TV Worth Blogging
by David Thiel, Program Director for WILL-TV
An insider's view of public television programming and the issues that help determine what and how you watch
WILL-TV Leads, Not Follows, In Airing “Torturing” Documentary
Torturing Democracy, a video documentary examining detention and interrogation under the current White House administration, recently became a cause célèbre when a New York Times article revealed that PBS had been offered the show, but could not clear a prime-time slot for it until the day after the new President takes office in January.
The program was subsequently offered to individual stations by independent distributor Executive Program Services. Ken Bode, the ombudsman for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, reported that WETA-TV in Washington, D.C. hastily dropped Torturing into their schedule—with minimal promotion—after the fallout from the NYT piece. Yet you’ll find it right here on WILL-TV next Tuesday, October 28 at 9:00 pm. (And it was even scheduled in time to make our printed program guide, Patterns!) The 90-minute film will be expanded by a half-hour follow-up discussion.
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