We hold these truths, as stated by the Carnegie Commission reports on public broadcasting, to be self-evident:

That "public broadcasting create programs primarily to serve the needs of audiences, not to sell products or to meet demands of the marketplace," That "public broadcasting has a responsibility to use these most powerful communications media as tools to enhance citizenship and public service," That the mission for public broadcasting is to serve as a "forum for controversy and debate" and "a voice for groups in the community that may otherwise be unheard" so that we could "see America whole, in all its diversity."