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Free The FilmThis entry was written by spongeworthy (lightly snipped and edited by lauraw). Pockets of Corruption Filmmaker and long-time sponge-friend Martyn Burke last night held a private viewing of his controversial film Islam vs. Islamists: Voices from the Muslim Center. As has been discussed here and elsewhere, PBS refuses to show the film, and they refuse to release it for showing elsewhere, excepting private (free) showings. There have been a variety of reasons given by PBS. They claimed the film is too long at two hours. Nonsense, says the director, the film is 52 minutes. They have another hour in the can available to PBS for free, but these 52 minutes stand alone and always have. PBS claims the film is “alarmist”. Well, not to me it isn’t. Terror footage is maybe 45 seconds total. The film deals only slightly with the greater threat of Islamists to America. PBS claims the film is one-sided. Perhaps there’s something to that. Certainly the filmmakers present both sides, but they are rightly appalled by the hubris of the Islamists. The filmmakers point out that series host Robert MacNeil aired his own piece, The Muslim Americans, about which Investors Business Daily noted: PBS just aired a "documentary" intended to chronicle "the diversity of Muslim life in America." So why does it give so much face time to anti-American Islamists? As we have been told, PBS’s D.C. affiliate WETA pressured Martyn to can his co-producers, Frank Gaffney and Alex Alexiev, claiming (rightly) they are conservatives. By his reckoning, PBS is riddled with “pockets of corruption”. I don’t think by this he means they are taking money under the table to present Islamists through a Vaseline filter. I do know that Arab-Americans and organizations like the heinous CAIR are as vocal a constituency as exists in the U.S., and PBS’s funding comes directly through those who have to take phone calls from Ibriham Hooper. A review of the film can be found here. If you agree that the film should be seen on PBS or released to the filmmakers, there are a few things you can do. Complain to your local PBS affiliate. Surprisingly, PBS is interested in feedback from its affiliates, even if they are in Fargo. You can write your congressman—they funded this to the tune of $600,000 and it’s sitting on a shelf. You can call the Center for Public Broadcasting and state your case. Their number is 202-879-9600. Thanks for your eyeballs. spongeworthy Final note from lauraw: Big thanks to Spongeworthy for encapsulating the film and controversy. You can't have it all ways, PBS. You can't exalt violent Islamists, call Islam a Religion of Peace, and then also suppress how radicals terrorize their peaceful coreligionists. Frankly, you look like a bunch of handwringing ninnies. Let the film out and trust your audience. Please. | Recent Comments
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