Posted on 07/20/2006 4:55:16 PM PDT by wagglebee
Media insiders are asking if the History Channel bowed to political pressure in pulling a documentary suspected of detailing Turkish atrocities against Armenians.
"Ottoman Empire: The War Machine” mysteriously disappeared from the History Channel schedule on June 22, the day it was to premiere – even though the network had run promos just days before and pre-sold DVDs on its Web site.
The documentary recounts the six-century reign of the Ottomans, and their empire, the precursor of modern-day Turkey.
"Although none have seen the documentary, critics suspect that it likely covers the death of more than a million Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks from 1915 to 1923,” the trade publication Broadcasting & Cable reports.
"Armenians regard the killings as genocide, but the Turkish government disputes the characterization and is notoriously strident in advocating its version of history.”
The History Channel said it pulled the documentary because it was "incomplete and did not meet our broadcasting standards,” and denied that it came under political pressure not to air the program.
But Doris V. Cross, a vice president at Media Watch Armenia, a clearinghouse for information on the killings, told Broadcasting & Cable that complaints from Turkish officials about what they consider unfavorable media coverage are "not uncommon.”
The History Channel said it has rescheduled the documentary for the fall.
"If the History Channel isn’t finished with the film, then by all means they should finish it,” said Andrew Goldberg, executive producer of April’s PBS documentary "The Armenian Genocide.”
"But if they are caving to pressure from the Turks, then shame on all of them.”
I guess their "broadcasting standards" don't include telling the truth about Islam.
The History used to have a lot of great stuff on it, now it is another propaganda piece.
If you talked about the Armenian genocide, you might have to acknowledge that TROP is not a nice thing.
I've had friends on both sides of this 'dispute.' It is hot and heavy, but the Turks are in such denial over what was a Holocaust, it's like getting the Japanese to admit their own atrocities against China.
Or Christianity.
The networks and Hollywood sometimes did the same, or rewrote scripts, or canceled projects at the behest of the Soviet Union.
"Although none have seen the documentary, critics suspect that it likely covers the death of more than a million Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks from 1915 to 1923,” the trade publication Broadcasting & Cable reports."Armenians regard the killings as genocide, but the Turkish government disputes the characterization and is notoriously strident in advocating its version of history.”
The History Channel said it pulled the documentary because it was "incomplete and did not meet our broadcasting standards,” and denied that it came under political pressure not to air the program.
Or Russia about their Genocide in Ukraine that killed more than WWI.
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>>>I guess their "broadcasting standards" don't include telling the truth about Islam.<<<
Frankly, they are scared s..tless by the suicidal maniacs from the ungodly cult called Islam.
So nobody knows what was in the documentary or why it was postponed, and therefore the History Channel is a propaganda tool of the evil Turks?
Regardless of your friendship with people concerning this matter, this was genocide pure and simple. Denial of this by broadcast antiquity media is simply another nail in the coffin by political correctness.
"The History Channel said it has rescheduled the documentary for the fall."
Let's see what happens then.
I don't know if Turkey applied pressure in this case (and shame on them if they did), but liberals are just as quick to promote victimhood for everyone but contemporary Jews and "rednecks."
The 'politically correct' version is that 2 million Armenians were slaughtered in a holocaust by the brutal Ottoman government and the evil Western America-loving capitalist pigs in Ankara are covering it up.
Of course it wasn't 2 million, and whether one calls it a genocide or not is a matter of interpretation. And I have a hard time decided who is LESS interested in historical accuracy, the Turks or the Armenians.
It will most likely never air. This is an election year and by fall everyone will have forgotten about it.
Political correctness and the continuing rewriting of history at the expense of truth baffles me. It's as though a veil has been pulled over people's eyes and irrational thought and behavior are the norm now.
Starting to think that way, also.
A couple of weeks ago, commercial on the History Channel, in effect - "go see Alaska now before it is ruined by oil exploration / production."
The commercial, animated, ended with black (oil) squirting all over everything.
When did the HC go to the dark side?
I used to love watching their programs, now most of them are worthless.
Sorry you are so confused by the matter. It is clear to the rest of the world except the Turks.
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