Our
relentless campaign
of pressure against
this progandistic
“documentary” has
produced a big victory
for fathers. The
campaign, led by
Fathers & Families
in Boston and radio
personality Glenn
Sacks in Los Angeles,
generated approximately
15,000 emails, letters,
and calls to PBS,
its separate affiliates,
and the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting.
Yesterday, the Ombudsman
for the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting
(CPB) issued a lengthy
critique of this
anti-father screed.
(The Corporation
for Public Broadcasting
is the single largest
financial supporter
of PBS, and it is
obligated by law
to assure that all
public broadcasting
programs conform
to journalistic
standards of objectivity
and balance.)
The Ombudsman wrote,
“My conclusion.
. .is that there
is no hint of balance
in ‘Breaking
the Silence.’
The father’s point
of view is ignored.
. .” He also wrote,
“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.
. .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 this story.”
The Ombudsman is
Ken A. Bode. Dr.
Bode is the Distinguished
Visiting Professor
of Journalism at
DePauw University.
He served as the
moderator of Washington
Week in Review from
1994 to 1999. He
has been a senior
correspondent for
CNN and national
political correspondent
for NBC news. Previously,
he served as politics
editor of the New
Republic magazine.
Thanks to your activism,
we have achieved
a great success
– a victory for
truth. Our views
have been totally
vindicated by CPB.
It is hard to imagine
that PBS can continue
to promote “Breaking
the Silence”
under such heavy
fire.
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