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7. He successfully defended PBS to the U.S. senate

Fred’s show was on PBS, which regularly faced funding challenges. In 1969 Fred took it upon himself to personally defend the network to the United States Senate Subcommittee on Communications chair John Pastore over a money reduction. He was successful, getting the response: “I think it’s wonderful. Looks like you earned the $20 million.”

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