You are not coming close to understanding what I'm saying. I don't think it's instructive to compare public broadcasting with McDonalds (a for profit company),

You are not coming close to understanding what I'm saying. I don't think it's instructive to compare public broadcasting with McDonalds (a for profit company), I'd compare them to Wikipedia. Wikipedia goes to great pains to maintain NPOV, and they give away their information product. I think public broadcasting should be more like Wikipedia; Wikipedia sets a higher standard for operating in the public interest.