RADAR ALERT:
"Breaking the Silence" = Junk Journalism
The program Breaking the Silence has been widely criticized for bias
and inaccuracy in depicting a world in which the only abusive parents
are fathers. The program amounts to a libel that dads who seek child
custody are wife-beaters.
In light of recent revalations (listed below), it's no longer
appropriate to ask that the show be revised. The bias is so
widespread and so egregious that there's no solution other than to
pull the plug on this sad example of a "documentary."
The local PBS affiliates choose which shows they will air. This week,
we're asking you to contact your local PBS station. Explain to them:
- It is now known that the filmmakers were informed on numerous
occasions that one of the mothers featured in the film had been
found by a court to have committed eight counts of child abuse.
But the producers chose to portray her as the victim
anyway. [http://www.glennsacks.com/pbs/loeliger.php]
- The American Psychological Association has now called the film's claims
"incorrect", and says that far from having debunked PAS, the APA has
no official position on PAS. [http://www.glennsacks.com/pbs/apa-102405.php]
- A number of people with stories of anti-father court bias have now
come forward to say that the producers scheduled and then cancelled
interviews with then. [http://www.familytx.org/research/articles/PAS/BreakingTheScience-OstrichSyndrome.html#rejected-interviewees]
Then request that they:
- Not broadcast Breaking the Silence.
- Produce a documentary focusing on the plight of children abused by
their mothers, and the anguish of fathers who are prevented by the
courts from protecting their children.
To find your local PBS affiliate:
- Go to http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/index.html and enter your zip code, or
- Look in your local telephone directory
Date of RADAR Release: November 6, 2005
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R.A.D.A.R. – Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting – is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of men and women working to improve the effectiveness of our nation's approach to solving domestic violence. http://www.mediaradar.org
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