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Instead of seeking that BBC ideal, the commission has sought the possible-something that, like Carnegie I, would have a good chance of being enacted into law. Looked at that way, the report is politically astute. President Carter, for instance, has already said that he wants public broadcasting to be more independent; he is expected to be sympathetic to proposals that would limit his own power. Representative Lionel Van Deerlin, chairman of the House Communications Subcommittee, has also suggested that commercial broadcasters be taxed to help their noncommercial brethren, and he will doubtless support that proposal...
...shrewdness, however, the commissioners may have underestimated the public's desire for a much stronger alternative to the commercial networks, whose faults are on display every night of the week. While it has tried to insulate the system from politics with several bureaucratic changes, Van Deerlin notes, the report still leaves the public broadcasters dependent on regular appropriations. These must be approved by Congress as well as the President, and Congress this year has appropriated only $120 million, or a little more than a fifth of what Carnegie II eventually wants. Says he: "To have a first-rate, fearless...
Equally troubling is the report's demand that local stations continue to go begging to corporations and the general public. Already, the administrators of many stations spend most of their time passing the hat, and controversial programming is often shelved for fear of offending donors. Says Jay Iselin, president of New York's WNET (Channel 13): "It's humiliating to spend most of your time getting up the dough rather than becoming involved in programming...
Neither Mankiewicz nor the other critics need worry, however, at least not for the moment. Congress and the President will have the final decision, and they may take their time before acting on this large but disappointing report...
NOTEBOOK: All those who watched UCLA upend top-ranked Notre Dame, 54-50, caught a glimpse of Crimson coach Frank McLaughlin on the College Basketball Report at halftime. McLaughlin, interviewed as one of Digger Phelps' former assistant coaches at Notre Dame who now heads his own coaching staff, referred to Harvard as "the greatest academic institution in the world." Crimson Stats HARVARD 76, BROWN 57' at the IAB HARVARD FG FT REB ASS PF TP Mannix 0-0 2-2 1 1 1 2 Coatsworth 2-7 0-0 9 1 4 4 Allen...