Save Public Broadcasting by Making it the PEOPLES’ Media
On this subject of saving public broadcasting Doc Searls says, “save public broadcasting by weaning it, finally, from the federal teat.” Jeff Jarvis is saying, “Make it truly public broadcasting, supported by its public instead of by government.” I say HELL YES these guys are right. It’s about time that the people really own what is theirs. For years the federal government has been begging us for our money to support PBS, NPR, etc. and do we have any real say in its content? No…not really.
There is no reason to save the bureaucrats at PBS if they won’t see their audience as customers, producers, and PARTNERS. The stakes are high. If they won’t partner with us, we’ll just make our own media and only trust each other. Imagine a world were no one trusts the corporate/government media? Imagine a world where we talk to our neighbors and they know more about what’s going on thousands of miles away than the TV does.