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   From: artis@nospamplease.net.invalid   
      
   "cloud dreamer"  wrote in message   
   news:lL6dnSzFU_irxX3RnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@supernews.com...   
   >>   
   >> I know that advertisers don't play a role. What I'm not getting is this   
   >> emphasis on government money as opposed to viewer pledge drive money.   
   >   
   >   
   > Huh? Neither has anything to do with the original point. Both are public   
   > money.   
      
   I see the crux of the problem now.  Well my only point is that I don't think   
   advertising-driven ratings are as accurate as we think they are.  If they   
   were, then my sense is that there wouldn't be such a stark contrast between   
   viewer-supported programming and advertiser supported programming.  Even   
   with commercial talk radio vs NPR.... The latter gives us Talk of the Nation   
   and Science Friday and Art Hounds, the latter gives us Rush Limbaugh and the   
   rest of his ilk.   
      
   Well I just want to apologize for getting so far off point, I'm not   
   typically all that great at integrating my ideas into the discussion at   
   hand, and maybe it was a tangent, but I still thought it was at least a   
   partially salient point.  I am sorry for the interruption, and I'll leave   
   the thread alone now.   
      
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