Horn related? Jack
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Dahlen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <horn@music.memphis.edu> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] PBS (NHR) (was Lincoln Center Concert) > I'm actually pretty invested in the results of the confrontation about > public media in Congress. My status as a self-avowed NPR/MPR (Minnesota > Public Radio) junkie serves as a bit o' evidence which speaks to that > investment. Minnesota is a crazy huge public radio state (We have > statewide Classical and News & Information stations and a third format that > plays an eclectic mix of non-classical music, called The Current). > > As a consequence, listenership proves to be pretty evenly spread over the > political spectrum (at least in the listenership of the News and > Information stations). In spite of the stratification of their audience, > the station often gives our governor (a staunch Republican) the better side > of unequal time and rights to the last word, I have no idea where the > evidence, even anecdotal, exists to say that there's a leftist bias in > public media. On PBS, sure, there's NOW and Frontline, but there's also > Washington Week, and Wall Street Week with Fortune (all of these programs > maintain a journalistic objectivity very well, I think). > > I feel strongly that public media, which has no real imperative to make > money, can best inform the people without having to sell too many > advertisements and feel the drive to infotain that so many other broadcast > media do. Further proof of that is the fact that one of the best English > news organizations in the world, the BBC, is a publicly supported > institution in the UK. The great Minnesota Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber > Orchestra broadcasts (furnished by the Classical stations of MPR) are, for > some, the only chance they have to hear those groups. Anyway, that's just > my five dollars. Public media is awesome and is of great use despite any > perceived or real political bias. > > -Matthew Dahlen > "Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules." > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/rjackallen%40cox.net _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
