{"id":1327,"date":"2011-12-03T08:20:31","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T13:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2011-12-03T08:26:49","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T13:26:49","slug":"sorry-pbs-no-cash-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/12\/sorry-pbs-no-cash-for-you.html","title":{"rendered":"Sorry PBS, No Cash For You!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t mean to sound heartless … really I don’t.<\/p>\n

I bawled like a six-year-old, after all, when I watched Jackie Evancho<\/strong> sing on PBS the other night (thanks for the over 100 facebook shares, too). She was superb and there ARE quality programs on PBS<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But, truth be told, there are quality programs all over the dial these days thanks to History channel, Discovery, TLC, Smithsonian, HGTV and more.<\/p>\n

I pay a premium price for my U-verse<\/em> bill and I just don’t have money left to give to PBS,<\/p>\n

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Soup Nazi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wonder how many others are in the same boat?<\/p>\n

After paying bills and tithing and other giving there’s just not more cash laying around to give to PBS.<\/p>\n

Besides, being on all these TV offerings like Dish, DirecTV<\/em> and cable doesn’t PBS get a fraction of that money?<\/p>\n

On top of that it already gets government funding that other channels don’t receive.<\/p>\n

It may be time to pull the plug on antiquated PBS, even with some of its quality shows.<\/p>\n

Sorry PBS, but similar to what the Soup Nazi used to say on Seinfeld<\/em>:<\/p>\n

“No cash for you!”<\/p>\n

If you’re not too angry with Matt be sure to check out his blog posts on the New York Yankees at: yanksgoyard.com\/author\/mattster\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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