Florence Low/flow@sacbee.com
Shameless plug alert: Be sure to check out Tuesday's Media Savvy column. It deals with changes at Sacramento's local PBS affiliate, KVIE, with the hiring of executive producer Lynn Margherita (pictured), whose background is in (gasp!) cable TV.
KVIE's apparent push to enliven its programming echoes the debate going on nationally about the relevancy of PBS.
The first salvo was fired by Charles McGrath, respected critic-at-large for the New York Times, whose commentary was provocatively titled: "Is PBS Still Necessary?"
A week or so later, PBS filmmaker Ken Burns ("The War") fired back with an op-ed piece in the Los Angeles Times titled: "Standing Up for Public Television."
Read both essays and decide for yourself. Better yet, read Tuesday's Media Savvy column. (Yes, I'm pimping my own story - sorry.)
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