The US has always had a distinction between state and public ownership. You can do things on public lands that are restricted on government lands, for example.*

The US has always had a distinction between state and public ownership. You can do things on public lands that are restricted on government lands, for example.* The same can hold, and has held in the past, for Public media -- it does not necessarily mean State media. It requires effort to maintain the separation, yes, but not an impossible amount of effort. *Not that the CPB is actually owned by the public, but the principle is closely related.