recently Pando daily writer David Sirota
wrote a piece exposing what is accepting factly happening at PBS
they had this series called the pension payroll
where they seemed very very critical about pensions for public employees
now after doing a little digging David throw to manage to find out who the
major funder was for that series
it was actually a former Enron traitor by the name of John Arnold
he donated 3.5 million dollars to make
it possible for PBS to cover this story
now keep in mind that he run something known as the John Arnold foundation
and that foundation is against pensions for public employees in fact they like
to get rid of pensions for public employees in the future
but for those employees aircrew currently working now they would like to
slash those pensions
so obviously he had some sort of agenda here
and if you've got his paper reported five million dollars to PBS
its gonna have a little bit of influence in their reporting so %uh the title
Davis wrote as peace is
the wall ugh Sesame Street love it which is great
and here's what he writes he said the Pando has exclusively confirm that the
pension perilous secretly funded by former and run trader John Arnold a
billionaire political
power broker who is actively trying to shape the very pension policy
that the series claims to be dispassionately covering
UK I so now you would think that he probably contacted PBS first because
that's usually what you see with the mainstream press right you have these
corporate sponsors that out will do advertising in the mainstream press and
in the mainstream press will definitely be influenced by that but in this case
it turns out that PBS contacted him first
looking for the fun meeting that they have this agenda in their minds like
what we gotta get paid
let's come up with something that will definitely appeal to someone who's
extremely wealthy that way we get the funding to do this
so %uh to the contrary darnell Foundation spokesperson tells Pando that
it was PBS officials who first
initiated contact with Arnold in the spring of 2013
she says those officials actively solicited Arnold to finance the
broadcasters proposal
for a new Pension focus series according to the spokesperson they solicited are
not support
based specifically on their knowledge up his push
to slash pension benefits for public employees white
this is disgusting and and apparently PBS's now
totally useless I'm in his bag is worse than useless their counterproductive so
is that a try to educate people in new quality programming
that people can benefit from that actively going around seeking out
billionaires
that they could service right and say oh please please give us may work for what
for what so you can stay employed a little longer
so you can get a nice comfortable salary that's what you sold out your
journalistic
integrity for so
did a label the program has clearly funded by this guy
no and they're suppose that's a clear violation of their
own ethics in principle yes stated by PBS now why did you leave a little
on-air they have 10 said this on their website which
a lot less people to go to why did you say on here is you're supposed to
because you were embarrassed that because you know you did you answer some
and said
how can i pleasure you well how can I put something on here that will serve
for propaganda purposes
and I will pretend that it's by the way part other objective news programming
there a show called he'll be where they like to remember is the subjective
say love the clue label things that might actually be be interesting and
have
a point of view that looks out for people right but when it's something
that looks up with billionaires they are they don't like to label that no no
because they got him pay day going to get paid a salary right
but at this point there is gender so the right-wing decided
hey you know what is so try to kill Big Bird and kill
people get a actually educating get real information from PBS you know we only
say only a year there is a
Linaro liberal in their and but then their bias and then I think what about
my side a genius idea said hey wait a minute
why don't we biased why don't we take over PBS and have them to right-wing
agenda
right now and I think with public broadcasting and that includes NPR by
the way you know you have republicans that continuously threatened to slash
the budgets are slashed
any type of funding that goes toward these outlets
so at the same time you know they're constantly trying to fundraise in and
find money in order to keep operating
and at the same time you have these millionaires and billionaires
that we'll gladly give your outlet money if if
you do their bidding if you push their agenda and in this case that's exactly
what happened
so some might argue well okay maybe and this is a ridiculous argument I know
that what the majority view don't believe this but some might argue more
just because they're funded by this
this millionaire doesn't mean that they're going to be influencing the
reporting PBS's gonna have some integrity right
absolutely not in Davis or did a great job in
I'm specifying how their reporting in the series was
inaccurate okay but I should also note that the Foundation said that they were
reserved
the ability to stop funding the series at anytime
Indian bend extraordinary circumstances
and obviously that is very very broad and big
on purpose so that way if they are reporting something that they don't like
well also and we're gonna pull them the money outta now PBS already has number
direct violations have their own code because they didn't properly labeled
this and they had they're not supposed to
do that agenda over a group like this you know technically they say
or even if you don't cancer researcher we take money from a cancer research
thing we do an anti-cancer thing we're not allowed to do that
in this case is a gross violation about your day in three and a half million
dollars in doing exactly what I'd
group is what you do can you keep me a secret up but
a ball that wasn't enough they also put in the documentary all these
patience I mean the coarsest david has in their like other pages are no good
they're hurting the economy and they're hurting the local government so that the
real problem for
local governments and I why they're outta money the report said he wanted
over the border billion dollars in corporate subsidies yeah
the local governments gives up ok well you didn't get sponsored for that
and then on top of that is an appointed up they put a cause there this is
well look technically I didn't have editorial control over that peace
no no foundation says no another had a baby a minute or two years
series so I don't want typings a two-year series
at any time if we did you put something on that we don't like
well we look at this in a shorter serves as you now lose your money
yes and the one thing those guys working for PBS at this point their management
what is
money money money money money okay so
any you know it's unfortunate because PBS and NPR they've both been it labeled
as progressively biased news outlets and as a result
a lot of them are trying to overcompensate for it you know like they
want to seem as though they're not biased
and in the process of doing so they've moved so far to the right
but the reporting is now extremely by know so that's a big
I I think that's exactly how it started out but now
I think know it's just them total takeover PBS by the right way
another one saying it up or have FCC official said to washington Post
I'm he said Corporation for Public Broadcasting became cold engaged in a
systemic
effort not the Joe sanitize the truth but to impose a right-wing agenda
on PBS okay so there's a concern over now
there is also that you have this you have the Alex Gibney did terrific
documentary
on park avenue it's a at this particular building on park avenue the Koch
brothers have an 11
Koch brothers give a lot of money PBS their part the takeover great
so they didn't like that and a product on a pressure on them in with
and threatened to withhold further money for PBS
has a PBS but was a very tentative about how the
put that on and then they did something extraordinary Chuck Schumer democratic
congressman senator
was also criticize and that he stuffs the biggest celeb the wall street there
is
so they let Chuck Schumer and a David Koch happened to you
after the documentary just go on the air and say whatever they want to know this
documentary spoke up by the way they have anyone stomach
sergei and say like oh yeah this is absolutely outrageous somewhere the best
and they're the worst
okay that's never done after any documentary
it was nothing wrong with it I would you go to bed all things in a documentary
are true because they would you really where is vetting process
but they gotta put the propaganda than a bit anyway right
and then on top of that there was gonna be another document read the Koch
brothers
it got spiked killed oh no the Cobras mind I give us money anymore
and then let me read a budget that new series that they have
at PBS the free market series min
J wonder where this is going it celebrates a.m.
right-wing icons like steve forbes Cato scholar John Howson author
I am rand okay so are you this founded by there of course the John Templeton
Foundation another right-wing conservative organization is BBS money
yes them good bowing down to I am Iran okay
but that's just about those are intellectuals and millionaires
billionaires okay
how about more unintended consequences this this
summer is going to be risk but any consequences the
evils up the welfare system unbelievable ok but come on
a money and morality you know the series about
how moral it is to be greedy and have more more money than
but this is like it's like they become a parody of themselves
this is only unbelievable and and the list goes on and on
it back in 2002 it with a header
economic series that was I'm funded by and Ron
that one to promoting then run hot we look at the chart here judging
same thing about the Dow Chemical back Chameli per Promoter does business
interests
so this is gone from public broadcasting for the exact opposite
it's the trick to public to write when propaganda
they went to go take over this situation with their money and they did it is
they're so good programming on PBS I feel sick
about the people working on those shows who have now been totally discredited
because the
actions a PBS's money-hungry
on ethical management right and with the G seven is that says
its in between those shows people the bird people's trust and you know all
those decades a good programming here at people's trust
oliver traded now then and so they think will pick one
PBS's trustworthy and if they tell me the page is the real problems I guess I
must be the real problem
the number two I've been told by the Conservatives that PBS in the liberal
media
it the liberal media is tell me patience that well for the problem
pages in the welfare much to really be the problem yeah