Public TV’s “Antiques Roadshow” is a major hit with viewers and a cult phenomenon. But now the show has a credibility problem. It “heavily uses two antiques appraisers whose company was found liable in federal court of defrauding the owner of Civil War heirlooms. The two appraisers have also staged at least one phony appraisal on the program, according to sources and court records.” The show has vigorously stuck by the duo. – Boston Herald 03/29/00