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Public broadcasting is for many, many children the only
channel available that has consistently effective educational
programming. Probably about 40 percent of our families in America do
not have access to cable television. And because of the demographics
and incomes of those 40 percent of our families, we know that they
have a disproportionate number of our children. More than 40 percent
of our children reside in those 40 percent of our families.
If you were to look, as I have done, at the daily
television schedule of our three major networks and our public
broadcasting channel, you would see what is available for those
children in those homes. Now, certainly, there are other options on
cable, but they are often far outnumbered by channels that provide
information and programming that is not always suitable for our
children.
But looking only at the four available channels that
those 40 percent of our families have access to; it is clear that
what is available to children with respect to their educational and
developmental needs is not usually found on commercial television.
It is found during the day on public broadcasting.
And there are those who think that the educational
programming of public broadcasting is a luxury. But to them I would
ask: What is the necessity that can be substituted for that luxury?
Where are the outlets for the kind of helpful, productive, learning
opportunities that children have access to on public broadcasting day
in and day out?
But you don't have to take my word for it. You don't
have to take anybody's word for it. We actually have research. We
have evidence about the impact of television and the impact, in
particular, of public broadcasting.
One of my great hopes from a meeting such as this is
that our decision makers will not just engage in ideological
discussions, but will make decisions based on the evidence that we
have available to us: If one disagrees with the evidence -- fine.
Provide counterevidence. But it is difficult to engage in a
conversation about what is in the best interests of our children if
the people engaging in it are merely taking ideological positions.
And so, today, I have asked some people who have a great
deal of experience and knowledge about the impact of television and,
particularly, the impact of public broadcasting on children, and
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