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Article: The rehabilitation of Jimmy Carter 'American Experience' sticks to the conventional wisdom on a man 'too decent' to be a politician.(Time Out!)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- November 8, 2002
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Byline: Ted Cox Daily Herald TV/Radio Columnist
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend," says a character in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."
It might be sound advice for a John Ford Western, but a viewer has come to expect something more from PBS' "American Experience."
The documentary series has a generally excellent track record of digging beneath the surface to get to the real story behind various U.S. events and historical figures. But Adriana Bosch's two-part, three-hour profile of Jimmy Carter, airing at 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday on WTTW Channel 11, subscribes to the pat line that Carter was a good, moral man "too decent" to ...