We all pay taxes into the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which then doles out money to (among others) public radio stations.
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Does public radio represent the public? In a city like Los Angeles: ABSOLUTELY NOT -- whether it's local, state, nation, or international.
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Public radio in Los Angeles is largely for, by, and about white people -- who make up less than 25% of the population here.
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Public radio systematically discriminates against people of color. I know this because I worked in public radio for several years.
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For example, although almost half of people in LA speak Spanish, you'll never hear Spanish on drive time public radio. Ever.
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Public radio isn't public, not in the reflective of the population sense of the word. It's elitist, doesn't represent demographic realities.
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Where public radio *is* public is in our taxes. It's not a lot of money per individual, but each and every single one of us pays for it.
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When the massive earthquake hit Mexico today, a big portion of the *actual* public in LA was scrambling to hear anything from Mexico.
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You'd think that public radio in LA would break from regular programming. Or stick to regular programming but change the segments. But no.
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BBC can do whatever it wants. I never tagged the network on my original tweets, because I was specifically focused on local public radio.
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For this BBC person to go find my tweet, respond condescendingly, temporarily let it go, and then come back to try to school me, tho?
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I know my city. I know that it would have served the public for public radio to focus on what mattered to a lot of people in LA today.
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If you're not even *from* LA, don't try to explain this to me. Go do your homework.
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They're so defensive! BBC may not be "local" but then why comment on your post? They could've let the local stations you tagged to respond.
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