http://sherrychandler.com/2008/05/14/the-american-minitrue/ "On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree.” — W.S. Merwin Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:29:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://sherrychandler.com/2008/05/14/the-american-minitrue/comment-page-1/#comment-48133 sherry Thu, 15 May 2008 15:50:05 +0000 http://sherrychandler.com/?p=2921#comment-48133 What is more, JimT, the NewsHour has a really nice <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/entertainment/poetry/index.html" rel="nofollow">poetry series</a>, which certainly can't be said for any other major television news program. The NPR news is pretty good on cultural matters, too. What is more, JimT, the NewsHour has a really nice poetry series, which certainly can’t be said for any other major television news program. The NPR news is pretty good on cultural matters, too.

]]> http://sherrychandler.com/2008/05/14/the-american-minitrue/comment-page-1/#comment-48131 JimT Thu, 15 May 2008 02:24:12 +0000 http://sherrychandler.com/?p=2921#comment-48131 Network news has become victim to the drive to be entertaining. PBS, thankfully, has remained mostly immune to all that, witness the News Hour with Jim Lehrer. They'll often spend 15 or 20 minutes reporting in depth on a single story--political and otherwise, a depth of reporting you never see on Sound-Bite TV. And they'll typically seek out and include more than one side of an issue. I really respect the integrity of what they try to do. Network news has become victim to the drive to be entertaining. PBS, thankfully, has remained mostly immune to all that, witness the News Hour with Jim Lehrer. They’ll often spend 15 or 20 minutes reporting in depth on a single story–political and otherwise, a depth of reporting you never see on Sound-Bite TV. And they’ll typically seek out and include more than one side of an issue. I really respect the integrity of what they try to do.

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