Ken Burns: A CPB Cut is 'Purely a Show Trial, and We Don't Do That In

Tim Graham
April 10th, 2011 9:16 AM
AP reports something that's not very shocking: hallowed liberal PBS filmmaker Ken Burns (in between his Kennedy tribute films for Democrat conventions and the tens of thousands in donations to Barack Obama and other Democrats) is decrying Republicans for a "show trial" atmosphere in proposing cuts to public broadcasting subsidies: "I just don't think they have fully thought through what they'…
 

Ken Burns Spins Reagan as a Supporter of PBS, Cites Presence of Buckle

Scott Whitlock
March 1st, 2011 12:29 PM
Liberal filmmaker Ken Burns on Sunday highlighted conservative William F. Buckley as an example of the diversity of PBS. He also claimed Ronald Reagan as a supporter of public financing public television. Writing in the Washington Post, the director lobbied, "[PBS] contributes to cradle-to-grave continuing education services that are particularly appreciated in rural states - belying the…
 

Ken Burns on McCain: Make Nice and Allow Obama to Defeat You

P.J. Gladnick
October 5th, 2008 8:04 PM
 

PBS Star Ken Burns Bashes Palin: 'Supremely Unqualified...American Ido

Tim Graham
September 23rd, 2008 12:28 PM
From Reuters and the Hollywood Reporter comes news that PBS filmmaker Ken Burns used a New York panel discussion preceding the news and documentary Emmy Awards as a forum to denounce the Republican vice-presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, as proof the selection process devolved "into a high school popularity contest and an American Idol competition" and insisted "in the whole history of the…
 

PBS Star Ken Burns Appears on MSNBC to Praise 'Amazing' Teddy

Tim Graham
August 26th, 2008 5:38 PM
 

In Time: PBS Star Ken Burns Bashes Bush, 'Extreme Rightward' Court Til

Tim Graham
September 25th, 2007 9:32 AM