User:VsevolodKrolikov/Reid paragraph

Frontline asked Reid to follow up with a companion documentary, "Sick Around America" which aired March 31, 2009, on PBS. However, Reid parted company with PBS before the film was finished when his conclusion, quoted by Russell Mokhiber in Counterpunch that "You can't allow a profit to be made on the basic package of health insurance," was omitted from the program. Instead, Reid argued that the film came off as supporting mandated private-insurance coverage. Reid is quoted as saying "...mandating for-profit insurance is not the lesson from other countries in the world. I said I'm not going to be in a film that contradicts my previous film and my book." PBS responded to these criticisms, stating that "FRONTLINE takes a strongly different view of the characterization of its editorial disagreement with T.R. Reid as presented by Mr. Reid and Russell Mokhiber". It argued that Reid had misrepresented the role of a key respondent in the film, the extent of Reid's role in making the film, and of the balance PBS had sought to present. Reid used his right of reply to challenge PBS' characterisation of their and his own position.