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Public trust
in PBS is extremely strong. PBS receives
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the highest
rating of seven public institutions asked about
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in the
survey. One half of the public say
they trust PBS
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as an
institution “a great deal.” The second most trusted
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are courts of law
(28%). People place commercial
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television
networks (17%), newspapers (11%) and cable
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television
networks (10%) much lower in terms of
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according them a
great deal of trust.
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PBS is seen
as an “excellent value” for the tax dollar,
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second only to
military defense on a list of 20 tax-
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supported
entities asked about. Indeed, one in five
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Americans rate
PBS an “excellent” value, surpassed only
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by military
defense at 34%. With an
additional (54%)
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calling it a
“good” value, three-quarters of the public
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(74%) rate PBS an
“excellent or good” value.
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