What is the point of a public broadcaster? Some argue that they shouldn’t exist; that the government has no business owning a broadcaster. So why have a public broadcaster? A public broadcaster is that it is the only type of broadcaster that can put its audience’s interests first, ahead of its revenue source. A public broadcaster can make programs that aren’t widely popular but that benefit the community. Private broadcasters can indeed handle a lot of the entertainment and informing of the public, but there are some things they will never be able to do. For the media landscape to be truly diverse, robust and inclusive we need the public broadcasters. Come discuss this with us on Twitter https://twitter.com/PEGSInstitute Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pegsinstitute Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PEGSInstitute Watch on Odysee https://odysee.com/@PEGSInstitute:c Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/PEGSInstitute Sources: https://about.abc.net.au/how-the-abc-is-run/what-guides-us/legislative-framework/ (Link to the ABC charter referring to independence as well as its role generally) https://www.pbs.org/value/ (US PBS info) http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/about/how_we_govern/2016/agreement.pdf (BBC Charter) http://www.abc.net.au/cm/lb/9944818/data/the-cost-of-being-the-abc-data.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1_lZ9Hjkws1BgFnzhb7_ZKmJ0JL9Yg8w1ddHBWztTFS1AJcAzNkRlkqvo Credits: Written by PEGS Institute Spoken by Andrew Johnson Edited by Jackson Winter Icons made by MD Badsha Meah, www.wishforge.games, Charlie, icon king1, Raj Dev, fengquan li, Free Preloaders, Gayrat Muminov, Muhammad Haq from www.freeicons.io Finger, Detective and Refuse by Adrien Coquet and Radio by Astatine Lab from the Noun Project All other graphics created by Jackson Winter Music Great Whyte 18 by Noir Et Blanc Vie 1940's Slow Dance (Sting) by Doug Maxwell, Media Right Productions