Broadcasting & Cable, February 20, 2008
By John Eggerton

PBS' The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer got more than 5,000 online responses to its question on whether PBS was still relevant, the vast majority saying an emphatic "yes," according to show spokeswoman Anne Bell.

That followed a story in The New York Times with the provocative title, "Is PBS Still Necessary," the thrust being that cable has stolen much of PBS' programming thunder.

Read the whole story here

This article is copyrighted material, the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.