I think the article raises good points. I'm against government-funded media. Perhaps it was helpful in the past, but it's not necessary anymore due to how much other free, educational content is available across a variety of platforms and how media distribution has evolved over time. I also have an issue with state-funded media in principle. It's too hard to ensure that government-funded media is fairly balanced. I don't like this can of worms.

As far Citizens United, it was disastrous for our democracy. Corporations emptying their coffers into super PACs isn't free speech, it's political bribery. Our country would be better off eliminating this blatant conflict of interest.



Calling the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville a white supremacist movement isn't political hackery by PBS. It's simply documenting the truth.

They just don't mind making asses out of themselves like this.




Right-wing terrorism even took lives in Charlottesville.

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Public funded media leading a campaign of doxxing private citizens based on their political affiliation is several steps beyond mere political hackery.

Well, I disagree with state-funded media in principle and some of the methods of investigative journalism used in this case, but their findings about Charlottesville shouldn't be surprising.

If your political idealogy allows you to overlook doxxing of that nature, your idealogy is BAD.

I'm not overlooking it. In fact, I condemn it. And like I said, I'm also opposed to publicly-funded media in principle. I'm simply stating the results aren't surprising.

The results are abhorrent. We live in a first world country.

Donald Trump doxxed Lindsey Graham and you wouldn't criticize that.

You guys just keep proving your own hypocrisy.

Was waiting for the false equivalence. A cell phone number of an already political candidate is a prank. Hundreds of names, addresses, and phone numbers with the express purpose of getting them fired is a completely different ball game.

Your posts have been pretty limp lately so I'm not the surprised.

I'm just trying to imagine what it would look like if Trump funded a public entity that tasked itself with doxxing and publicizing the names and identities of Antifa, Black Lives Matter and other #Resist groups solely on their political affiliation and without due process of law and protocols of law enforcement. (No, mugshots ain't the same thing).