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love for KCTS
Feb. 10th, 2005 12:30 pmI don't know how many of you have been following this story, but there's a children's program that's come under fire from the Department of Education's Secretary Margaret Spellings for briefly showing a child with gay parents. The secretary "threatened to withdraw funding from PBS's Ready-to-Learn initiative if PBS distributed the program, which it did not. The initiative is a partnership between the Department of Education and PBS that comes under a grant that, among other things, requires diversity be incorporated into the fabric of the series, "to help children understand and respect differences and learn to live in a multicultural society."
Thankfully, certain PBS stations, beginning with WGBH in Boston, and then KCTS-9 here in Seattle, have seen exactly how wrong this is, and are replying by showing the episode anyway. Here in Seattle, it'll show on Friday, at 4:30pm, if anybody is interested in seeing this supposedly inflammatory piece of television that apparently will erode our nation's moral character.
The Seattle PI article about it is here: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/211351_tv10.html
Here's the thing - we all know that KCTS and the other stations will be getting complaints from conservatives. Fine, they can mouth off all they want. What needs to be done is to make sure that the people who agree with KCTS's decision are just as vocal in their approval.
The address to send comments (praise!!!) to is:
KCTS Viewer Services
401 Mercer St.
Seattle, WA 98109.
You also can call 206-443-6677 or 800-443-9991, or send an e-mail to Start@KCTS.org.
Send letters! Call them on the phone!! Let's make sure that we're not just approving in our quiet corners where nobody can hear us, but loudly enough that not only do the execs at KCTS hear, but also the folks back in the Department of Education who are thumbing their own diversity policies.
In other news, I spent almost an hour talking to the English honors advisor this morning. Owwie. Nice woman, but talking to advisors always makes me kind of nervous.
Thankfully, certain PBS stations, beginning with WGBH in Boston, and then KCTS-9 here in Seattle, have seen exactly how wrong this is, and are replying by showing the episode anyway. Here in Seattle, it'll show on Friday, at 4:30pm, if anybody is interested in seeing this supposedly inflammatory piece of television that apparently will erode our nation's moral character.
The Seattle PI article about it is here: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/211351_tv10.html
Here's the thing - we all know that KCTS and the other stations will be getting complaints from conservatives. Fine, they can mouth off all they want. What needs to be done is to make sure that the people who agree with KCTS's decision are just as vocal in their approval.
The address to send comments (praise!!!) to is:
KCTS Viewer Services
401 Mercer St.
Seattle, WA 98109.
You also can call 206-443-6677 or 800-443-9991, or send an e-mail to Start@KCTS.org.
Send letters! Call them on the phone!! Let's make sure that we're not just approving in our quiet corners where nobody can hear us, but loudly enough that not only do the execs at KCTS hear, but also the folks back in the Department of Education who are thumbing their own diversity policies.
In other news, I spent almost an hour talking to the English honors advisor this morning. Owwie. Nice woman, but talking to advisors always makes me kind of nervous.
