PBS Drops Documentary for Political Reasons
PBS dropped a documentary for political reasons. 'Islam vs. Islamists' thatwas to air next week, was pulled from more that 300 PBS stations.
Subtitled Voices From the Muslim Center, Burke says his film"attempts to answer the question: 'Where are the moderate Muslims?' Theanswer is, 'Wherever they are, they are reviled and sometimes attacked' "by extremists.
"I was ordered to fire my two partners (who brought me into this project) on political grounds," Burke said in a complaint letter to PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supplied funds for the films.
Burke wrote that his documentary depicts the plight of moderate Muslims who are silenced by Islamic extremists, adding, "Now it appears to be PBS and CPB who are silencing them."
"Key portions of the documentary focus on of
Phoenix and his American Islamic Forum for Democracy, anon-profit organization of Muslim Americans who advocate patriotism,constitutional democracy and a separation of church and state."
Why would a film showing that not all Muslims are terrorists bepulled?
The controversy involves a collection of documentaries financed with $20 millionin federal grants from the corporation, which conceived Crossroads in2004 to enhance public understanding of terrorism, homeland security and othercrucial issues in the post-9/11 era. Independent filmmakers submitted 430proposals. Full production grants were given to 21 of those, including Islamvs. Islamists, which received $700,000.
It appears that PBS has entered into the world of right wing propaganda.
AZ Central has the story here:
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