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Submitted: October 17, 2007 - 10:12am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 10:00am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 10:00am
PUBLIC RADIO STATION HALTS PLANNED PARENTHOOD SPOTS
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Sean Hamil]
WDUQ, a Pittsburgh public radio station, stopped running underwriting messages from Planned Parenthood and returned its $5,000 donation after the station’s license holder, Duquesne University, decided the organization was “not aligned with our Catholic identity.” The decision came in the midst of the station’s fall pledge drive, and it appears to be costing the station contributions. The decision has also started a heated public debate, which Planned Parenthood has encouraged, over whether the station’s news content is independent and, ultimately, whether the station should separate itself from Duquesne, which founded it 58 years ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/us/17radio.html?ref=todayspaper
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