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PBS, along with [[NPR]], has been accused of aiming its broadcast toward wealthy, elite segments of the American population while neglecting others, who nonetheless pay for the programming.  When Congress debated cutting funding for NPR and PBS, House Democrats appealed to the children's programming on PBS such as ''[[Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' (1968-2001) and ''[[Sesame Street]]'' (1969-present).  Puppets of ''Sesame Street'' characters were brought into the House chambers, and Rep. [[Ed Markey]] (D-MA) commented: "Oscar the Grouch has been friendlier to the ''Sesame Street'' characters than President Bush." <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4693682.stm US public TV shows 'facing cuts'], [[BBC]]</ref>  Most of PBS's programming, however, is aimed at children as they feed over 12 hours of children's programming every day of the week versus 6–8 hours of adult programming.  

PBS, along with [[NPR]], has been accused of aiming its broadcast toward wealthy, elite segments of the American population while neglecting others, who nonetheless pay for the programming.  When Congress debated cutting funding for NPR and PBS, House Democrats appealed to the children's programming on PBS such as ''[[Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' (1968-2001) and ''[[Sesame Street]]'' (1969-present).  Puppets of ''Sesame Street'' characters were brought into the House chambers, and Rep. [[Ed Markey]] (D-MA) commented: "Oscar the Grouch has been friendlier to the ''Sesame Street'' characters than President Bush." <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4693682.stm US public TV shows 'facing cuts'], [[BBC]]</ref>  Most of PBS's programming, however, is aimed at children as they feed over 12 hours of children's programming every day of the week versus 6–8 hours of adult programming.  

In January 2021, PBS chief legal counsel Michael Beller was removed only after it became publicly known that he advocated the kidnapping of [[MAGA]] supporters' children to be incarcerated in [[gulag]]s and attacking the [[Trump]] [[White House]] with [[Molotov cocktail]]s.<ref>https://youtu.be/u7nT9yD0WPU</ref>  

In January 2021, PBS chief legal counsel Michael Beller was fired after it became publicly known (via exposure by [[Project Veritas]]) that he advocated the kidnapping of [[MAGA]] supporters' children to be incarcerated in [[gulag]]s and attacking the [[Trump]] [[White House]] with [[Molotov cocktail]]s.<ref>https://youtu.be/u7nT9yD0WPU</ref>  

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