NBC Draws Protests From Conservatives

NBC DRAWS PROTESTS FROM CONSERVATIVES
[SOURCE: New York Times 9/23, AUTHOR: Edward Wyatt]
NBC has drawn protests this week from religious conservatives over the content of two television shows, but for different reasons -- in one instance for excluding references to God and in the other for possibly including religious imagery. The disputes, over the network’s proposed broadcast of a Madonna concert that includes a crucifixion scene and over its cutting religious references from the animated children’s show “VeggieTales,” have some critics charging that NBC maintains a double standard toward Christianity. Alan Wurtzel, an NBC executive who oversees broadcast standards, said in an interview on Friday that there was no double standard. Rather, he said, the network was evaluating each show individually.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/arts/television/23vegg.html
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