PBS

5 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 28, 2018 by Jeni Britton · said 37 times in 8 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

Mentions by year

brought up most by Guy Raz (12), Rick Steves (10), Ken Burns (9), John Hendricks (2), Jeni Britton (2), Steve Ells (1), Robert "Bob" Johnson (1)

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2025 3 mentions in 1 episode
2022 21 mentions in 3 episodes 7 per episode
2021 9 mentions in 1 episode
2018 2 mentions in 1 episode
2017 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode

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Everything said about PBS, oldest first

Feb 28, 2018 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Britton Bauer: Recorded PBS documentary convinced North Market to accept stall
“Anyway, he recorded it and sent it to us, and that was how we got in the market, because they watched that and realized that an ice cream company can be a thriving part, a part of a thriving market.”
Jeni Britton Feb 28, 2018 ▶ 15:41 Live Episode! Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams: Jeni Britton Bauer
Apr 11, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Guy Raz: The Civil War drew 40M viewers, setting PBS viewership record
“At the time, it was the largest audience in PBS history. Nearly forty million Americans binged it over the course of a week.”
Guy Raz Apr 11, 2022 ▶ 54:32 Florentine Films: Ken Burns
Apr 11, 2022 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Burns: Rejected an $800-per-week PBS job offer in 1979 to finish film
“Somebody at the PBS station in New York, WNET, offered me a job of 800 dollars a week”
Ken Burns Apr 11, 2022 ▶ 25:19 Florentine Films: Ken Burns
Apr 11, 2022 positive
Opinion
Burns: Streaming platforms offer $30M, but only PBS allows 10-year timelines
“There's no other place where any of these films could have been made. You know, I could go out to a you know, a Streaming service or to a premium cable channel and say, hey, I'm making a film on Vietnam, and with my track record, they'd say, how much do you ne…”
Ken Burns Apr 11, 2022 ▶ 52:45 Florentine Films: Ken Burns
Apr 11, 2022
Insight
Burns: Retaining IP ownership prevents studio executives from sanitizing historical truths
“My insistence that I am not giving up the ownership of the film, because the second you do that, then there's someone else who might say, About James Baldwin, ah, I'm not sure about that. You know, there's some suit somewhere that would wish that it would not …”
Ken Burns Apr 11, 2022 ▶ 1:05:33 Florentine Films: Ken Burns
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