Posted on 12/19/2005 7:53:46 PM PST by Fido969
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It was precisely the lack of balance and fairness that caused so many viewers to contact PBS and CPB. That was also the main thrust of my report. Lasseur now says that was intentional. Simply put, that amounts to a plea of guilty to violating the fairness and balance standards of PBS.
... I agree with everything Getler says, to a point. He allows that PBS editorial guidelines for fairness and objectivity were "bumped up against and maybe breached," but does not assert they were clearly breached.
I think it is worse than that. There was no alternative point of view presented in "Breaking the Silence," and the producer admits it was intended to be that way. It might be difficult to find a clearer breach of PBS editorial standards unless one concludes there is only one side to child and spousal abuse issues in the country's custody cases.
This is now up to PBS and CPTV. Remember, CPB and its ombudsmen never review programs prior to broadcast.
The films producer, Dom Lasseur, complaints that the scrutinization and complaints about this film "was damaging to their professional reputation". Dom kills his parents and then complains he is an orphan.
CPTV has not backed down from their defense of the program, and PBS has not issued it's report yet, although the PBS ombudsman has also critisize this film.
The liberal are caught squirming on the glass. Watch as they try to use every trick in the book to try to get out of this, and rationalize this piece of garbage they have produced.
Speaking of the Propaganda Broadcasting Society, di d anyone catch the "Three Religions" (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) thing they had on tonight? I did not see it, but noticed it as I was scrolling the TV Guide channel.
And so it is important to help keep the pressure on.
A key player is Glenn Sacks. You can read more on this issue and contribute to him at:
http://www.glennsacks.com/pbs/index.php
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