Dolores Brandon

On the one hand I turn to PBS New Hour because it lacks the hype involved in most other newscast. However, over the past four years I have often found the broadcasts needlessly repetitive bordering on the edge of harping on an extremely narrow group of issues, more tedious than informative. I fear PBS has been guilty (like most media) of giving Trump greater due than he's worth and more air time than he deserves. Like most media he played you like a fiddle. Lately, I find myself turning the News Hour off before the hour is over. My hope going forward is that PBS will give the Biden administration time to get its legs before it starts deconstructing his presidency and predicting failure. I don't want a daily dose of postulating who might run against him in 2024. My greatest wish is that PBS recognizes its role is to deliver the news and NOT drive narratives mainly important to the professional analyst class, most of whom are out of touch with what matters to in average American lives. Fringe opinion should be covered as that, not granted greater time than its influence actually warrants. There are so many stories that could be told if it would just stop repeating the one to three stories that newscasters across the whole spectrum of news media decide to obsess over. I find the PBS correspondent team intelligent, dedicated and unquestionably capable. My favorites: John Yang, Miles O'Brien, Paul Solman - truly outstanding.

Very beautifully produced, sensitively hosted. An eye opener. I was profoundly saddened to learn that the Gula community will be displaced for a 7 lane highway!! How could that happen and not become a national news story in an era when we are becoming so much more aware of environmental racism What a travesty. When does the injustice end? Deeply moving episodes capturing the grace and beauty of a people so often misrepresented. Loved it.