows of #PBS & #NPR.
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Bill Goodman, a former longtime host of “Kentucky Tonight” on KET-TV, which broadcasts statewide from Lexington, recalled watching a recent episode of his old show that devoted nearly an entire hour to an in-depth conversation about #Medicaid cuts. The guests engaged in reasoned & intricate arguments from opposite sides of the national debate.
“You don’t find that on commercial television,” he said.
#Trump#Republicans#PublicBroadcasting #censorship #authoritarianism #autocracy
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