PBS features documentary on journalists' investigation into U.S. farm subsidies
June 4, 2008
Bill Moyers hosted a documentary on the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) that follows several Washington Post reporters as they investigate farms subsidies in the United States. The 2006 Washington Post investigation resulted in a series of articles that uncovered vast flaws in U.S. agricultural subsidies. The journalists were recently awarded six Pulitzer Prizes.
The PBS documentary, Cash Cows and Cowboy Starter Kits, is available on-line:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04112008/watch2.html
The Washington Post series, Harvesting Cash, is also available on-line:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/interactives/farmaid/