Forum - View topicCan we expect WGBH to air Utena next?
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GATSU
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Several local public broadcasting stations may defy the Bush administration and PBS and air an episode of the animated children's series Postcards from Buster that features an animated bunny visiting a real family headed by a lesbian couple, the Los Angeles Times reported today.... Earlier this week, the program was denounced by the Department of Education's... secretary, Margaret Spellings, who said that the Department's "purpose in funding this programming certainly was not to introduce this kind of subject matter to children, particularly through the powerful and intimate medium of television." PBS subsequently announced that it would not distribute the episode, but denied that the education secretary's views played a role in its decision. WGBH-TV in Boston, which produces the Postcards from Buster series that includes the controversial episode, said that it plans to air it, pointing out that a condition of the government funding was that the program expose children to cultural diversity. The Times said that other stations will decide whether to run the episode after previewing it over the next few days.
Source: Jan. 28 http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/#1 Previous story a day earlier: Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has lashed out at PBS for using funds...to produce an episode of a cartoon series featuring lesbian characters. "Sugartime!," an episode of the series Postcards from Buster, shows the title character, a bunny, traveling in Vermont and learning about how maple sugar is made. During his travels, he encounters two lesbian couples... In a letter to PBS chief Pat Mitchell, Spellings wrote: "Many parents would not want their young children exposed to the lifestyles portrayed in the episode. ... Congress' and the Department's purpose in funding this programming certainly was not to introduce this kind of subject matter to children, particularly through the powerful and intimate medium of television." She demanded that PBS refund the money spent on the episode. The show's producer, WGBH in Boston, pointed out that the show's grant specifies that "diversity will be incorporated into the fabric of the series to help children understand and respect differences" and that it has dealt with children who live in fundamentalist Christian and Muslim families as well as children who have only one parent and those who live with grandparents...Gay organizations expressed outrage. In a statement, Winnie Stachelberg of the Human Rights Campaign said, "The secretary's first act in office denies children an education about the diversity of American families. ... Secretary Spellings is sending the message that differences should be concealed. This creates a dangerous environment for children's growth." |
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Jkid
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I get what you're saying about your question, but that's hypocracy for you. Most conservatives love to be hypocirtes.
Have you ever heard of the phrase "a wolf in sheeps clothing"? |
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Nagisa
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Okay, if you're going to post off-topic threads, just post off-topic threads. At least quit with these lame, misleading "look mods, I'm tying it into anime, please don't lock & delete!" titles. They're stupid and annoying. |
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emory
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I like how they use a headline like "Bush Battles Bunny." After reading the article it doesn't even say president Bush is directly involved in any of this. If anything it should be called "Spelling Battles Bunny."
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Kazuki-san
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Umm... yeah.. and I'm sure no liberal has ever been hypocritical either 
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The Ramblin' Wreck
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No, all PBS has to do is rerun Tongues Untied and you'll have all the controversy GATSU can handle.
If you don't remember that one, http://www.mrc.org/mediawatch/1991/watch19910801.asp#Study |
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