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In the Life, Ep. 1502, Rebroadcast of Episode 1409: Season 14 (2005-11)
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The episode begins with Return to sender, a segment about the Postcards from Buster episode, Sugartime, which U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings urged PBS not to air due to its spotlight on the Vermont lesbian couple interviewed in the segment. The Counterfeit news segment calls into question the ethical practices of modern journalism, considering controversies surrounding journalists with right-leaning agendas, the use of video news releases by the United States government, the effects of government propaganda and its influence on headline news as it relates to LGBT people. The Hindsight is 20/20 segment focuses on the ABC news 20/20 special, Matthew Shepard: Secrets of a murder, looking at the sources and methodology to discover what was missing from the report. Alex Sanchez and Rosie O'donnell provide the episode's PSAs.
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In The Life Media
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, In the Life, 20/20 (Television program), Homosexuality -- United States -- History, Journalistic ethics, Spellings, Margaret, 1957-, Lesbians -- Vermont, Journalism -- Objectivity, Shepard, Matthew, -1998, Postcards from Buster (Television program)
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