Public Broadcasting Shines at Peabodys

Patrick Stewart Speaks Out

“There has never been a more important time ... to support and fight for the preservation of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting whose essential federal funding is under direct ideological attack,” said Patrick Stewart in accepting a Peabody Award for PBS/WNET’s Great Performances: Macbeth.

Public broadcasting received half of the all Peabody awards for 2010. Details and a clip of Patrick Stewart speaking out on the need to fight for public broadcasting at npr.org.