I don't know what the Hail this means,,,when life made sense I used to watch PBS on "real tv"....NOW?????? Any whiz kids here able to clue me in on what this all means about PBS..... thanks. View in browser PBS goes broke, shuts down entire operation; is moving to Substack JON RAPPOPORT SEP 8 ∙ PREVIEW READ IN APP Multiple news outlets report the giant federally funded and viewer supported network is dead broke. And is moving what’s left of its programming to Substack. PBS CEO Ima Gnot talked to reporters outside her home on Martha’s Vineyard: “It’s the fund drives. They sank us. Most of the old rock stars we used to promote those drives are dead. It happens. Old people pass away.” “And our main viewership, we discovered, resides in nursing homes and retirement villages. They’re passing away, too.” Professor Hiram Schwartz Fortunato, chairman of the Brain Studies Unit at MIT, told the Boston Globe, “We did a study last year that analyzed the national PBS news broadcasts. It turns out the people they employ, the anchors, transmit a special ‘leveling’ frequency that mesmerizes several key brain centers. In particular, Judy Woodruff, who retired last year, and Christiane Amanpour could be thought of as sleep gas. Amanpour also delivers an odd low-pitched wave length that reminds viewers of the word ‘beer’. We still don’t understand that. But most PBS viewers are not friendly toward beer. They prefer wine. Especially the pretentious California brands that try to compete with the French.” I caught up with Eloise Fred X-Binary Leftwich, who is managing the PBS move to Substack. She told me the fund drives will continue on a very limited basis, but now staff will be donating their own possessions to viewers who send money. “One of our long-time executives, Mike Brest Ivy, has collected dead garter snakes for decades. He stuffs them and keeps them in his bedroom, in bureaus. While supplies last, Mike will be sending a snake to every viewer who contributes $175 or more in a given year. And I have doilies and Native American carvings.” The PBS Substack will feature 175 writers who have been working for the network. They’ll pen articles. The 175 have formed a Collective. The Social of Substack. SS. They’ll evenly divide the proceeds from subscriptions. I asked Leftwich whether each writer will contribute equally to the output of articles... ________________ READ IN APP Multiple news outlets report the giant federally funded and viewer supported network is dead broke. And is moving what’s left of its programming to Substack. PBS CEO Ima Gnot talked to reporters outside her home on Martha’s Vineyard: “It’s the fund drives. They sank us. Most of the old rock stars we used to promote those drives are dead. It happens. Old people pass away.” “And our main viewership, we discovered, resides in nursing homes and retirement villages. They’re passing away, too.” Professor Hiram Schwartz Fortunato, chairman of the Brain Studies Unit at MIT, told the Boston Globe, “We did a study last year that analyzed the national PBS news broadcasts. It turns out the people they employ, the anchors, transmit a special ‘leveling’ frequency that mesmerizes several key brain centers. In particular, Judy Woodruff, who retired last year, and Christiane Amanpour could be thought of as sleep gas. Amanpour also delivers an odd low-pitched wave length that reminds viewers of the word ‘beer’. We still don’t understand that. But most PBS viewers are not friendly toward beer. They prefer wine. Especially the pretentious California brands that try to compete with the French.” I caught up with Eloise Fred X-Binary Leftwich, who is managing the PBS move to Substack. She told me the fund drives will continue on a very limited basis, but now staff will be donating their own possessions to viewers who send money. “One of our long-time executives, Mike Brest Ivy, has collected dead garter snakes for decades. He stuffs them and keeps them in his bedroom, in bureaus. While supplies last, Mike will be sending a snake to every viewer who contributes $175 or more in a given year. And I have doilies and Native American carvings.” The PBS Substack will feature 175 writers who have been working for the network. They’ll pen articles. The 175 have formed a Collective. The Social of Substack. SS. They’ll evenly divide the proceeds from subscriptions. I asked Leftwich whether each writer will contribute equally to the output of articles... __________________ Inexpensive Health Insurance = Grape Seed Extract Keep It Simple
So are we gonna stop the funding? Where's the public interest in paying SubStack writers? Something smells fishy about this. The marketing assets of Sesame Street alone run into the hundreds of millions of dollars or more (and those assets really belong to the American taxpayer.) I'm curious as to what's uncovered when this story completely unfolds over time.
I’m not seeing that story any where else so that makes me suspicious, seems like it should be major news. And this quote from the article sounds like straight up satire. “It turns out the people they employ, the anchors, transmit a special ‘leveling’ frequency that mesmerizes several key brain centers. In particular, Judy Woodruff, who retired last year, and Christiane Amanpour could be thought of as sleep gas. Amanpour also delivers an odd low-pitched wave length that reminds viewers of the word ‘beer’.”
I found an article from 2020 that says they filed for bankruptcy back then, as a chapter 11 bankruptcy. However, the search also shows PBS still reporting on recent news, so I think that are not out of business. Not sure if this is even the same PBS or something else with the same initials, but this is all i found that looked possible.
I can't see the Democrat Party giving up their government-supported propaganda instrument easily. Some of the cooking and gardening shows are still interesting.
Dammed if I know, just know that I met Jon Rappoport in 1995 at a book signing in a Santa Monica bookstore, his book: The Oklahoma City Bombing, The Suppressed Truth.... Govt forces can do anything.
The first clue was "PBS CEO Ima Gnot". It went down hill from there. btw, the real CEO of PBS is Paula Kerger
What a strange offering under Jon Rappoport's name, I trusted his info for many years.....Wonder why and who did this in his name.
Here is a link to this "PBS Is Broke" write up on Rappaport's own Substack page. LINK It's clearly satire: "Eloise Fred X-Binary Leftwich" I'm not familiar enough with the guy to know if he puts this type of stuff out on a regular basis or not.
I was listening to public radio this week while driving and they had a 'kids' day'. Kids as young as 4 were submitting classical music they wanted to hear. Some kids were working on learning the music, others just liked it. It made me happy that young folk (not just people waiting to die in nursing homes) liked this stuff. I think I have seen public tv on roku.
Many of us were introduced to classical music with cartoons in the old days, especially Warner Brothers. Of course, there was the William Tell Overture...opera, not classical, but still....
I have a Warner Brothers Orchestra LP of classical music. I played trumpet from 4th grade through high school, and think that most of us were already familiar with the songs that we played from our Saturday AM television watching. Rossini was (and is) one of my favorites..
I have followed Jon Rappaport since the Oklahoma City Bombing and his book he wrote on "his theory"....He has NOT been into the satire stuff so I don't know where the PBS stuff came from and Why. I see Rappaport spelled 2 ways with Rappa and Rappo and I've always spelled it Rappaport. And this Jon is 85 yrs old and there is a John Rappaport on Wiki who is 43... The PBS stuff is not from the Jon I've followed and it's so strange....Unless Jon R, the one I've known, has flipped.
Peter and the Wolf! But where are they hearing it now? A few with their parents on PBR? Have to go ask my kid when she gets home from CO.