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More bias at PBS
The American Thinker ^
| 11 April 2007
| Thomas Lifson (comments)
Posted on 04/11/2007 6:59:20 PM PDT by Lando Lincoln
In what appears to be a case of outrageous censorship by publicly-funded PBS, a documentary film, prepared by a partnership including the estimable Frank Gaffney, on the struggle between moderate and radical Muslims has been deep-sixed. We print below a statement prepared by Mr. Gaffney on the situation. Read the linked article and the statement and decide for yourself whether PBS is behaving as the even-handed non-partisan entity it is supposed to be. The statement:
Background
... Frank Gaffney was among those invited to submit a proposal for a documentary film about the world post-9/11 to the CPB... Shortly thereafter, a partnership was formed by Mr. Gaffney with Alex Alexiev (an internationally renowned expert on Islamism) and Martyn Burke (an accomplished author and Hollywood director of feature and documentary films) - ABG Films Inc. ABG proposed to make an hour-long documentary about the plight of moderate Muslims at the hands of their Islamist co-religionists.
This film, with the working title of "Islam vs. Islamists: Voices from the Muslim Center," was one of thirty-five proposals selected by CPB out of roughly 440 competitors for a research and development grant. The ABG team used this grant to produce a 35-minute short film and written treatment. The ABG proposal was, in turn, one of 20 competitors further down-selected by CPB to receive a nearly $600,000 production grant. At the time, moreover, it was announced in a CPB press release that "Islam vs. Islamists" would be one of the Crossroads series films to be aired by the Public Broadcasting Service...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: 21stcenturycrusades; bias; daralislam; dhimmitude; frankgaffney; islam; islamicimperialism; islamicsupremacists; islamisadisease; islamism; liberalism; muhammadsminions; nosuchthing; pbs; sharialaw
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My first article post in some time.
To: Lando Lincoln
Youve been gone too long.
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posted on
04/11/2007 7:06:29 PM PDT
by
lonestar67
(Its time to withdraw from the War on Bush-- your side is hopelessly lost in a quagmire.)
To: lonestar67
To: Lando Lincoln
The main power switch should have been thrown to OFF at PBS a very long time ago. Reasons very obvious.
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posted on
04/11/2007 7:12:01 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: Lando Lincoln
Defund CPB. Treason Should Not be Paid For With Tax Dollars.
5
posted on
04/11/2007 7:15:27 PM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
To: Lando Lincoln
Wow! You’ve been gone almost as long as I was! Glad to see you, Lando!
And a good article post, as per your usual standard.
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posted on
04/11/2007 7:23:27 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(+ /_\)
To: Doctor Raoul
I agree. But patriotism shouldn’t really be funded either (not that this is). Point being: Just get the gov’t out of the media business.
We almost succeeeded in this back in the 1990’s. Then the GOP took control of the whole government and became worse spenders than the democrats ever were.
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posted on
04/11/2007 7:28:08 PM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Lando Lincoln
Doesn’t “bias” imply a leaning of some sort? PBS is an arm of the democraTIC party.
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posted on
04/11/2007 7:28:14 PM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: Lando Lincoln
Glad you are back.
Yes PBS is a warped FIEND feeding off the body politic. Its rotten corpse needs to be extracted and discarded into the trashbin containing the remnants of Goebbels and Beria.
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posted on
04/11/2007 7:31:43 PM PDT
by
eleni121
(+ En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great)
To: Lando Lincoln
Welcome back — interesting article. Where is Mr. Lincoln’s avatar?
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posted on
04/11/2007 7:33:42 PM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: Rodney King
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posted on
04/11/2007 7:37:21 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! Or Rudy/Hillary if you want to murder conservatism)
To: Lando Lincoln
I think Gaffney called in to a show about this very subject last week on the Diane Rehm Show. The guest on the show said the movie was “deep sixed” because it overstated the differences between radical and moderate Muslims.
To: Old Sarge
God Bless you, Sarge. I hope you are well.
To: T-Bird45
I find that my webhost is no longer functioning. I gotta take a little time to get him programed elsewhere.
To: Lando Lincoln
On 3 April, Mr. MacNeil denounced this film on a nationally syndicated NPR program as "extremely one-sided and alarmist."There it is. I was listening when this accusation was made. I guess MacNeil does not trust the audience to determine what is "one-sided and alarmist." The bias is blatant in this and many other instances, but don't try to convince the people who make a living off it.
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To: Lando Lincoln
More than a decade after the Republican Class of 94 promised to end taxpayer funding for PBS, it still has it, and it’s as liberal as ever.
Meet the new boss........same as the old boss.
To: Lando Lincoln
"Read the linked article and the statement and decide for yourself whether PBS is behaving as the even-handed non-partisan entity it is supposed to be."
WHAT?!??
This is a joke--right?
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posted on
04/11/2007 8:41:26 PM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(Someone who is smart but not wise is an idiot savant!)
To: Lando Lincoln
Have you looked at the other documentaries?
Lots of interesting food for thought, these two especially:
The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom
Richard Perle advocates and defends neoconservative policies
Warriors
What is it really like to be a soldier in Iraq?
You can find out more about the series here:
http://www.pbs.org/weta/crossroads/
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posted on
04/11/2007 9:01:06 PM PDT
by
ketsu
To: Doctor Raoul
Defund CPB. Treason Should Not be Paid For With Tax Dollars.Yep. But seeing as even when we had a Republican President, Senate, and House they couldn't do it, it isn't going to happen now.
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posted on
04/11/2007 9:06:07 PM PDT
by
GATOR NAVY
(Shangri-La is in you mind, but your Buffalo is not.)
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