during the time between february 1990,and may of 1992,i was producing a series of tv news stories from the blue ridge moutains areas of n.c.,va.,tenn.,and west va.. in s.w.virginia,near whitetop mountain,lived a man mostly known for his old-time fiddle playing. but also known in his area of the mountains there,as a great coon hunter. i featured him many times playing his fiddle with many folks in the mountains there,but i really wanted to spend a week-end and go COON HUNTING with him. just to be on the safe side,i ran this idea by my news director at the time of my employment at this particular tv station. you would have thought that i had just announced to the world that i was going to do a PRO RACIST NEWS STORY. i could not believe how sensitive the news director was about this issue. his biggest concern was that he was afraid that the story would insult the local blck audience,to whom our news department, aimed much of it's programming. as a result,i never got to do the story... however,many stories have been featured on network tv on the same topic ,which was carried by that tv station,with absolutely no complaints or backlash,or whatever! i,personally,was insulted at the fact that the tv station let a local minority group control what stories we would produce for our audience..... just a passing thought for you...........................