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Big Bird and the 'hood @ 40

EllynAnne Geisel | Posted 11.10.2009 | Denver

Read More: Fifties Tv, Big Bird, Buffalo Bob, Bob McGrath, Howdy Doody, Sesame Street 40th Anniversary, Pbs, 40th Anniversary of Sesame Street, Denver News
EllynAnne Geisel

Pregnant and desperate for the Boob Tube to babysit our toddler while I rested, I actually cried when the local programming announced the 10 a.m. Sesame Street would repeat in the afternoon.

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Top 5 Big Bird Adjusts to Life Outside of Sesame Street Moments

Danny Groner | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sesame Street, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Hollywood Squares, Pbs, Bein Green, Elmo, New York City, Big Bird, Television, Muppets, Oscar the Grouch, Joshua Jackson, Tv, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Jimmy Kimmel, Jim Henson, NYCGo.Com, Bert and Ernie, Muppet, Entertainment News
Danny Groner

Sesame Street celebrates its 40th anniversary this week with much fanfare and Muppet mania. The show's icon, Big Bird, has fled his coop at times -- here are some clips.

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Bill Moyers Journal: Special Preview Of Film "The Good Soldier" (VIDEO)

Posted 11.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Pbs, Afghanistan War, Bill Moyers Pbs, Military, Iraq War, Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Preview, Veteran's Day, Media News

In honor of Veterans Day (this coming Wednesday, 11/11), tomorrow night PBS' Bill Moyers Journal will air a documentary titled "The Good Soldier." Th...

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The Myth of Fox News' Ratings Spike

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Kathleen Parker, Ruth Marcus, Pbs, Nielsen, Mike Allen, David Brody, Sally Quinn, Michael Wolff, Cnn, David Gergen, Travis Smiley, Politico, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune Swamp, Bill O'Reilly, Media News
Eric Boehlert

The breathless claim that Fox News' ratings recently spiked thanks to the White House's public critique is bogus hype.

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Leo Frank PBS Documentary Shows Complicated Story Of His Lynching (VIDEO)

Posted 11.02.2009 | Home

Read More: Leo Frank Lynching, Leo Frank Murder, Leo Frank Trial, Pbs Documentary, Leo Frank, Atlanta, Pbs, Georgia, People v. Leo Frank, Mary Phagan, Home News

Tonight, PBS airs "The People V. Leo Frank," a documentary that chronicles the bizarre, ugly case of Leo Frank. Frank was a Cornell-educated industria...

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Where Is the Arts Programming on PBS?

Michael Kaiser | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Arts, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Wnet, Penumbra Theatre, St. Louis Opera, Pbs, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

Why can't PBS be reorganized? Why can't there be a mix of local and national programming? Why can't the parent organization determine the best in American arts and fund its broadcast across the nation?

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Michelle Obama and I Agree: Commit to the Arts in Schools

Michael Tilson Thomas | Posted 10.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pbs, Michelle Obama, Classical Music Reviews, San Francisco Symphony, Arts, Keeping Score Season 2, Arts Funding, Barack Obama, Classical Music, Keeping Score, Kqed, San Francisco, PBS Documentaries, San Francisco-California, Michael Tilson Thomas, Symphony, National Endowment for the Arts, Entertainment News
Michael Tilson Thomas

With state budgets under attack, we in the arts are bracing for a familiar song: whether or not to fund arts in the schools.

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Class Warfare: Ruth Reichl vs. Rachel Ray

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Pbs, Food Network, Bernie Shaw, Bobby Flay, Crossfire, Bill Zimmerman, Pat Buchanan, Dan Schorr, Mary Alice Waters, Marion Cunningham, Cnn, Ruth Reichl, Mario Batali, Gourmet, Jacques Pepin, Nelson Rockefeller, James Beard, Gourmet Magazine, Julia Child, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

Condé Nast, which sells its advertising based on the size and demographics of its subscribers, decided to go with mass instead of class, and closed Gourmet down.

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PBS' Frontline To Premiere 'Obama's War' About Afghanistan War (VIDEO)

PBS | The Huffington Post | Posted 10.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Frontline, Pbs, Obama Afghanistan, PBS Fronline, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghan War, Frontline Premiere, Mcchrystal, Gen. Stanley McCrhrystal, Media News

PBS' Frontline premieres its new season this Tuesday with a riveting new documentary titled "Obama's War." Featuring some of the most gripping war fo...

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A Moment of Truth with Bill Moyers, Marcy Kaptur, and Simon Johnson

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Pbs, Wall Street, Marcy Kaptur, Economy, Economic Reform, Banks, Simon Johnson, Bill Moyers, Business News
Arianna Huffington

Bill Moyers Journal is always illuminating, but tonight's episode, featuring a conversation with Rep. Marcy Kaptur (so amazing in Michael Moore's new film) and economist Simon Johnson is one that no one should miss.

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Hard Questions In Hard Times

Jim Selman | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Citizenship, Public Lectures, Environmental, Michael Sandel, Opposition, Defense, Conflict, Pbs, Ethics, Moral Relativism, Justice, Teaching, Conscious-Choice, The Inner Life, Living News
Jim Selman

Eldering, as a way of thinking about mid-life leadership, is based on the notion 'wisdom in action.' Our vision is for the Boomer generation to take responsibility for our society and our world and "clean up the mess" before we die.

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When 'Mad Men' Types -- and Hollywood-- First Played a Key Role in Politics

Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political Campaigns, Elections, Hollywood Politics, Actresses, Hollywood, Dirty Tricks, Actors, Newspapers, New Deal, The Jungle, Pbs, Mgm, Upton Sinclair, Barack Obama, Fdr, Mad Men, Harry Chandlers, Campaign of the Century, Socialist, President Roosevelt, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Will Rogers, HL Mencken, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

When pundits labeled last year's presidential campaign "divisive" and "dirty," I had to laugh. The champion of all dirty races in this century, in fact, was the 1934 contest between Upton Sinclair and Frank Merriam.

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Reflections on The National Parks Series and Reform

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 10.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Animal Cruelty, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Ken Burns, Pbs, National Parks, Factory Farms, Humane Society of the United States, Animals, Green News
Wayne Pacelle

Over time, I am confident that most of the people who stand in the way of moral progress will be forgotten, just like most of the individuals who stood in the way of John Muir and Steven Mather.

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Best Government Dollar Spent: The National Park System

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hawaii, White House, President Obama, Old Faithful, Washington, Interstate Highway System, Park, Olympic, Colorado, Obama, Denver, Capitol Reef, Dc, Mountains, Montana, National Monument, Joshua Tree, West, Nps, Colorado River, Death Valley, National Park System, Flyover Country, National Parks, Great Sand Dunes, America's Best Idea, Badwater Basin, Alaska, Burns, Pbs, Grand Tetons, Geyser, White Sands, The National Parks America's Best Idea, National Park Service, Barack Obama, Idaho, Denali, National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon, Chris Weigant, Hot Springs, Ken Burns, Wyoming, Yellowstone, Bryce Canyon, Documentary, Utah, Volcano, National Park, Politics News
Chris Weigant

I encourage everyone, no matter what part of these United States you live in (or even if you live elsewhere), to take a "trip out West" at some point in your life. Get in a car, and go explore everything west of Denver.

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Q&A: Ken Burns on Climate Change, Wolf Hunting and Why Yellowstone Isn't "Geyser World"

Scott Dodd | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Grizzly Bears, Pbs, Ken Burns, Yellowstone, Wolves, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Wilderness, National Parks, Wildlife, Bison, Pine Beetle, Climate Change, Green News
Scott Dodd

"The national parks are the first time in human history that land has been set aside -- not for kings or noblemen or the very rich -- but for everybody, and for all time," Burns said.

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What a Wonderful Week!

Carl Pope | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Pbs, Sierra Club, John Muir, Ken Burns, National Parks, Green News
Carl Pope

The Sierra Club is devoting this entire week to helping use America's Best Idea to build a new generation of activists for the national parks.

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Burns' PBS National Parks: Wonders For All to Behold

Bill Mann | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Yosemite, Yellowstone, Peter Coyote, John Muir, Ken Burns, Pbs, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, National Parks, Entertainment News
Bill Mann

Burns' 12-hour, 6-part series, aptly named, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, starts Sunday night on PBS and runs all next week. You should try to watch it in hi-def, but do watch it.

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National Parks: America's Best Idea

Allison Rockefeller | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Pbs, Grand-Tetons, Dayton Duncan, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Documentaries, The Civil War, Ken Burns, National Parks, Movies, New York News
Allison Rockefeller

Welcome to your American inheritance: 84 million acres comprising 58 national parks, with 333 historic monuments, seashores, and battlefields.

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Unfinished Business in Our National Parks

Will Rogers | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Pbs, National Park Service, Inholdings, Ken Burns, National Parks, Acadia-National-Park, Golden Gate National Park, Point Reyes, Wallace Stegner, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Green News
Will Rogers

"America's best idea" still isn't complete. If we don't grow the system, we risk loving to death the parks that we have.

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Rwanda's President on Past Horror and Present Hope

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Kagame, David-Brancaccio, Paul-Kagame, Pbs, Paul Kagame, Now, Rwanda, World News
Joel B. Schwartzberg

OW on PBS host David Brancaccio interviews Rwandan President Paul Kagame about why he believes universal health care in Rwanda is crucial for the country's social, political, and economic advancement.

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American Masters Toasts Dalton Trumbo

James Sims | Posted 10.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pbs, Dalton Trumbo, American Masters, Joseph McCarthy, Blacklisting, Hollywood, Entertainment News
James Sims

Trumbo is a reminder that logic does not always factor into the public consciousness.

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Those "Death Panels" Really Do Exist

Karl Frisch | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Pbs, NBC News, Death Panels, politifact.com, Larry Elder, Media, Sarah Palin, Factcheck.org, Msnbc, Cnn, Ap, Media Matters, Nazis, CBS News, Health Care Reform, Fox News, John Stossel, Glenn Beck, ABC News, Adolf Hitler, Health Care, Media News
Karl Frisch

Death panels are real. They do exist. Your own insurance provider could be in on it. And it's time the media said so.

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Daljit Dhaliwal To Take Over As Anchor Of PBS' "Worldfocus"

Huffington Post | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Daljit Dhaliwal, Martin Savidge, Pbs, Worldfocus, Media News

Daljit Dhaliwal has been named anchor of PBS' "Worldfocus." Dhaliwal will replace Martin Savidge, who will return to the field and remain on the progr...

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Finance for Dummies

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Msnbc, Hbo, Politics, Cnn, Wall Street, Pbs, Joe Queenan, Niall Ferguson, Ben Bernanke, Dylan Ratigan, Business, Eliot Spitzer, Bill Maher, Economy, Business News
Yvette Kantrow

All of the eagerly professed ignorance of the Fed's operations begs the question: What is it about anything that has to do with money, finance or economics that enables otherwise thinking people to plead total cluelessness?

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PBS Chief: Public TV Funding Faring Much Better Under Obama

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 09.02.2009 | Media

Read More: PBS Chief, PBS Funding, Pbs, Media News

PASADENA, Calif. — PBS chief Paula Kerger (KUR'-gur) says budget numbers tell the tale of how public TV is faring under the Obama administration...

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