Steve Benen detects a surrender to propaganda:
I’m all for spirited debate. When it comes to law, political science, and religion, there are a nearly endless supply of ideas and perspectives. Let a thousand flowers bloom. But facts are stubborn things, and “Wall of Separation” is not history. It’s a religious-right-style interpretation of history, presented by PBS to its viewers as fact.
Indeed, PBS’s ombudsman seems to realize that this film is driven by a religious agenda, and made by religious activists, who brush over details in order to make a religious point. He seems to believe airing misleading information, intentionally, is consistent with "diverse" programming. That’s absurd.