L.A. community meets with CBS (03/05/95)

L.A. community meets with CBS

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Ukrainian communities across the United States and Canada have protested the "60 Minutes" segment on the alleged rise of anti-Semitism in western Ukraine to CBS affiliates and stations with varying degrees of success.

Representatives of the Ukrainian community of greater Los Angeles met with CBS station KCBS-TV Vice-President and General Manager William Applegate and Community Affairs Director Joseph Dyer on December 14, 1994.

The delegation, consisting of Ihor Wolansky and Bohdan Futala from the California Association to Aid Ukraine, Paul Bilecky from the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Alexander Rivney from the Ukrainian Cultural Center and Walter Lesiuk, voiced the community's objections to the segment and provided the station representatives with documents detailing the broadcast's inaccuracies.

Both KCBS-TV and the Ukrainian delegation reported that the tone of the meeting was positive. Mr. Applegate suggested that a program on the true state of Ukrainian-Jewish affairs could be broadcast in the future on the weekend news and public affairs program "Bob Navarro's Journal." (The taping schedule for "Bob Navarro's Journal" has been reduced because of the O.J. Simpson trial.) KCBS-TV also agreed to cover the local Ukrainian community in the future.

During the course of the meeting, the Ukrainian delegation requested that CBS respond to their concerns regarding the segment. A response, which Ray Faiola, director of audience services at "60 Minutes," says has been circulated since late November, was sent to Mr. Futala.

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