On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote: > I may have overstated, but the tone of so many of the letters Getler > receives that don't have anything to do with news coverage or news > documentaries do have that PBS-is-dumbing-down-going-downhill- > compromising-its-standards-for-corporate-underwriting hysteria, > especially on things like their choice not to air a Mozart > commemorative concert from Austria live or same-day-delay last year > (the concert did end up on "Great Performances" a few months later). > That sort of thing. > > And Randi's letter did point out the "Frontline" program on FC.
Ah yes - I do see his reference to it now (that was a great show). And I do know what you mean about the stick-up-their-ass crowd who complain that PBS is not the same since they started trying to get Americans to actually watch their programs, and it is not surprising that Getler would get a lot of letters from these. It's just that the two most interesting (to me) topics in his recent batch seemed to each come from very different kinds of viewers, and both different from the stick up the ass group. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
