Is A&E required to air any and all opinions?
No, but A&E isn’t being held responsible for not airing words from the GQ interview. They are also free to edit out parts of the family’s conversations; however, there must be limits, because when Phil brought up his displeasure with editing “Jesus” out of the prayers, they immediately started putting it back in. This tells me the responsibility goes both ways.
Therefore, the lines are drawn. With this action A&E has doomed the best thing that has happened to it in years. I for one will be cancelling my cable subscription in the next 2 weeks in protest, with this being a prime reason. I choose to not support those that would punish someone for their personal beliefs, which in this case was a prerequisite tenant to this show to begin with. I am done with the hypocrisy being shown here, and I will protest with my wallet...