At the time we communicated our concern about a section on the PBS web page providing background for Caught in the Crossfire, which clearly was flawed and slanted, and was removed from the Web site, we had not seen the program. Last night we did when it aired on New York's public station WNET-13.

We expected to see a program dealing with the impact of 9/11 on three New York Arab Americans, which was how the program was promoted. Only one of the three profiles, that of Police Officer Ahmed Nasser, fit that bill. The other two were profiles on Arab Americans whose stories dealt with their personal lives, with minimal reference to the impact of 9/11.

Indeed, the profile of Minister Khader El-Yateem, who considers his homeland Palestine, was nothing more than a diatribe against Israel and completely out of place in a program purporting to deal with the after effects of 9/11. As were the many viewers who communicated with us, we were shocked, outraged and felt misled by PBS.

Caught in the Crossfire is not what it claims to be and, therefore, we urge you not to replay it.