PBS is trying to degrade my son's intelligence

[Beta Man]

PBS has gone too far..... this is an ongoing problem I just haven't ranted about yet......

Sometime either shortly before, or shortly after ( I can't recall which) the "Digital Switch" my local PBS station that my Satellite provider carries decided to cater to the lowest common denominator.... For a couple of months, the shows on the channel were window-boxed, but for a long time now, they've been "zooming in" on the image to remove the black bars......

Children's programming with a little image cropped off is no big deal you say????

WELL I DISAGREE!

My son is watching programming, and they spell out words, and put it on the screen, and it says "HOUS" HOUS????? What's that!!!! My son isn't learning German, and I'm pretty sure they aren't prepping him to learn about the Chaucer poem "Hous of Fame"

Where's the "E" ???? OH! That's right..... it's been cut off of the screen because Suzy-Homemaker can't be bothered to see Sesame Street or Martha Speaks with those pesky black bars!

Do you think the people at the Networks are sitting around saying "I bet the 2 year olds will be bothered by the window-boxing, we better zoom in"

NO!!! A bunch of ignorant parents out there probably called the stations and cable/satellite providers to say "Something was wrong"

So in retrospect, It may not be entirely PBS's fault, or the Satellite provider..... it's probably partially the fault of PEOPLE...... and we all know people have a long history of pretty much screwing up everything.

If my son doesn't get into MENSA, and grows up to be backwards, ignorant, and walks around with his thumb up his butt..... YOU.... SOCIETY! PEOPLE!!!! will have to deal with him.....

/rant