A great high wall there that tried to stop me,
A great big sign there saying "Private Property",
But on the other side it didn't say nothing.
That side was made for you and me.

Public broadcasting of nationally significant occasions, not dependent on the whims of private companies, seems a reasonable thing to expect.

Actually Woody Guthrie was talking about stealing and piracy. He was talking about ending a system that enshrines those things.