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Originally Posted by Willravel
I don't think this is always the case. The revenue from PBS and other independent media come from donations, though the donors could still theoretically represent a possible reason for bias.
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Originally Posted by shakran
Yes, there's ad revenue. Watch the beginning and the end. "Major funding by a grant from Sombra Corporation" or whatever.
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AND getting the grants are a huge pain in the ass. Corporation for Public Broadcasting has strict guidelines that they must follow because of the origins of their funding, mostly government given. I've read the grant requests at Scholastic and it is a pain in the ass, and it's not even for a lot of money.
The money for PBS has dwindled over the years, not to mention the fact that before when Siskel and Ebert, Julia Child, and Nova were the only way to see that kind of programming. Now there are whole channels devoted to the kind of programming further eroding their niche.
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