http://dir.salon.com/topics/pbs/?source=rss&aim=pbs en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT By Robert Burton Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/mind_reader/2008/05/12/daniel_amen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/mind_reader/2008/05/12/daniel_amen/index.html?source=rss Why is PBS airing Dr. Daniel Amen's self-produced infomercial for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease? By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/04/24/carrier/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/04/24/carrier/index.html?source=rss The PBS documentary series "Carrier" discovers conflict and camaraderie among the (shockingly young) inhabitants of the USS Nimitz. Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/daily/2007/10/30/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/daily/2007/10/30/tuesday/index.html?source=rss Salon's guide to what to watch on Tuesday: Frontline's "The Undertaking" offers a gentle look at the work of funeral director and poet Thomas Lynch. Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/daily/2007/10/16/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/daily/2007/10/16/tuesday/index.html?source=rss Salon's guide to what to watch on Tuesday: PBS's "Cheney's Law" offers a detailed look at how this administration has acquired unprecedented power. Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/daily/2007/10/12/friday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/daily/2007/10/12/friday/index.html?source=rss Salon's guide to what to watch on Friday and this weekend: The PBS "NOW" special "Child Brides: Stolen Lives" is a sobering look at the lives of girls sold into marriage. Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/daily/2007/10/08/monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/daily/2007/10/08/monday/index.html?source=rss Salon's guide to what to watch on Monday: Mark the holiday by watching the PBS doc "The Magnificent Voyage of Christopher Columbus." By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2007/09/23/private_practice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2007/09/23/private_practice/index.html?source=rss How suggestible are you? CBS's "Kid Nation," NBC's "Bionic Woman" and ABC's "Private Practice" aim to play you like a fiddle. Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/daily/2007/09/21/friday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/daily/2007/09/21/friday/index.html?source=rss Salon's guide to what to watch on Friday and this weekend: PBS premieres Ken Burns' insightful, affecting documentary series on World War II, "The War." By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2007/08/26/anti_americans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2007/08/26/anti_americans/index.html?source=rss America the dutiful! After PBS doc "The Anti-Americans" makes us feel fat and dumb, Ken Burns' "The War" reminds us that we're muy macho. By Gary Kamiya Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/04/17/crossroads/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/04/17/crossroads/index.html?source=rss The highly touted PBS series on Islam and terrorism casts a cold eye on Bush's Iraq disaster -- but fails to examine Mideast history or America's failed policies in the region. By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2007/04/01/the_shield/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2007/04/01/the_shield/index.html?source=rss Despots rule! Vic Mackey of "The Shield" seeks revenge, while Showtime invents a slimmer, sexier King Henry VIII. By Alex Koppelman Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/06/smith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/06/smith/index.html?source=rss An interview with journalist Martin Smith, the maker of a new PBS documentary on Iraqi militias, about how the U.S. strategy of Iraqification could backfire. Tim Grieve Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/15/judges/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/15/judges/index.html?source=rss Forsaking the olive branch for a sop to the right. Rebecca Traister Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/07/25/technical_virgin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/07/25/technical_virgin/index.html?source=rss A kids show host is fired for appearing in a blue parody PSA. By Sarah Karnasiewicz Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/03/21/troop_1500/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/03/21/troop_1500/index.html?source=rss The director of a PBS documentary about a Girl Scout troop whose moms are behind bars says our obsession with locking up women is harming their kids. By Stephanie Zacharek Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2006/02/04/bleak_house/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2006/02/04/bleak_house/index.html?source=rss Masterpiece Theatre's languid take on the Dickens classic is a refreshing break from our sound-bite, bloggified culture. By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2005/11/08/last_abortion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2005/11/08/last_abortion/index.html?source=rss PBS's "Frontline" special "The Last Abortion Clinic" shows us why the dark ages of illegal abortions and unwanted children are already here. Tim Grieve Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/09/22/cuts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/09/22/cuts/index.html?source=rss The House Republicans' plan for Katrina: Cut funding for the Third World, energy conservation and contraception. Punish PBS fans, art lovers and graduate students. Aaron Kinney Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/23/pbs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/23/pbs/index.html?source=rss Supporters of NPR and PBS score a victory against conservative Republicans aiming to pare down the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. By Paul McLeary Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/06/23/pbs_tomlinson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/06/23/pbs_tomlinson/index.html?source=rss There's mounting evidence that the man in charge of public broadcasting is on a conservative crusade. Tim Grieve Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/21/cpb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/21/cpb/index.html?source=rss Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer call on Bush to fire the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Eric Boehlert Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/10/pbs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/10/pbs/index.html?source=rss Republicans on a House subcommittee move to eliminate all federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. By Eric Boehlert Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/26/fulton_lewis_connection/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/26/fulton_lewis_connection/index.html?source=rss CPB head Kenneth Tomlinson, who is leading a jihad against "liberal bias" in public broadcasting, and one of his two new ombudsmen both worked for the late Fulton Lewis, a reactionary radio personality associated with Sen. Joe McCarthy. By Eric Boehlert Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/17/cpb_ombudsman_controversy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/17/cpb_ombudsman_controversy/index.html?source=rss Critics blast the CPB's unprecedented move to hire competing, "Crossfire"-style ombudsmen, saying the move is intended to make public broadcasting toe a right-wing line. Eric Boehlert Mon, 12 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/16/npr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/16/npr/index.html?source=rss Bad news from the Middle East? Maybe more music programming would be nice.