PBS rules Ben Affleck had 'improper influence' on its family history series because the show didn't mention his ancestors owned slaves
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PBS and WNET has decided that producers didn't protect the creative and editorial process from Affleck's influence and further failed to report to them that the actor was trying to change program content.
Currently in production on its third season, the show will now be postponed to make some changes ordered by PBS and WNET, including hiring an additional researcher/fact checker and employing an independent genealogist to review episodes for accuracy.
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Affleck's request of show producer Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to exclude his slave-owning ancestors from the program was discovered in emails uncovered in the Sony hack in mid-April.
In response to reports, the "Batman" actor later apologized for asking that his family's history of slave-ownership be excluded from the program.
"I didn't want any television show about my family to include a guy who owned slaves. I was embarrassed," he wrote on Facebook Tuesday. "The very thought left a bad taste in my mouth."
Gates would also release a statement saying that he and his fellow producers made their creative choices based on what they felt was most compelling.
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