I remember when Frank Gaffney had a contract from PBS to make a film about muslims in America for a world religion series . The suits at PBS did not like the message in what he made, which he considered to be truthful, and they refused to air his film.
PBS at a Crossroads
Why is a film on moderate Islam being suppressed?
By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.
On March 21, the ranking Republican on the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the federal budgets of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) challenged the leaders of those two organizations concerning their handling of the film Islam vs. Islamists: Voices from the Muslim Center. The film was produced at a cost of some $675,000 in taxpayer funds for the PBS series “America at a Crossroads,” which will begin airing next week.
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Filmcutter may well be the most conservative editor at PBS. But if the documentary relies heavily on Richard Armitage and Richard Clarke, and doesn’t even mention Petraeus, then I suspect their idea of fair and balanced doesn’t mesh with mine. And Filmcutter is mistaken as to what sells here.
Filmcutter: Is it so wrong to suggest that your isolated view (by isolated I mean through the lens of PBS style journalism) indeed doesn’t really take as strong a moderate slant as we at FR would consider even-handed? I don’t think so. You may place value on the likes of Armitage and Clarke. We don’t. And by ignoring the likes of Gen. Petraeus, you show a distinct disregard toward balance, IMHO.
But, honestly, from what I’ve read on these threads, and if the above is true, while others may be interested I’ll have to give a full ‘no thank you’ to your effort, though well meant. Sorry. No sale.