How Long Until Joan Lunden Disassociates Herself From World Progress Report?
Earlier this year, we wrote about the company called Vision Media TV, which was suing the site 800notes.com after people on that site had written reports about Vision Media TV, questioning its sales techniques. It seems that Vision Media TV would go around contacting organizations, heavily talking up its association with former TV newscaster Hugh Downs, and suggesting (heavily) that the TV broadcast it would put together for the organization contacted would air on “public television.” Of course, to cover some basic “production costs,” Vision Media TV just wanted a mere $20,000 to $30,000. Investigations into Vision Media TV suggested that the questions raised by people at 800notes were reasonable concerns. The NY Times and NPR have debunked many of the claims from Vision Media TV, noting that PBS had clearly claimed that it has no association with Vision Media and that the promises from the company were questionable at best. From NPR: They are promised the shows will be educational in
