On the 61st Anniversary Of His ‘Vast Wasteland’ Speech, Honor Newton Minnow With A Public Option For Social Media.

Congress's answer 55 years ago to Newt Minnow's 'vast wasteland' speech on commercial television was the Public Broadcasting Act. The PBA to this day brings you PBS and NPR via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). It's time now to add a 'public option' for social media to CPB's portfolio.