Comments on: Is PBS Necessary? Part 2 http://cetconnect.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/is-pbs-necessary-part-2/ CETconnect's official blog. Sun, 18 May 2008 02:30:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: acarnes http://cetconnect.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/is-pbs-necessary-part-2/#comment-10343 acarnes Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:44:18 +0000 http://cetconnect.wordpress.com/?p=414#comment-10343 I can completely understand why so many comments appeared under this NY Times article. When I was a senior in college, living by myself, I couldn't afford cable. PBS is the only reason I still managed to stay informed, besides using the computer labs on campus (no Internet access either). But I didn't just get to find out the latest U.S. news, what I got was a myriad of inspirational and thought provoking programs- for FREE. I believe it was that year in college, sitting in my studio apartment and watching PBS, that is responsible for shaping me into an NPR-listening, news-watching, nature-loving individual. I can completely understand why so many comments appeared under this NY Times article. When I was a senior in college, living by myself, I couldn’t afford cable. PBS is the only reason I still managed to stay informed, besides using the computer labs on campus (no Internet access either). But I didn’t just get to find out the latest U.S. news, what I got was a myriad of inspirational and thought provoking programs- for FREE. I believe it was that year in college, sitting in my studio apartment and watching PBS, that is responsible for shaping me into an NPR-listening, news-watching, nature-loving individual.

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