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Article: Hate the government? Love the national parks
- Article from:
- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 27, 2009
- Author:
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A new TV series aims to persuade the US that a publicly owned
service run for the benefit of the people can be a good thing Out of
America Lessons from the past
For fans of US public television with a taste for history and
with plenty of time on their hands, this evening is a moment to
savour. All those tedious pledge drives, all those endless repeats
of ancient BBC comedies have been worth it. Ken Burns is at it
again.
Over the past couple of decades, Burns has metamorphosed from
mere documentary-maker to quasi-official keeper of the national
memory. Baseball, jazz and, most famously, the American Civil War,
are just three of the subjects that he has burnished into the
country's image of ...
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