Sick around PBS

After the Bush regime stacked the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with right-wing cronies, PBS has become as corruptible as the commercial networks.

Respected journalist T.R. Reid made a documentary for 'Frontline' called 'Sick Around America'. Observers have described this work as excellent. In this film, Reid travels around the country to interview doctors, patients, and insurance execs to shed some light on the horridity of America's broken health care system.

When PBS showed 'Sick Around America', however, the network cut out Reid's commentary and replaced it with editorializing by some insurance company hack. The insurer rant said America could get decent health care if only it would force everyone to buy insurance from for-profit companies.

Because we've all seen how well mandatory insurance has eliminated road rage, right? (That's sarcasm, people.)

Maybe PooBS didn't want to alienate its sponsors. Thirty years ago, you'd probably never see a commercial on PBS. Try watching PBS now, and you'd be shocked at the amount of what are literally ads - often insurance ads.

If Big Bird wasn't a nudist, he'd be shitting his pants right about now.

Reid was so outraged at PBS bowdlerizing his documentary that he said, "'Frontline' will never touch me again – they are done with me."

After PBS's neocon hit piece on a democratically elected political leader abroad, I think we're about done with PBS - at least until the CPB gets rid of all the Bush cronies who have an agenda.

(Source: http://counterpunch.com/mokhiber04022009.html)