Donald Satz wrote:

>Karl Miller wrote:
>
>>Perhaps the problem is that public broadcasting does not have a clear
>>sense of its mission.
>
>I consider the above a major problem of every public agency.  We tend
>to naively think that public institutions have a nobility and virtue of
>purpose/priority which is on a higher plane than for private enterprise.
>I'm very familiar with both private and public entities, and this naive
>premise has nothing going for it.

Not quite sure what you are saying.  Are you suggesting that this notion
should that keep us from trying to have some institutions that have some
nobility and virtue?

>Concerning self-interest, I just want the music I like to be kept out of
>public hands.  I'd even prefer to have to live with the decisions of a
>Peter Gelb than a Government official or appointee.

Seeing what has happened to public broadcasting over the years, I guess i
would agree.

Karl