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"A television producer knowledgeable about ITVS said that 'there had been no concern' until the Gibney documentary aired, and that few executives there had watched the rough cut. Suddenly, many ITVS officials seemed desperate to see it. Lessin and Deal were told to send a password-protected video link of the unfinished film to ITVS. Within days, the video had been played almost thirty times. 'It was a real problem, because of 'Park Avenue,' 'a public-television official aware of the situation said. 'Because of the whole thing with the Koch brothers, ITVS knew WNET would never air it. Never.'
"According to the television producer, it seemed like ITVS executives 'didn't want it to get to higher levels at PBS' that another Koch film was in the pipeline 'They were trying to hide things. They didn't want ITVS's name connected to it at Sundance. They were afraid of two things—that PBS would catch wind of it, and that Lessin and Deal would go to the press and say that PBS didn't want them talking about David Koch.'"
- Jane Mayer, The New Yorker
www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/05/27/130527fa_fact_mayer
"According to the television producer, it seemed like ITVS executives 'didn't want it to get to higher levels at PBS' that another Koch film was in the pipeline 'They were trying to hide things. They didn't want ITVS's name connected to it at Sundance. They were afraid of two things—that PBS would catch wind of it, and that Lessin and Deal would go to the press and say that PBS didn't want them talking about David Koch.'"
- Jane Mayer, The New Yorker
www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/05/27/130527fa_fact_mayer