Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr. has his eyes not only on the prize, but on the bottom line.
"African American Lives" and many of the writer, critic and Harvard scholar's other documentaries have been funded at least in part by PBS, including his latest: the self-descriptive "Black in Latin America,'' which begins a run over four consecutive Tuesdays on April 19.
Gates is well aware that public broadcasting is facing the possible loss of the U.S. government's financial support. A new factor is the resignation Wednesday (March 9) by National Public Radio president and CEO Vivian Schiller over another just-resigned NPR executive's video-captured bashing of the political Tea Party.
"I can't imagine that any self-respecting senator or member of the House of Representatives would actually cut, or attempt to eliminate, the funding of one of our truly great national resources ... public broadcasting," Gates tells Zap2it. "It's just unheard of.
"African American Lives" and many of the writer, critic and Harvard scholar's other documentaries have been funded at least in part by PBS, including his latest: the self-descriptive "Black in Latin America,'' which begins a run over four consecutive Tuesdays on April 19.
Gates is well aware that public broadcasting is facing the possible loss of the U.S. government's financial support. A new factor is the resignation Wednesday (March 9) by National Public Radio president and CEO Vivian Schiller over another just-resigned NPR executive's video-captured bashing of the political Tea Party.
"I can't imagine that any self-respecting senator or member of the House of Representatives would actually cut, or attempt to eliminate, the funding of one of our truly great national resources ... public broadcasting," Gates tells Zap2it. "It's just unheard of.
- 3/10/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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