Like several, I watched a good bit of the Blinken "roast" yesterday.

[Hortensis]

4. I've noticed that a number of times. PBS news also.

When we stopped watching entirely, PBS was beginning and ending segments by featuring clips of Republican representatives giving their viewpoints. And a common device when they wanted to deceive on particular points was to show a clip of a RWer lying -- without commenting on it. There are others, of course, like leaving out a critical piece of information that contradicts their disinformation narrative.

I still love NPR for a lot of good discussion, but I don't trust it and that's bitter.

And I remember when PBS was our news show each evening. Don't know just when it happened, but after Gwen Ifil died we became aware of that the evening news with Judy Woodruff had become appalling corrupt and Republican serving. Koch money increased but was involved long before.

America NEEDS public broadcasting, though. We partially fund it, and I've been waiting to hear we're cleaning it up. I don't know what that'll involve, and our to-do list is longer than Princess Diana's train was, but I'm sure the will is not lacking.