Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Homeland Security at PBS

Judging by the PBS segment of their America at a Crossroads that I witnessed at DePaul, the series could use some balance. Virulent anti-Americanism was on display at that panel. Looks like that was too much for their ingrained liberal-bias and inbed uh in-bred PC approach with selected university Islamic Studies Depts. They've censored a film about moderate Muslims, "Islam vs. Islamists: Voices from the Muslim Center:
WETA appointed an advisory board that includes Aminah Beverly McCloud, director of World Islamic Studies at DePaul University. In an "unparalleled breach of ethics," Burke says, McCloud took rough-cut segments of the film and showed them to Nation of Islam officials, who are a subject of the documentary. They threatened to sue.

"This utterly undermines any journalistic independence," Burke wrote in an e-mail to WETA officials.

In an interview, McCloud said she showed a single video frame to a Muslim journalist who was not a Nation of Islam representative.

However, in a January e-mail, McCloud told Crossroads producers that she had spoken with Nation of Islam representatives and "invited them over to view this section." She also wrote that they were outraged "and will promptly pursue litigation."

Stewart, the WETA executive, said McCloud was admonished for "inappropriate" conduct.
Oh yeah, Nation of Islam, for sure any independent journalist should run his work by them. And yes, our taxes are paying for this. This is what the Democrats mean by Homeland Security funding.

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