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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Archae

(46,832 posts) Sun Dec 6, 2015, 10:59 AM Dec 2015

Last day or two of a PBS begathon today...

I noticed that many of the programs during the begathon on the Green bay and Milwaukee PBS stations were pure woo.

In fact there's one on right now, on channel 36 out of Milwaukee, a program that promises to rid the viewer of "wheat belly."

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Last day or two of a PBS begathon today... (Original Post) Archae Dec 2015 OP

I do like PBS...but... Galileo126 Dec 2015 #1

Ouch. That sucks. HuckleB Dec 2015 #2

I don't think that's wheat around my middle. DavidDvorkin Dec 2015 #3

Galileo126

(2,016 posts)

1. I do like PBS...but...

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Dec 6, 2015, 11:10 AM

Dec 2015

They do pander to whatever demographic seems to have cash to give. If woo-weirdos have cash, they will pattern their Begathon accordingly.

And so it goes....(and so it goes, and so it goes, and so it goes...) - Nick Lowe, 1983

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)

2. Ouch. That sucks.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 11:55 AM

Dec 2015

Yeah, there was a woomeister on the local PBS radio yesterday. Ugh.

DavidDvorkin

(19,906 posts)

3. I don't think that's wheat around my middle.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 04:31 PM

Dec 2015

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