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From: ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho,net.flame
Subject: Re: Government funded TV.
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Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 02:41:24 EST
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Me:

> We DON'T want the government to pay for it.  Who knows
> what we will be watching???  I agree the pledge breaks
> are in many cases very badly done, but it motivates the
> station to play what we want, not what some conehead thinks
> will offend the least ammount of people!

Charles Lambert:

>But.....
>The BBC is entirely government-funded, by mandatory T.V. licence fee,
>and they MADE Dr. Who (and Monty Python).

You're right!  Amazing people, those Britishers.  Now, do you *really*
think that the US government would adhere to the same high standards
as British television currently enjoys?  I don't.  I think we would
have '3's company' on PBS without commercials.  Or maybe *with* commercials.
Who knows?  The point is, if the government finances it, who decides
what we watch?  You're right, government intervention isn't always
nasty, but I for one wouldn't want to take the chance of them mucking
things up.
-- 

	Ron Christian  (Watkins-Johnson Co.  San Jose, Calif.)
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