Activism Posing as Journalism: My Love-Hate Relationship with PBS

Locally Grown with Jim Fini

English - June 02, 2023 00:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MB
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Elon Musk recently labeled NPR and PBS as “government-funded media” on Twitter, angering both organizations. Is he right, and does it matter anyway?

For many years, I supported PBS and NPR financially. I just loved their music, movies and documentaries and their news and opinion programs, that while left leaning, were conducted in a civil tone. They at least made token attempts to cover both sides of a debate but things have changed and they are now peddling activism as journalism. Listen as I unpack this for you in great fact-based detail.