XPost: can.politics, bc.politics, ont.politics   
   From: gregcarrsober@gmail.com   
      
   On 30/05/2014 5:52 PM, "{>_<} Раиса" <"{>_ @nyet.ca> wrote:   
   >>> And every country has them. And they are funded by the taxpayers in   
   >>> every country that has them.   
   >>> Get it now?   
   >   
   > On 5/30/2014 5:26 PM, Greg Carr wrote:   
   >> The USA doesn't have a public broadcaster although PBS does function   
   >> with the help of viewers support during telethons. With multiple private   
   >> broadcasters in Canada and the internet there is simply no need for a   
   >> subsidized CBC.   
   >   
   > The United States does indeed have a public broadcaster. You need to   
   > look up 'CPB'.   
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   >   
   > CPB promotes the growth and development of public media in communities   
   > throughout America.   
   >   
   > When Congress created CPB, it declared that developing public media is   
   > an important objective not only for private and local initiatives, but   
   > also “of appropriate and important concern” to the federal government.   
   > Congress also decided that establishing CPB as a private, not-for-profit   
   > corporation would facilitate the development of public media.   
   >   
   > CPB funds ITVS (the Independent Television Service) and five minority   
   > program consortia, which represent African American, Latino, Asian   
   > American, Native American, and Pacific Islander television producers.   
   >   
   > Since 1968, CPB has been the steward of the federal government’s   
   > investment in public broadcasting and the largest single source of   
   > funding for public radio, television, and related online and mobile   
   > services. For approximately $1.35 per American per year, CPB provides   
   > essential operational support for the nearly 1,400 locally-owned and   
   > -operated public television and radio stations, which reach virtually   
   > every household in the country.   
   The USA with nine times the population of Canada spends roughly 1/3rd   
   the amount that Canada spends subsidizing the bloated CBC.   
      
   I am currently watching the LA-Chicago hockey game on CBC. No reason why   
   it can't be shown nationally on TSN if the CBC disappeared.   
      
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