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Posted on 02/17/2005 10:49:29 PM PST by Jim Robinson
THE head of American public television, known for its British drama and documentaries, is to step down amid attacks from conservative critics.
Pat Mitchell, 62, said that she would not seek a third three-year term next year as head of the non-profit Public Broadcasting System (PBS), which is funded, in part, by the US taxpayer.
But she insisted that she had not fallen victim to America’s raging “culture wars”.
The PBS chief came under fire recently from religious conservatives for a children’s show called Postcards From Buster in which a cartoon bunny drops in on ordinary homes around the country. In a controversial episode, Buster travelled to Vermont, which permits same-sex civil unions, to visit a real-life lesbian couple. Margaret Spellings, the newly appointed Education Secretary, complained about the programme’s use of taxpayer money and said that many parents would not want their children exposed to gay lifestyles. The PBS network then provoked the wrath of liberals by refusing to distribute the episode to its 349 member stations — although the Boston station that produced the series made it available.
Ms Mitchell rejected suggestions that her departure was provoked by the rumpus, saying that she had intended to step down at the end of her present contract in June 2006.
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That pretty much sums it up. Why don't we just pull the plug on the whole "network" and tap into the BBC feed?
Too bad PBS itself isn't going too.
"The PBS chief came under fire recently from religious conservatives"
or as they are traditionally known... PARENTS!
It's time that we just completely pull the plug from PBS. They get almost 85%(IIRC) of their funds from private donations.
PostCard to Buster: YOUR FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
"The PBS chief came under fire recently from religious conservatives or as they are traditionally known... PARENTS!"
ABCNews commentary:
Yes fascinating things these "social conservatives" are. They are defined by the following traits. They pair off into things called "marriages", not marriages as we know them which are between two members of the same gender, but actually marriages between two members of the opposite sex. These strange pairs then have something called "natural intercourse", meaning there are no fingers or anal cavities involved. From this "natural intercourse" these things called "Children" are produced. Now as you can see these "social conservatives" have a very scary lifestyle totally alien to most educated americans. Now for our next segment "Are they trying to take over the country?!"
LOL Well this should disappoint their 6 viewers.
>But she insisted that she had not fallen victim to
>America’s raging “culture wars”.
LOL.
"Tis but a scratch"
"Just a flesh wound!"
"Have at you!"
http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/grail-04.htm
"I'll bleed on you!"
Any diminishing of PBS or NPR is a benefit to the world and the American public.
How sad: Gay America! All Gay! All the TIME!!
You have to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to PBS programming. I'm watching Battlefield:Britain on Hastings 1066 right now; bloody good show. The Island at War drama that's been on the past few weeks is pretty good, for semi-fiction.
It's in the areas of news, politics and children's programming where PBS' leftist slant is most prevalent, it seems.
Notice how between programs, when they do their multicultural "We are PBS" ditty adnauseum, a complete family unit (ie.,man,woman,child) is never shown, only individuals or the implied "single mother" and child.
I scan the listings to see if anything is coming on worthwhile; usually it is only a few shows a week.
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The Good Lord gave me enough sense to know how to handle my own money, not the damn government. I'll donate to those causes I personally deem worthy of my support.
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This line struck me as really funny. (Maybe I'm just weird. :-)
Below is an exerpt of Barney Franks "feelings" in the WAPost
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33612-2005Feb17.html
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Since then, Rep. Frank has written a humdinger of a letter to let Spellings know "how deeply I resent your profoundly degrading comments about me and millions of other Americans."
"You have said that families should not have to deal with the reality of the existence of same-sex couples, and the strong implication is that this is something from which young children should be shielded," he said.
"I am a gay man who has had strong emotional relationships with men, and in each instance part of the joy of that relationship has been sharing it with members of my extended family." This includes 10 nieces, nephews and great-nephews, which, Frank said, gives him firsthand experience of the effect learning of same-sex relationships has on small children.
"What I have experienced, directly contrary to the basis on which you have condemned us as being unfit for young eyes, bears out the song from 'South Pacific,' 'You've Got to Be Taught to Hate,' " Frank wrote.
In most cases, Frank wrote, sharing his life with another man has not required much explaining to his younger relatives, "because young people, not exposed to the kind of distaste for us that you embody, did not demand explanations."
Frank noted that no one, not even Spellings, has suggested that anything particularly intimate was shown in the episode, "so it is apparently simply the fact that two women love each other and live together that you find so shocking that it is not fit to be broadcast."
In conclusion, Frank said he was "sorry that young people all over this country who happen to be gay or lesbian have now learned that the person who has been picked by the President of the United States to help with their education has such a fundamentally negative view of their very existence."
~snip
The 10 nieces, thank God, are probably safe but methinks Frank's brothers, sisters et al need to get quickly acquainted with Mr Glock.
Ms Mitchell rejected suggestions that her departure was provoked by the rumpus, saying that she had intended to step down at the end of her present contract in June 2006.
Yeah right. Well goodbye Ms Mitchell, you will not be missed.
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