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Ron Green

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Tue Apr-12-05 01:23 PM
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Public Television was full of commercials last night. WTF?

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My wife and I settled in for a rare night of TV, and chose the program on OPB about the laying of Cyrus Field's Atlantic telegraph cable. I was astounded to see commercials, with music, for several minutes before the program. These were way beyond the "support for this program is provided by..." announcements; these were commercials. I suspect the next step will be a guy in a plaid jacket screaming "No money down!"

To me this is more insidious than what's on network TV or cable, because the perception is that PBS is not beholden to the commercial interests. How long has this been goin' on?

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