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The blogosphere is afire today with reaction to a testy exchange between PBS's Bill Moyers and Porter Barry, a producer for Fox News Channel's "O'Reilly Factor."more

PBS may be home to some of the best talk shows on television, but not all the interesting discussions happen on air.

Take the site for "Tavis Smiley," which offers "Young Voices," a blog by four writers like culture critic Jeremy Freed.more

Gays, gas and gender politics were the topics discussed on PBS Web sites this week.

The California Supreme Court's decision to overturn the state's same-sex marriage ban got lots of play at "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer' site, which invited two high schoolers to weigh in on the gay-marriage debate.more

Hey, remember the issues?

You know, the issues.

Taxes.

The economy.

Health care.

Immigration.

National security.

Et cetera, et cetera.

The issues were part of the discussion at the beginning of the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, but lately most of the talk has been about endorsements, superdelegates and polls.more

Please, tell us how you really feel.

As part of PBS Engage's mission to foster dialogue between PBS and its audience, we asked last week what you would air if you were a PBS programming executive. You didn't hold back. We received over 200 responses, almost all of them impassioned comments. We're sharing every compliment, complaint and suggestion with the public television execs who are meeting in California this week to preview the programming PBS will air next season and beyond.

Here's a roundup of what you have to say:

A lot of you like Bill Moyers and want to see more of him.
A lot of you don't like Bill Moyers and want to see less of him.
Many of you appreciate PBS's news and public affairs programming, citing it as a good source of independent journalism.
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