PBS likes religion about us much as Barack Obama likes auto executives.
A committee has recommended that PBS boot any affiliate stations that air “sectarian” programming.
The bottom line: Broadcast any religious programming and you’ll lose every PBS program. Sesame Street. The NewsHour. Nova. The Nightly Business Report. Everything.
Believe it or not, PBS has a fairness-and-balance policy, instituted twenty-four years ago, that says affiliates must be noncommercial, nonpartisan, and nonsectarian.
For example, WHUT has notified the Archdiocese of Washington that its “Mass for Shut-Ins” will be cancelled if the policy is approved. Oddly enough, WHUT’s general manager heads the committee that recommended the policy.
We’d have to say that this is noncommercial, nonpartisan, nonsectarian nonsense.
Source: NewsBusters.com
