Accuracy in Media

The narrative on the Trump White House used to be that it was so chaotic, so out of control, so poorly led that nothing was getting done in America. Frontline, the long-running PBS show, has put together an hour-long documentary on EPA administrator Scott Pruitt and the swift and decisive changes he has brought to […]

We’ll let the Free Beacon explain what happened on social media: Gwen Ifill, the host of PBS’s Newhour program, defended herself from criticism after taking heat for sending a tweet that many users interpreted as a shot against Israeli Prime Minister Benjain Netanyahu. Ifill retweeted a message from the State Department’s official pro-Iran deal Twitter […]

When most people think of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s education programs, they remember the gentle Mr. Rogers welcoming children to his home, or documentaries offering exciting encounters with whales and other exotic creatures. These shows still exist. But CPB today produces lessons that glorify the Black Panthers and riots and protests of the 1960s, present […]

Luke Harding of the London Guardian says Julian Assange is a “useful idiot,” based on the premier episode of his Russian Today (RT) program “The World Tomorrow.” The show featured a mostly softball interview with Hezbollah terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah, who not surprisingly adopted the Russian position of support for the Assad regime in Syria. […]

While media organizations duped by Assange into thinking he had no contact with Manning now look like complete fools, Ron Paul’s defense of WikiLeaks and Assange is even more serious, considering his desire to be president and in possession of the state secrets of the United States.

The New York Times reported this week that PBS is looking into the possibility of establishing a digital channel in Great Britain. The initiative, which partly is meant to make money for PBS, is being led by PBSd, which sells PBS programming to home video, foreign and commercial markets. PBSd is a joint venture of […]

Conservatives who cheered the decision by a Los Angeles-based PBS affiliate to quit the system last year had their hopes for conservative programming dashed by the station’s decision in February to devote much of its airtime to the Qatar-owned Al Jazeera English. KCET-TV, which had been a PBS affiliate for more than 40 years, cut […]

Florida Gov. Rick Scott continued his assault on what he considers wasteful government spending in the Sunshine state with his veto of the state’s nearly $4.8 million appropriation for public broadcasting. According to the New York Times if the funding isn’t restored some PBS stations could shut down: That figure had already been reduced by […]

The Public Broadcasting System (PBS), which has been fending off Congressional threats to its public funding, is facing new threats to its future as stations contemplate leaving the PBS system. Last year longtime affiliate KCET in Los Angeles announced its intention to not renew its contract with PBS, citing the burdensome dues that had risen […]

On MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, PBS host Tavis Smiley had a lot to say about Donald Trump and race. Specifically, Smiley argued that Trump has been “race-baiting” as a way to “[play] to the worst in the tea party.” “Let me say a word about Donald Trump, since you raised it so […]