[lbo-talk] Reply from Newshour re Parenti

Jon Johanning jjohanning at igc.org
Fri Mar 19 20:28:02 PST 2004


On Friday, March 19, 2004, at 04:04 PM, Paul quoted a PBS flack:


>> We have no quarrel with what Christian Parenti said at the end of the
>> segment in which he was interviewed. He was asked a question and
>> appropriately gave us his answer. Our concern was with the lack of
>> another
>> view. We should have asked the other guest, Professor Juan Cole, for
>> his
>> reaction.
>>
>> Balance is one of our most important standards. It is a signature
>> characteristic of the program. We believe our viewers value it as
>> much as we
>> do. Therefore, we decided to acknowledge that we regretted the
>> imbalance
>> which occurred.

So they're punishing Parenti by not bringing him back because *they* didn't ask Cole for his reaction?

Lehrer is a notorious horse's ass, and his staff apparently follows suit.

Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org __________________________________ A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, 'You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk-dancing.' -- Sir Arnold Bax



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