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On 30 January 1995, Larry Jarvik wrote re PBS/NPR:
>Again, Paul doesn't seem to be relating the matter to questions of film and
>television.  I assume there are other political activism listserv's available
>for cheerleading and so forth.
 
 
     If we, as academics, do not "cheerlead" for quality programming, who will?
We MUST keep each other informed and on top of this debate if we want to see
more series such as THE AMERICAN CINEMA, BUSTER KEATON: A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW,
and the HOLLYWOOD series from a few years ago.  This IS a film/television issue
and I for one do not want to see it swept under the rug because someone's
political feelings got hurt.  I have seen similar debates on other listservers.
Yes, AMC, TNT, etc. continue to provide excellent choices for movies, but PBS
brings us the really great series which disect our movie history, show us where
we've been, and where we're going.
 
Allison Johnson
University of South Carolina @ Aiken
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