Citing Ben Affleck’s ‘Improper Influence,’ PBS Suspends ‘Finding Your Roots’ by JOHN KOBLIN

By JOHN KOBLIN

The network wants staffing changes on the program after an investigation showed that the actor Ben Affleck pressured producers into leaving out details about an ancestor of his that owned slaves.

Published: June 24, 2015 at 08:00PM

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