1. World problems
  2. Decline in public interest broadcasting

Decline in public interest broadcasting

  • Resistance to public interest broadcasting
  • Inadequate support for public interest broadcasting

Claim

An annual levy of 2% of the licence fee on commercial broadcasters and cable operators in the USA would produce $1 billion a year: and that could help produce a very good public broadcasting service. Public television should become just as much a public commitment as our public libraries, hospitals, parks, schools and universities, but it is a stepchild, struggling to provide outstanding public service while remaining in the role of a perpetual beggar in the richest country in the world.

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • undefined » Broadcasting
  • undefined » Inadequacy
  • undefined » Public
  • Content quality
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024