PBS Ombud Sides with Frontline Critics

Common Dreams, FAIR | Apr. 10, 2009 (Press Release)

PBS ombud Michael Getler is siding with critics of a Frontline documentary that failed to examine single-payer national health insurance as a possible alternative to the U.S. healthcare system. Full Story »

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Topics: Media and Politics, Ethics in Journalism
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Apr 11, 2009 - 5:02 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Apr 11, 2009 - 5:02 PM PDT

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 by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 11, 2009

The opinion of the PBS ombudsman is provided. The economic or political motive for the PBS reporting bias is not suggested.

Has corporate America's insurance industry penetrated PBS?

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