Media Outlet / Personality: PBS

The Public Broadcasting System is a non-profit owned and operated by 354 public television station members. It is funded by government grants, corporate sponsorship and foundation and membership donations. PBS produces the news programs Frontline, Newshour with Jim Lehrer and NOW.


Extra!: Public Media and the Decommodification of News: News behind pay walls is no help to democracy (November 2009) By Jim Naureckas

CounterSpin: T.R. Reid on Sick Around America, Mark Danner on torture (4/10/09)

Elections/2008 Extra!: Dubious Debates: How media moderators lowered the level of Election ’08 (July/August 2008) By Jacqueline Bacon

Extra!: William F. Buckley, Rest in Praise: Glowing obits obscure an ugly record (May/June 2008) By Steve Rendall

Media Advisory: Buying the War: Moyers documentary exposes media culpability in Iraq War (4/27/07)

Activism Update: Ombud Concurs on NewsHour's Iraq Panel: 'I'm with viewers' on imbalance, Getler says (1/16/07)

Action Alert: Debating the Iraq "Surge" on PBS: NewsHour panel skews against public opinion (1/10/07)

Extra!: Inclusion vs. Exclusion at PBS: Editor's Note (September/October 2005) By Jim Naureckas

Economy CounterSpin: Scott Lipscomb on Iraq Body Count, Charlie Cray on "America's Heartland" (7/29/05)

Extra!: A "Right-Wing Coup": Against PBS's Mythical Bias (Update June 2005) By Peter Hart and Steve Rendall

CounterSpin: Dean Baker on Social Security, Rory O'Connor on CPB (5/6/05)

Action Alert: CPB Exerting Political Pressure on Public Television: Chair cites dubious evidence of public television's "liberal bias" (5/5/05)

Action Alert: PBS Censors Postcards From Buster: Episode featuring lesbian moms deemed not 'appropriate' (1/31/05)

Counterspin: Phyllis Bennis on Iraq war "illegal"?, Rory O'Connor on PBS going right (9/24/04)

Action Alert: PBS Panders to Right With New Programming (9/17/04)

Extra!: Things Go Better for Rose (Update June 2002)

Economy Press Release: PBS's "Commanding" Conflict of Interest: Enron & other corporate giants sponsored new globalization series (4/3/02)

Economy Extra!: What's Not Talked About on Sunday Morning?: Issues of corporate power are not on the agenda (September/October 2001) By George Farah and Justin Elga

Extra!: Questions for Kissinger Go Unasked: Journalists show “sensitivity” to war-crime suspect’s feelings (August 2001) By Peter Hart

Activism Update: PBS Defends Its Free Airtime Policy (10/31/00)

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CPB
NewsHour