Weeks before the Iraq invasion, the BBC's Jeremy Paxman and skeptical British citizens literally
cross-examined Prime Minister Tony Blair about evidence/reasons/legality behind the invasion -- an interview whose
transcript and Blair's comments became part of Britain's official Iraq inquiry in 2011. (Here's another
tough Paxman interview of Blair . . . unrelated to Iraq. And here, Paxman
interviews Rusell Brand.)
In
our country, pressure from politicians + lack of insulated funding =
embarrassing timidity at so-called "public television"...as evidenced by
PBS
surgically removing Tina Fey's comedic swipes at Sarah Palin from a broadcast in November 2010.
Country by country comparisons of spending on public broadcasting
here.
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