>>937279958>All broadcast television is free to watch (paid for by commercials).but cable costs money every month.
>make donations in those pledge drivesnot really a good way to sustain yourself. Look how wikipedia always has to beg and no one really wants to donate when a popup comes up right away.
>then that means it deserves to go under.disagree. Also disagree that "deserving" even really matters here. Again, the point is to have free public access to media and news. I think this is important especially in the case of developmental shows like sesame street and mister rogers and clifford and etc etc.
It's just better to have around and sustained through government funding instead of making everything cost money.