Synopsis
PBS originataed with good intentions: Making the world better through education. But according to media analyst Laurence Jarvik, America's only taxpayer-supported public broadcasting network has gone astray.
" ... must reading for anyone who is interested in how the public broadcasting system was created, what it achieved, and where it has gone wrong."
— David Horowitz
In his new book, PBS: Behind the Screen, Jarvik provides the first independent, historical account of our nation's television network. Based on years of research and scores of interviews, he tours readers through PBS's evolution, from the early days, when the network was a shining vision in the minds of educators and philanthropists, to later years, when it became the focal point of a never-ending, sometimes ugly tug-of-war between opposing political camps.
PBS: Behind the Screen answers the following questions:
· Does Sesame Street really educate?
· What political agenda underlies PBS's hard-hitting documentary programs?
· Is the real Bill Moyers the carefully crafted image viewers see on the screen?
· What challenges did William F. Buckley Jr. have to overcome before Firing Line could be broadcast?
· Just how much did America's favorite chef, Julia Child, really know about cooking when she started out?
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From the Publisher
FIRST INDEPENDENT, HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF PBS
This book provides the first independent, historical account of our nation's television network. Based on years of research and scores of interviews, he tours readers through PBS's evolution, from the early days, when the network was a shining vision in the minds of educators and philanthropists, to later years, when it became the focal point of a never-ending, sometimes ugly tug-of-war between opposing political camps.
From the Author
The first independent, historical account of PBS.
PBS: BEHIND THE SCREEN examines the following questions:* Does Sesame Street really educate? How much money does it make? * What political agenda underlies PBS's documentaries? * Is the real Bill Moyers the same as the person on screen? * How much did Julia Child know about cooking at first? * Why did Monty Python's Flying Circus become a hit? * What was force behind Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery!? * How did PBS rig debates on The Advocates? * Why did PBS air a fraudulent history of the Holocaust?
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