November 3, 1969: PBS is Founded
On November 3, 1969, PBS was created to provide educational television
programming and services that reflect the diverse interests of the
American people.
Today, nearly 90% of U.S. television households tune into PBS member
stations, and we are expanding our public service mission to digital
media. In September 2012, Americans watched more than 150 million
videos across all of PBS’ web and mobile platforms.
See how PBS is serving all Americans at valuepbs.org.Image: Vintage PBS logo
A very happy 43rd birthday to PBS. Still going strong after all these years, and getting flung around in election-year political banter to boot.
I’m trying to laugh it off, but my summary of the evening is that it’s an interesting theater, boring movie, and a great place to take a nap.Fred Willard to Jimmy Fallon about the now infamous porn theater alleged lewd act. Click here to watch the self-deprecating interview. (via hypervocal)
It could have been worse.
The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin recently apologized for the cover of its 2012 commencement program, which left a key letter out of the word “Public” in the school’s name.
The odds the “l” was missing: 100%.
The dangers of the rope-line: French President Nicolas Sarkozy was grabbed and pulled by a man while walking past a rope-line at a public event today. What we find most interesting about this: “Sarkozy says he will take no action against the man.” Now, we’d be shocked if this guy isn’t in a world of legal trouble right now, but for Sarkozy to openly state he’ll take no action against him sort of surprised us. If this happened to President Obama, we bet there would be a lot more emphasis and on this, both from the administration and the media. source
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