PBS will keep giving stations bleeped and unedited versions of sh...
PBS will keep giving stations bleeped and unedited versions of shows it believes could run afoul of FCC indecency rules, Vp Lea Sloan said: “We will continue looking at shows and in cases we where we think it’s appropriate…
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we will be offering two versions.” PBS eased editing curbs it imposed on programmers after talks with producers, regulators and stations (CD Aug 11 p4). Some stations feel certain words are inappropriate in any context for their audiences and markets, Louis Wiley, exec. editor of WGBH Boston’s Frontline said, supporting distribution of 2 versions of edgy programming. “I honor local decisions,” he said: “This is the proper thing to do.”