BELOW—Special Addendum: A documentary on China's transformation by PBS, the supposedly "mature and impartial" platform that never stoops to imperial propaganda. The fact is that PBS has also tangibly degenerated in the last two decades, and its prestige programs such as the Newshour and Frontline (inevitable given their corporate funding, staffing, etc.) have become only marginally less openly tendentious and mendacious than the regular commercial media. So they use the stiletto instead of the hammer, but the results are often the same: the conscious betrayal of truth. Be careful, therefore, as you watch this video. There's the usual mix of lies and truths, with the latter often further massaged to diminish their impact.