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Although
the topic of globalization has reshaped the lives of people
all over the world, producer Jeremy Brecher laments, "There
appears to be little at present in the PBS system for independently
produced documentaries with a perspective on a critical public
issue like globalization. PBS program Point of View deals primarily
with materials with a strongly personal orientation," says
Brecher.
According to Brecher, "Global Village or Global Pillage
was evaluated as entirelysuitable for broadcast by the PBS affiliate
Connecticut Public Television (CPT).
Nonetheless,
the only part of the PBS system CPT thought might even consider
it was American Public Television (APT), which rejected it,
even though it 'could be a compelling piece of journalism' on
the grounds that it was 'one-sided,'" a criticism not made
about Wall Street Week and Nightly Business Report. What is
missing from PBS is journalism that tells the worker's side.
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