WBGH, Boston’s public station TV station, will no longer produce episodes of the award winning series “American Experience.” The documentary series had planned such topics as the national highway system, Puerto Rican history as a U.S. territory, and birthright citizenship.
American Experience has produced nearly 400 documentaries, including “Freedom Riders,” “The Murder of Emmett Till,” and “Clearing the Air: The War On Smog.”
The cancellation is a direct result of the cuts made to public broadcasting.
Trump, I’m sure, will be very happy to get this news. We don’t like to discuss American history. Too nasty. Not great, like it is now.
I read this depressing news in “With Cuts to PBS, History Takes a Hit,” New York Times, (Aug. 28, 2025), p. C4.
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