This American Rip-off

Am I the only one really bothered by This American Life’s television debut being on Showtime? This American Life is part of the reason I contribute to public broadcasting. I’m paying for them to go out and find and record these amazing stories. Yet now it turns out they had video cameras along too and if I want that version of the story I have to pay extra for Showtime?!?! With a regular audience of 1.7million people, luring people to Showtime seems like a great way to make somebody gobs of money. But I thought public broadcasting was about bringing compelling media to the public, not delivering a compelled public to a private media money making venture. I’d pay to see the show on public TV, but not on Showtime.