Public TV cowers and caves and adds a comical side of dishonesty

 

Photo credit:  The WNET Group

Headline:  New York Times, 5/23/2025

Marc Tracy reports:

Stephen Segaller, the vice president of programming for WNET, confirmed in an interview that the station had informed the filmmakers that it needed to make the change. Segaller said WNET felt the scatological imagery in the comic, which Spiegelman drew shortly after the 2016 election — it portrays what appears to be fly-infested feces on Trump’s head — was a “breach of taste” that might prove unpalatable to some of the hundreds of stations that air the series. 

But the filmmakers have questioned whether political considerations played a role. 

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A statement from Spiegelman was appended. “It’s tragic and appalling that PBS and WNET are willing to become collaborators with the sinister forces trying to muzzle free speech,” he wrote.

Cowering parade of spinelessness:

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