The facts. so wildly improbable. that are stated in this production lead me. and would lead anyone. to the general assumption that the producers of the show question many people and carefully select the most extreme adverse reactions and conditions and then report them in such a manner that they mislead the viewer to suppose that this situation is normal. As to the breadline scene toward the end of the program. the commentary says that this happened in the United States in 1960 and that this is a line of human beings waiting for a ration of canned goods. milk. and bread. The facts are that the breadline of hungry migrants appearing in this documentary was not a current situation according to Sam Mase writing in the Tampa Tribune. who said the two representatives of the sponsors. Philip Morris. Inc.. were sent to Florida to investigate complaints of the MurrowFriendly production. This scene. it was learned. represented instead a period several years ago when a big freeze destroyed most of Floridas vegetable crops leaving migrants unemployed. Certainly the public is entitled to unbiased and factual presentation of the issue in any television production that is proclaimed to be a documentary. In summary.
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Migrants are portrayed as being in extreme adverse conditions.