Inquirer staff writer Kathy Boccella reports:
As the motorcade worked its way to the Capitol, the Bryn Mawr Film Institute switched channels -- from Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer on ABC to PBS.
Instead of showing the scene in Washington, PBS went with Jim Leherer asking a historian which word best described the day, "historic or extraordinary."
After a few boos from the audience, the Institute switched back to ABC, to the crowd's approval.
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