A fellow Twitter commentator joked that “only in D.C. could a PBS show become a scandal.”
PBS on Monday was criticized for attempting to do the “patriotic thing” by enhancing its fireworks coverage during the annual A Capitol Fourth special.
The 36th annual Capitol Fourth broadcast included performances by Motown legend Smokey Robinson, country star Kenny Loggins, Younger‘s Sutton Foster and The Voice Season 10 winner Alisan Porter, among others.
The pre-taped portions drew outcries from social media, including one viewer who referred to the manufactured broadcast as “the Milli Vanilli of fireworks.”