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There is a huge difference in the quality and variety of programming on PBS and that of cable channels. Most documentaries on cable channels are made up of fast-edit blurbfests with no time allowed for in-depth analysis. Since PBS doesn't air commercials (they've been forced to add...

True, Opera, Theatre, Ballet, etc. Would most likely live on, to a limited extent. However, as we've seen in the last twenty years, only the wealthy will have access to them. To deny the Arts to the lower classes because they can't afford $75 seats is downright immoral. I'm stopping here...

Whether or not you personally enjoy the programming on PBS, isn't important. Taxes should be spent on the greater good. That's why we pay them. It's a well-established fact that a society with exposure to the Arts is a society that prospers. Arts and education fuel the imagination, which in...

Wow, Tommy. Maybe you just haven't been exposed to Arts to see what their real value is. I think that's the problem with most folks who are ready to dissolve programs like the NEA. Go see some Theatre, Ballet, or a museum exhibition. The Arts are what separate us from computers.

PBS is an island in the sea of mediocrity. You want to know why PBS has been forced to resort to more sensationalist and populist programming in the last few years? Because the government has slowly eroded away the funding that keeps PBS afloat. PBS is forced to have longer and more frequent...