PBS: Perbezaan antara semakan

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PBS dibiayai oleh yuran stesen ahli, Perbadanan untuk Penyiaran Awam, sumbangan korporat, National Datacast, pemacu ikrar, asas swasta dan warganegara individu. Semua pembiayaan yang dicadangkan adalah tertakluk kepada satu set piawaian untuk memastikan program itu bebas dari pengaruh sumber pembiayaan.<ref>{{cite web| title=PBS Funding Standards| url=https://www.pbs.org/about/producing-pbs/funding/| website=PBS| accessdate=19 May 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520030857/http://www.pbs.org/about/producing-pbs/funding/| archive-date=20 May 2018| deadurl=no| quote=Public television is a major participant in the great tradition of a free and independent American press. To protect public television's journalistic integrity, PBS's funding standards are premised on core principles that ensure the complete editorial independence of producers from influence by underwriters. While funding and fundraising are necessary to support the development and production of content, producers must be free from the influence of funders. This firewall is essential to maintaining the public's trust.}}</ref>

Sejak pertengahan 2000-an, tinjauan Roper Opinion Research yang ditugaskan oleh PBS telah secara konsisten meletakkan perkhidmatan sebagai institusi kebangsaan yang paling dipercayai di Amerika Syarikat.<ref name="PBS infographic">{{cite web |title=15 Years As America's Most Trusted Institution |url=http://bento.cdn.pbs.org/hostedbento-prod/filer_public/PBS_About/Files%20and%20Thumbnails/PBS_TrustBrochure2018.pdf |website=PBS |accessdate=11 June 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611073823/http://bento.cdn.pbs.org/hostedbento-prod/filer_public/PBS_About/Files%20and%20Thumbnails/PBS_TrustBrochure2018.pdf |archivedate=11 June 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=PBS #1 in public trust for the sixth consecutive year, according to a national Roper survey|url=https://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20090213_pbsropersurvey.html|website=PBS|date=13 February 2009|accessdate=14 July 2009}}</ref> Satu kajian 2016{{ndash}}2017 oleh Nielsen mendapati 80% isirumah televisyen AS menonton rangkaian rancangan ini. Walau bagaimanapun, PBS tidak bertanggungjawab terhadap semua rancangan yang dijalankan di stesen televisyen awam, sebahagian besarnya datang dari sekutu, termasuk stesen anggota seperti WGBH, WETA, WNET, WTTW, American Public Television dan penerbit bebas. Perbezaan ini adalah kekeliruan penonton yang kerap.<ref>{{cite web|title=Caution: That Program May Not Be From PBS|url=https://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2008/05/caution_that_program_may_not_be_from_pbs.html|author=Michael Getler|website=PBS|date=15 May 2008|accessdate=30 December 2008}}</ref>