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Friday, February 17, 2006

I always knew PBS was subversive 

By TigerHawk at 2/17/2006 06:21:00 AM
First it was the talkies. Then, in the 1950s, Congress had hearings to prove that comic books were destroying the fabric of America's youth. Then popular music, then video games, and then popular music again. None of these, though, have touched off a tsunami of crime quite like the Public Broadcasting Service has:
"Documents used to be the least sexy thing among cultural objects for thieves to steal, but not anymore," Nevada State Archivist Guy Rocha said.

While the scope of the problem is difficult to assess due to a lack of government statistics, many historians, librarians and dealers think the thefts are on the rise because of the soaring value of such rare documents.

The popular PBS program "Antiques Roadshow" has made the public aware of the value of historical treasures, they say, and eBay and other online auction sites are making it easier to sell stolen documents.

I, for one, very much hope that PBS learns from this. Our criminal justice system does not have the resources to cope with spinoff shows like "Undiscovered Masters of Art," "Sports Car Afficionado," "Philately Unleashed" and "Secrets of Numismatics."

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3 Comments:

By Anonymous Anonymous, at Fri Feb 17, 09:09:00 AM:

"Documents used to be the least sexy thing among cultural objects for thieves to steal, but not anymore," Nevada State Archivist Guy Rocha said.

Maybe Antiques Roadshow may not deserve all the blame for this. A few years ago there was a TV commercial relating the story of a guy who discovered an original copy of the Declaration of Independence hidden beneath an old framed painting he bought at a garage sale. From what I gather, that ad made quite an impact on people. How many are still taking it to heart?  

By Anonymous Anonymous, at Fri Feb 17, 12:30:00 PM:

You mean I shouldn't have bid on that "vintage risque" version of the Constitution I saw on Ebay?!

Damn.  

By Blogger Rue St. Michel, at Fri Feb 17, 10:02:00 PM:

Subersive, not in the MacCarthy sense of the word but PBS should definitely NOT be funded by Federal tax dollars.

The tripe and pabulum that they spew, while raking in the grant and federal NEA monies, is an atrocity of the first order.

I'm not saying that they have a right to have an agenda but, they play nicey-nice with our current PC nightmare and feed into it. I just don't want my tax dollars supporting some of the Liberal programming that they broadcast.

Nice site, btw. I'm a first time visitor.  

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