Comments on: Producer: PBS drops film about Islamists over political objections

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:25:20 +0000

As I suspected, now being reported by KTVX is Salt Lake City, on PBS’s The Mormons:

“But, according to several well placed sources, a more negative Mormon slant is being pushed by some involved in the project.

Reportedly, Whitney has had to re-edit her Mormon documentary several times.

That because – according to our sources – she was told the project was too positive in favor of the LDS Church and a more expose-like approach was needed.

A PBS spokeswoman tells ABC 4 News that people should hold judgment until they see the entire film. ”

http://www.abc4.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=3cdb642b-7f26-41e8-a064-0c3e18456c9b

PBS fair and balanced. Can’t be critical of the Muslims, but can’t be too critical of the Mormons.

By: PinkyBigglesworth

PinkyBigglesworth — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:40:15 +0000

Before filming began last year, Burke says, Bieber asked him, “Don’t you check into the politics of the people you work with?”

We may find this absurd, but to the left, it is the next question after, “Name?”.

Too bad, maybe if we had a Republican controlled House and Senate with a Republican President, we could defund this type of censorship and propoganda………… oh, wait?

By: Tantor

Tantor — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:14:52 +0000

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”

Abraham Lincoln

By: What the Crap?

What the Crap? — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:42:38 +0000

Islam Vs. Islamist – Too Hot for PBS?!?…

…the important film you may never see. PBS censoring something?!? I’m so shocked!
Full Title: Islam Vs. Islamist, Voices from the Islam Center.
Listen for the Full Scoop
Here’s the 11 minute audio synopsis of the situation in an int…

By: Tony737

Tony737 — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:02:16 +0000

Kini is right, they fear islamonazis, yet libs call us Cons “islamophobic”. They’ll criticize Christianity because they know it won’t get them killed. But they pretend to not attack islam because muslims are the latest “oppressed minority” of the eeeevil white man. You libs call yourselves “citizens of the planet” … but there are over a BILLION muslims … they are NOT a planetary minority. I’d like to see if any “artist” out there has the balls to to create a “Piss Mohammed” or a “Dung Mohammed” or even a very nice painting of Big Mo. But they won’t, because they’re spineless p*ssies who only attack those who won’t hit back.

By: Kini

Kini — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:40:58 +0000

The truth is not relevant.

Plus they want to keep their heads on their shoulders.

By: amerpundit

amerpundit — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:40:50 +0000

So, basically, what it boils down to is this: PBS won’t air a documentary that may present radical Islam in a bad light.

By: Mojave Mark

Mojave Mark — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:40:14 +0000

Remember the money the government takes from you is paying for this crap.

First defund PBS, next the UN.

By: liberty

liberty — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:37:05 +0000

I received this notice today and urge people to watch this show on Monday as part of this same series. Karl and I went to high school together, and he has written several terrific books about our courageous soldiers.
from email:
For those of you who have followed Karl Zinsmeister’s reporting from Iraq over the last four years, you might be interested in his latest project, “Warriors,” a documentary film profiling a handful of America’s soldiers. Karl had finished filming and done a first edit on the film in the spring of 2006 when he was asked to work in the White House as the President’s domestic policy adviser. At that time,
I took over the project and saw it to completion along with director Ed Robbins.
“Warriors” is part of the “America at a Crossroads” series, a major public television event premiering on PBS April 15-20, 2007.
“Warriors” will air Monday, April 16, at 9 p.m., ET Please check your local PBS station.
To learn more click here: http://www.pbs.org/weta/crossroads/about/
show_warriors.html

By: fluffy

fluffy — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:31:10 +0000

PBS:

Be more…dhimmified.

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:29:09 +0000

So, let me get this straight…

“Bieber said PBS was concerned that the Center for Security Policy is an advocacy group, so its leaders could not produce an objective picture. “

PBS is worried about an “Advocacy group?!”

And all this time a I thought PBS was an advocacy group.

Geesh

JohnnyD on April 10, 2007 at 2:35 PM

I’ve got nothin’.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:25:27 +0000

But, apparently we should trust they can air an “objective” piece on the momons later this month. Seeing how they’re still editing the piece, I’m sure they’ll be fair to Romney and won’t be motivated by politics.

http://www.pbs.org/mormons/

By: brtex

brtex — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:12:28 +0000

It looks more and more that the left is in bed with the islamofacist.

Let them know what you think!
http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/feedback.html

By: jummy

jummy — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:49:27 +0000

the most hilarious part about pbs pretending to be concerned about the influence of advocacy groups is the program NOW.

the cool thing about NOW is that not only is it publicly funded leftwing agitprop, it was the engine of bill moyers’ embezzlement and tax-evasion scheme by which he’d funnel tax-free public and private money directly into his back pocket. i wonder if kucinnich means NOW when he talks about the orwellian joke called the “fairness doctrine”? whadda you think?

By: jummy

jummy — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:46:07 +0000

this can be contrasted with pbs’ choice to air a new documentary about sacco and vanzetti which pretends to not be aware that their guilt is now a foregone fact.

the propaganda piece is said to take the risky maneuver of drawing paralells to our present day fever of violent islamophobic rage. betcha didn’t see that one coming, did you?

http://movies2.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/movies/30sacc.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1175620422-882rwEOzsOaNZI+bCiepOA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacco_and_Vanzetti#The_involvement_of_Upton_Sinclair

http://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/newby-sacvan.html

By: Jose Chupacabra

Jose Chupacabra — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:44:34 +0000

JohnnyD beat me to it, PBS is clearly worried about what this would do to their “objective” image.

By: Connie

Connie — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:43:07 +0000

Jasser’s fast becoming one of America’s most prominent moderate Muslim critics of CAIR

What do we do with “moderate” Islam?

By: januarius

januarius — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:41:16 +0000

A WETA manager pressed to eliminate a key perspective of the film: The claim that Muslim radicals are pushing to establish “parallel societies” in America and Europe governed by Shariah law rather than sectarian courts.

That is exactly what they are doing. I wonder if this "manager" is Muslim. If PBS cannot be fair and balanced and present the truth, then they need to lose all government funding.

By: JohnnyD

JohnnyD — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:35:38 +0000

So, let me get this straight…

“Bieber said PBS was concerned that the Center for Security Policy is an advocacy group, so its leaders could not produce an objective picture. “

PBS is worried about an “Advocacy group?!”

And all this time a I thought PBS was an advocacy group.

Geesh

By: Iblis

Iblis — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:34:01 +0000

So our taxes can be used to fund terror propaganda, but can’t be used to investigate terror? OK that makes sense.

By: Khyber Pass

Khyber Pass — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:31:05 +0000

the writing was alarmist, and it wasn’t fair.”

Let me be the first. Nothing alarming and unfair about “An Inconvenient Truth” was there?

By: Tony737

Tony737 — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:24:38 +0000

Good little dhimmis.