Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Editorial Standards and Policies

by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

I. Introduction

This document is an update of the Public Broadcasting Service ("PBS") program policies adopted in 1971/72 and updated in 1987. While the principles embodied in those policies are enduring and remain as valid today as when they were first adopted, changes in technology, in public television, in journalism, and experience with the current guidelines necessitate, as the original program policies themselves anticipated, "periodic review of procedures to establish and implement program standards and practices, and a revision of the statement as required...."

I. Introduction

II. Guiding Principles

III. Roles and Responsibilities

IV. Editorial Standards

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