RADAR Alert: BTS Producers "Plainly Got it Wrong"

	posted by Matt on 12:08 AM December 5th, 2005
	This past Tuesday the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Ombudsman released a 3-page report that slammed Breaking the Silence. The CPB report highlighted RADAR's November 14 letter to chairman Fred Upton, which called on the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications to investigate the documentary's widespread bias. The RADAR letter was co-signed by more than a dozen organizations representing families and fathers. Click "Read more..." for more.

	BTS Producers “Plainly Got it Wrong” CPB didn't pull any punches in its criticism of BTS - here's just a sampler: Regarding the claim that parental alienation syndrome is junk science: “it appears that Lasseur/Tatge plainly got it wrong.” “... there is no hint of balance in Breaking the Silence. The father's point of view is ignored.” “The producers apparently do not subscribe to the idea that an argument can be 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 the story.” “The Mary Kay Ash Foundation is 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.” “Along with the motives of its sponsor (The Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation), Breaking the Silence needs to be reviewed for accuracy, fairness, and balance.” Basically, CPB supported everything that RADAR has been claiming all along. The full report can be seen here: http://www.cpb.org/ombudsmen/051129bode.html PBS is expected to finish its 30-day review of Breaking the Silence this coming Thursday, December 8. Last week RADAR sent a letter to PBS head Pat Mitchell asking her to retract BTS and to air a documentary that focuses on the plight of abused children and the anguish of fathers who are prevented by the courts from protecting their children: [http://www.mediaradar.org/docs/RADAR_letter_to_Upton.pdf] Now, PBS needs to hear from all the men and women who deplore the bias of Breaking the Silence, and ask PBS to produce a second documentary that gives the fathers' perspective. So please contact Pat Mitchell with this message: “Last week the Corporation for Public Broadcasting said Breaking the Silence is slanted and inflammatory. PBS should IMMEDIATELY retract Breaking the Silence. Then PBS should produce and broadcast a documentary highlighting the plight of children endangered by a court system that prevents their fathers from protecting them.” Here's how to contact Pat Mitchell: E-mail: pmitchell@pbs.org Telephone: 1-703-739-5000 Fax: 1-703-739-5777 Do this today. We can't let up when we're so close to victory. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date of RADAR Release: December 4, 2005 R.A.D.A.R. – Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting – is a network of concerned men and women working to assure that the problem of domestic violence is treated in a balanced and effective manner: http://www.mediaradar.org.

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this is important (Score:1) by Ragtime on 01:21 AM December 5th, 2005 EST (#1) As I read the findings of the Ombudsman again, it is increasingly coming home to me just how important his finding, and this whole story, is. Look at what is being said, where it's published, and who is saying it. Even though PBS has long been a bastion of the feminist left, they've always been a media source that folks tend to trust, or at least want to trust. They have credibility with a lot of people. So, for them to publish what they did is huge news. It's an astonishing admission. And, AND, (oh gawd, I love this) it'll carry weight with a lot of people. It'll make a lot of folks think and talk, and has the potential to turn a lot of lights on. Look at what is being said, where it's published, and who is saying it. Think about that and go back and read it again. A big crack in the wall just appeared -- I swear I could hear it crack. My admiration to all who helped. I salute you. Let's raise a glass. Smoke 'em if you got 'em. Ragtime The Uppity Wallet The opinions expressed above are my own, but you're welcome to adopt them.

Re:this is important (Score:1) by Thundercloud on 01:17 PM December 5th, 2005 EST (#4) Yep. I think I heard that crack, too, Ragtime! But a crack is only the beginning. we must keep hammering at that crack if we want to break the bias completely. A crab can live with a crack in it's shell. To kill it you must shatter the shell. And I think that is what we are beginning to see. Also, isn't it strange? They could have saved themselves this trouble and potential embarrassment if they had SIMPLY done objective research and reporting, in the FIRST place...! Of course social engineering doesn't work when BOTH sides of an issue are given.   Thundercloud.   "Hoka hey!"

BTS (Score:1) by Fidelbogen on 01:58 AM December 5th, 2005 EST (#2) Nay-sayers, cassandras and nattering nabobs of negativism be damned, this is good news. Especially when you consider that it sets a precedent ! People who want to try similar projects in the future may think twice, or more than twice, before they dare to give it a gallop.... Yes, I dispatched a missive to Pat Mitchell of PBS. Now those Mary Kay Ash people need to be placed on the "correct schedule" somehow...... Here is their creepy-weirdso-plastique website, in case anybody is interested. http://www.mkacf.org/BreakTheSilence.html I scrutinized it for as long as my soul could bear, but.....I couldn't find any trace of a contact e-mail address. Hmmmmmm........... Don't gaze too long; I think it emanates body-snatcher radiation! -Fidelbogen- "Feminism has a rap sheet."

As they gathered at the gates of this PBS station (Score:1) by MR on 02:15 AM December 5th, 2005 EST (#3) KCET, PBS for all of So. California and located on Sunset Blvd., has always prided itself on its location and its connections with "The Hollywood Crowd." PBS Is Biased Against Dads PBS Vilifies Fathers They came out to the front gate to watch us the night we visited them, the night and time BTS aired on KCET. I remember one MRA shouting, "Choose now if you want to be relevant. You laugh at us now, but wait until the internet is finished with the misandrist propaganda you've spread tonight from your archaic communication mode." We shall see.   MR - as in Men's Rights P.S. I emailed and Faxed Ms.Mitchell tonight.

Re:As they gathered at the gates of this PBS stati (Score:1) by Thundercloud on 03:43 PM December 5th, 2005 EST (#5) Those pictures make my heart soar like the Hawk!   Thundercloud.   "Hoka hey!"

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