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The Controversial KKK Series Is Canceled After A&E Discovered Klan Members Were Paid
Business Insider ^ | 12-27-2016 | Michael Schneider

Posted on 12/27/2016 9:31:46 AM PST by blam

Michael Schneider
December 27,2016

Just a day after the cable network hoped to silence criticism on its Ku Klux Klan-centric docuseries “Generation KKK” by changing the title, the network has now canceled the show all together.

In a statement, the network said it scrapped the series (which had been renamed “Escaping the KKK”) after discovering that participants on the show, including Klan members, were paid to participate by production company This Is Just A Test.

“A&E learned last night from the third-party producers who made the documentary that cash payments — which we currently understand to be nominal — were made in the field to some participants in order to facilitate access,” the network said on Saturday. “While we stand behind the intent of the series and the seriousness of the content, these payments are a direct violation of A&E’s policies and practices for a documentary. We had previously provided assurances to the public and to our core partners – including the Anti-Defamation League and Color of Change – that no payment was made to hate group members, and we believed that to be the case at the time. We have now decided not to move forward with airing this project.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ae; agitprop; democratscandals; fakenews; hatersforpay; hollywood; kkk; klan; payola; thisisjustatest
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1 posted on 12/27/2016 9:31:46 AM PST by blam
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To: blam

Personally I refuse to believe that there are more than a couple hundred actual KKK members still alive on this continent.


2 posted on 12/27/2016 9:33:09 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: blam

Maybe they can pull their heads out of their tail pipe and crack the carbon cake off their sensor package and do a series on the BGF (Black Guerilla Family).

Of course, they’d be found dead in an ally if they tried.


3 posted on 12/27/2016 9:33:28 AM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Grimmy
Yippee! More Storage Wars


4 posted on 12/27/2016 9:34:51 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: blam

Reality television is FAKE.


5 posted on 12/27/2016 9:35:02 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

More than a few people believe many KKK members are FBI or other gubmint plants.

Infiltrators.


6 posted on 12/27/2016 9:36:15 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Grimmy

Yep, If A&E did a series on the KKK, then the BLM racists would have demanded equal time.


7 posted on 12/27/2016 9:37:40 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Oh no! Not Storage Wars!

I was hopeful for something more along the lines of Treehouse Masters.


8 posted on 12/27/2016 9:38:09 AM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Every time the media gets fired-up about a “major KKK rally” it always turns out to be four guys with green teeth handing out leaflets in front of a county courthouse someplace.


9 posted on 12/27/2016 9:38:32 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: blam

Heck! Gibs me enough money and I’ll get up there in front of a camera and act like Clayton Bigsby...... :0)


10 posted on 12/27/2016 9:39:51 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Personally I refuse to believe that there are more than a couple hundred actual KKK members still alive on this continent.

Like ACORN, they just changed their names. Look into Planned Parenthood and their supporters.

11 posted on 12/27/2016 9:40:39 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Well, actual KKK certified, maybe not. But there are lots of sympathetic militia types out there. I’ve seen them.


12 posted on 12/27/2016 9:41:13 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Buckeye McFrog
"...and to our core partners – including the Anti-Defamation League and Color of Change that no payment was made to hate group members..."

Gee, no bias there at all now, is there...

13 posted on 12/27/2016 9:41:29 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Personally I refuse to believe that there are more than a couple hundred actual KKK members still alive on this continent.

I would disagree, respectfully of course.

The vast Majority of Demonrats in this Country are as Racist as any of their forefathers in the KKK, they still believe, though not “officially” members of the KKK, theis Hearts and Minds are at One with them, making them Defacto Proud Members.


14 posted on 12/27/2016 9:42:56 AM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: blam
Maybe they could instead do a series on prevelant racism at today's universities and academic departments. Google "La Raza Studies" for example. Lots of material, there!


15 posted on 12/27/2016 9:44:49 AM PST by 4Liberty (DEMOCRATS- Exporting Jobs, Importing Votes.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

So true! Look at them at the SC rally over the Confederate Flag. Green teeth in place along with skinned heads. All two of them.


16 posted on 12/27/2016 9:44:50 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Every time the media gets fired-up about a “major KKK rally” it always turns out to be four guys with green teeth handing out leaflets in front of a county courthouse someplace.

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Of course. And the media always goes on to portray these guys as typical white people who supported Trump.


17 posted on 12/27/2016 9:45:58 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: blam

Yeah, it kind of sucks for A&E when they realized that there were more bigamists in the US than Klan members. Heck, there’s just about more of anything in this country than Klan members; were it not for Hillary’s efforts (as well as other Democrats), the Klan would have closed the year with just 500 members. Congratulations, Hillary, you restored the Klan, like so many other Democrats have in the past.


18 posted on 12/27/2016 9:46:38 AM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: blam

There is a Klan enclave in the county next to us. I imagine at least one of them is a fed.


19 posted on 12/27/2016 9:52:03 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: blam
People don't like to give up their illusions. The country was bummed to discover that lemmings didn't really follow one another off a cliff unless the Disney producers chased them there. Faking motor vehicle explosions was a spectator sport - literally - before the networks behind it got busted. Fortunately in this country we have the media to protect us from outright swindling.

We're screwed.

20 posted on 12/27/2016 9:52:56 AM PST by Billthedrill
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