April 21, 2015 - PBS and WNET are conducting an internal review led by our respective programming teams of the circumstances around FINDING YOUR ROOTS episode "Roots of Freedom."
This matter came to PBS' attention on Friday morning, April 17th. Professor Gates and his producers immediately responded to our initial questions.
In order to gather the facts to determine whether or not all of PBS' editorial standards were observed, on Saturday, April 18th, we began an internal review. We have been moving forward deliberately yet swiftly to conduct this review.
Media Contacts:
Anne Bentley
PBS
awbentley@pbs.org
703-739-5021
Harry Forbes
WNET
forbesh@wnet.org
212-560-8027
Statement from PBS and WNET on FINDING YOUR ROOTS Episode "Roots of Freedom"
by
Published on
• Last modified on
Press Releases