PBS Internal Audit: National Organization for
Women Outgunned by Fatherhood Advocates
Shortly after fatherhood advocates launched
their protest against Breaking the Silence:
Children's Stories, the National
Organization for Women criticized them and sent
out an Action Alert urging its followers to
contact PBS and voice their opinion in favor of
the film. Irene Weiser of Stop Family Violence
urged supporters to counter the protests by
calling PBS and urging them to run the program.
Toni Troop of Jane Doe Inc./The Massachusetts
Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic
Violence warned that the film angers the "mad
dads whose tactics and efforts to further the
abuse through the court systems are exposed."
Data cited by PBS's new
ombudsman Michael Getler in his recent
report reveals that fatherhood advocates
outdid NOW and its allies a ratio of seven to
one. Getler writes:
"The mail arriving at PBS has
been overwhelmingly critical...PBS reports
receiving almost 4,000 e-mails, with more than
3,500 of them negative. More than 90 of 105
phone calls were also negative as were virtually
all of the few dozen letters."
(These numbers are understated--PBS national
and its local affiliates received about 6,500
calls and letters, and CPB received about
3,500).
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