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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Report: 'No Hint of Balance in Breaking the Silence'
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/2005/1...roadcasting.ht m Corporation for Public Broadcasting Report: 'No Hint of Balance in Breaking the Silence' CPB notes: it had no role in reviewing research, production or content; CPB ombudsmen involved only post-broadcast. MND NEWSWIRE - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting released a report Tuesday which endorsed the central charges made by fatherhood advocates protesting PBS's film Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories. CPB Ombudsman Ken A. Bode declared that there is "no hint of balance in Breaking the Silence." Bode noted: "The father's point of view is ignored as are new strategies for lessening the damage to children in custody battles. There is no mention of the collaborative law movement in which parents and lawyers come to terms without involving the court, nor of the new joint custody living arrangements. "The producers apparently do not subscribe to the idea that an argument can be made more convincing by giving the other side a fair presentation. To be sure, one comes away from viewing the program with the feeling that custody fights are a special hell, legally, emotionally, psychologically. But this broadcast is so slanted as to raise suspicions that either the family courts of America have gone crazy or there must be another side to the story." CPB's report praised PBS's decision to put the program under official review, noting that the film "needs to be reviewed for accuracy, fairness and balance." The report also criticized the Mary Kay Ash Foundation, which gave $500,000 towards the production of the film and is reportedly "providing a stipend so that every battered women's organization in the country can put on private screenings of this film for their local judges and legislators." Bode noted: "If so, PBS may find it has been the launching pad for a very partisan effort to drive public policy and law." Bode's decision was praised by two of the protest campaign's leaders, newspaper columnist Glenn Sacks and Ned Holstein, president of Fathers and Families. Sacks noted: "Breaking the Silence is so flawed and extreme that any fair reviewer will see the merits of our claims. Bode looked at the information objectively, instead of ideologically, and got it right." CPB's full report can be read here. For more information on the campaign against Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories, click here. To contact Ken A. Bode, click here. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberalism: that haunting fear that someone, somewhere, can help themselves without Government intervention. |
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Report: 'No Hint of Balance in Breaking the Silence'
This is great news and I wish to compliment Glenn Sacks on his efforts and the efforts of others that were involved in bring this to the attention of CPB. Now, I'd like to see a forced correction to the "facts" that were erroneously presented in "Breaking the Silence" to be screened on PBS. b. |
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Report: 'No Hint of Balance in Breaking the Silence'
wrote in Now, I'd like to see a forced correction to the "facts" that were erroneously presented in "Breaking the Silence" to be screened on PBS. Hear, Hear! A daily blurb for 2 weeks should suffice to correct the dis information that was transmitted to millions. |
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Report: 'No Hint of Balance in Breaking the Silence'
DB wrote: wrote in Now, I'd like to see a forced correction to the "facts" that were erroneously presented in "Breaking the Silence" to be screened on PBS. Hear, Hear! A daily blurb for 2 weeks should suffice to correct the dis information that was transmitted to millions. I hope that happens but I bet it does not. The best thing would be a congressional investigation into PBS, which is supposed to be objective and fair. The news media might actually cover that. |
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Report: 'No Hint of Balance in Breaking the Silence'
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oups.com... DB wrote: wrote in Now, I'd like to see a forced correction to the "facts" that were erroneously presented in "Breaking the Silence" to be screened on PBS. Hear, Hear! A daily blurb for 2 weeks should suffice to correct the dis information that was transmitted to millions. I hope that happens but I bet it does not. The best thing would be a congressional investigation into PBS, which is supposed to be objective and fair. The news media might actually cover that. It might even make make C-Span.. |
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Report: 'No Hint of Balance in Breaking the Silence'
Dusty wrote: wrote in message oups.com... DB wrote: wrote in Now, I'd like to see a forced correction to the "facts" that were erroneously presented in "Breaking the Silence" to be screened on PBS. Hear, Hear! A daily blurb for 2 weeks should suffice to correct the dis information that was transmitted to millions. I hope that happens but I bet it does not. The best thing would be a congressional investigation into PBS, which is supposed to be objective and fair. The news media might actually cover that. All that belling aching and just what did you bitter twitters acheive? |
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Report: 'No Hint of Balance in Breaking the Silence'
Dusty wrote: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/2005/1...roadcasting.ht m I was unable to find this article nor was I able to find any PBreport. Do you have another source? (edit) |
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Report: 'No Hint of Balance in Breaking the Silence'
"Hyerdahl" wrote in All that belling aching and just what did you bitter twitters acheive? Oh, it achieved more than you know and did even more damage to any ligitimate women's causes! One thing is did put a halt to, PBS will never again be able to be used as a vehicle for propaganda BS!!!!!! |
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Report: 'No Hint of Balance in Breaking the Silence'
DB wrote: "Hyerdahl" wrote in All that belling aching and just what did you bitter twitters acheive? Oh, it achieved more than you know and did even more damage to any ligitimate women's causes! Like what? One thing is did put a halt to, PBS will never again be able to be used as a vehicle for propaganda BS!!!!!! PBS hasn't indicated they would change anything they choose to publicize. What makes you think they won't even put it on again? I do find it amusing, tho, that you bitter boys vainly imagine anything has changed. |
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