Thirty U.S. Representatives Urge PBS Not To Provide Platform For Armenian Genocide Deniers

Yerkir
06.04.2006 18:06

YEREVAN (YERKIR) – Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) was joined by Rep. George
Radanovich (R-CA), Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank
Pallone (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), and a bipartisan group of
twenty-six U.S.

Representatives in urging the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) not
to provide a broadcast platform for deniers of the Armenian Genocide,
reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

In an April 3rd letter, addressed to PBS Chief Operating Officer Wayne
Godwin, the House Members addressed the growing controversy surrounding
plans by PBS to broadcast a panel discussion including known Armenian
Genocide deniers Justin McCarthy and Omer Turan following the airing
this April of the documentary “The Armenian Genocide,” produced by
Andrew Goldberg. The ANCA has formally protested PBS’s decision, and
established an online WebFax program through which close to 10,000
individuals have already registered their protests.

“We want to thank Representatives Schiff, Radanovich, Pallone,
and Knollenberg for their leadership in giving voice to the growing
Congressional opposition to PBS’s deeply flawed decision to provide
public airtime to deniers of the Armenian Genocide,” said ANCA
Executive Director Aram Hamparian.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress