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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting, important PBS critique from a left perspective.
James Ledbetter's concerns are those of a man of the left, and his book reveals a sense of betrayal. He shows how PBS and its insiders used an original left constituency in pursuit of political power and financial gain. Dropped once PBS became an established institution were the unions, performers and artists, educators and other nonconformists to whom the promise of a...
Published on June 12, 1998 by Laurence Jarvik
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Published on October 25, 1999
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting, important PBS critique from a left perspective.,
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This review is from: Made Possible By...: The Death of Public Broadcasting in the United States (Hardcover)
James Ledbetter's concerns are those of a man of the left, and his book reveals a sense of betrayal. He shows how PBS and its insiders used an original left constituency in pursuit of political power and financial gain. Dropped once PBS became an established institution were the unions, performers and artists, educators and other nonconformists to whom the promise of a refuge for individualism and dissidence had been made by what turned out to be -- not surprisingly to libertarian critics -- another self-serving government bureaucracy motivated by the aggrandizement of power and wealth. I.F. Stone said "all governments are liars" and Ledbetter seems to include PBS in that judgement. He reveals why some of those who once believed in PBS no longer are able to offer it unconditional support. While non-leftists may not share his vision of a subsidized agitprop network to replace the present system, many of his criticisms of existing problems within PBS are on the mark.
0 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
terrible writer,, terrible book,
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This review is from: Made Possible by: The Death of Public Broadcasting in the United States (Paperback)
I hope this guy has a day job.
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Made Possible By...: The Death of Public Broadcasting in the United States by James Ledbetter (Hardcover - Nov. 1997)
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