From: Jym Dyer Subject: A PBS Quiz Date: 8 Dec 1994 16:51:20 GMT [Adapted From the FAIR WWW Page] ================================================================ A PBS Quiz _EXTRA!_ (11-12/94) Both are nationally recognized. Both have written best sellers. Both are articulate and at the top of their fields. Which woman did PBS choose to host a show? Charlayne Hunter-Gault or Peggy Noonan? H: One has 16 years of PBS experience. N: The other has no PBS experience. H: One is an award-winning journalist. N: The other is a partisan political flak. H: One has been identified with universal human rights. N: The other has been identified with narrow Republican politics. H: One came to national attention as a civil rights hero. N: The other came to national attention as a Reagan-Bush speechwriter. H: One has a show, Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights TV, that PBS refuses to fund or distribute. N: The other is getting a show that PBS will support and distribute. H: One is black. N: The other is white. Which woman did PBS choose? (The answer: Noonan) Ask why! Contact: Ervin Duggan, President PBS 1320 Braddock Place Alexandria, VA 22314 or call the PBS Hotline: 1-800/272-2190. (This sometimes takes a long time to answer.) Send a copy of your correspondence to FAIR at fair@igc.apc.org, and mention the FAIR WWW pages, and they'll start a new subscription or renew your old one at the specially discounted price of $20 a year! (That's more than one-third off the regular subscription price.) This quiz was created by the Coalition Vs. PBS Censorship. For more information, write them at P.O. Box 485 Santa Monica, CA 90406-0485 or call 310/288-6693. ================================================================ =o= The preceding was redistributed with permission from FAIR. I do not represent FAIR in any way, nor do I receive compensation for my volunteer effort on their behalf. =o= You can find a snazzier copy of the above, including photos of Hunter-Gault and Noonan, on the FAIR WWW page. The URL is: http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~mernst/fair/ <_Jym_>