Did PBS bury controversial torture documentary under pressure from Bush administration?

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http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/buried-pbs-doc/

Scott Horton reports today that PBS may have refused to nationally air a controversial documentary on the use of torture by the U.S. government in order to protect its funding. Previously, the Bush administration threatened to cut PBS’s funding after it aired Bush’s War, a Frontline special critical of the war in Iraq:

On Thursday evening WNET in New York will air an important new documentary by Emmy and Dupont Award winning producer Sherry Jones entitled “Torturing Democracy.” It appears on WNET and several other affiliates independently because PBS would not run the show.

According to producer Sherry Jones, PBS told her that “no time slot could be found for the documentary before January 21, 2009″ — the day after George W. Bush and Dick Cheney leave office.

Watch a clip from Torturing Democracy here.




According to producer Sherry Jones, PBS told her that “no time slot could be found for the documentary before January 21, 2009”—the day after Bush leaves office.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-14/did-pbs-bury-a-frontline-episode-on-torture/

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[Supersedeas]

4. here's another

[FiveGoodMen]

2. This is why I don't give them money anymore.

[leftchick]

3. watch the videos here....

http://www.torturingdemocracy.org/

[w8liftinglady]

5. K and R

[EFerrari]

6. Not a dime until PBS goes into rehab. n/t

[tbyg52]

7. Sad, sad. Everything's corrupted under this regime. nt

[bertman]

8. This is why I do not give to them anymore. And, what's worse, is that NPR is in the tank too.

That's even more disappointing because NPR does a lot of really good local programming that I want to fund.

[ArmedAmerican]

9. proving that PBS = FOX + pipe and smoking jacket

"Funding for Lapdogs of Liberty is provided by the Corporation for Government Propaganda and our Corporate Overlords, but not by viewers like you. Viewers like you should shut up and stop making waves."