Nutshell: Silent majority not so silent anymore.
That’s you. Speak up.
[One minor quibble with the article, and a correction. We silent majority folks are not, as the headline would have it, “speaking out for smut.” We are, however, fighting the Parents Television Council’s efforts to define “smut.” Likewise, we’re fighting the government’s efforts to put a price tag on free (even smutty!) speech.]
Now you can read the article.
SpeakSpeak gets a mention in a Washington Post article regarding a bill by Bernie Sanders (D-VT) that would prohibit FCC regulation of cable and satellite content.
Nice little piece about our efforts to counter the PTC in Broadcasting & Cable.
Keep the letters coming!
The Austin Chronicle explores the effects of self-censorship on the people it affects most – the broadcasters. (And hey, SpeakSpeak gets a mention….)
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“I’m just glad I’m not in (PBS’) PR department right now,” says Tara Taylor, a publicist at Oregon Public Broadcasting. “We’ve had an overwhelming response from viewers who want to see [Sugartime!].”
Check out this article on the cartoon controversy at Oregon Live.
PBS press release, via TV Barn.
SpeakSpeak members have sent over 100 letters to PBS execs. Haven’t sent yours yet? Do it now.
The LA Times has published a wire story about PBS’s decision to cut a Silkwoodesque decontamination scene from HBO’s Dirty Bomb.
PBS exec Jacoba Atlas sums it up thusly: “You want to pick your battles.”
Read about it in the Chicago Tribune.
Then, send a letter to PBS telling them that this is a battle worth fighting.
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