| WGBH
Continues to Defend Man/Boy Sex
WGBH continues to defend sex between men and teenage boys.
There is no question that they aired a show about such sex, but they
say they did not air the show itself but a “magazine program” about the
show.
So we purchased a video of the “magazine” and discovered the following:
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The “magazine” was produced by the same homosexual group that produced
the original program.
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It shows, in detail, the graphic, nude homosexual scenes that were in the
original show.
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No one presented in the “magazine” any analytical discussion about the
program. The entire piece consisted of long clips from the original program
plus a discussion by the actors as to how the program had been acclaimed
all over England, with no dissent at all.
Whereas the original show “spoke for itself,” with every listener being
allowed to make his own judgment about it, the “magazine” show aired by
WGBH not only told the entire plot and had long pornographic clips, it
then made the judgment that all of England had decided it was a wonderful
production that would make man/boy sex into a commonplace occurrence in
England.
Since WGBH went to the effort to run the “magazine” and not the show,
the only logical conclusion is that it is comfortable with the message
in the “magazine.”
In light of the publicity recently about a 28-year-old man in Middleton,
Massachusetts, who has had sex with over 100 male children, what should
we believe is the WGBH position? Should the Massachusetts man be condemned
or praised for his attention to young boys?
The people at WGBH have indicated that they are very comfortable with
the actions of the man in Middleton, Massachusetts.
The Official Denial
The official denial that was given to us by WGBH came from Leah Hollenberger,
Director of Media Relations. She said that what they showed “was a magazine
on the controversy around the documentary you are referring to. WGBH has
not aired and has no plans to air the documentary in question.”
The people at WGBH obviously believed there was nothing we could do
after that statement from them. They were apparently not aware we were
able to purchase a copy of what they admitted to airing.
This “magazine” program was shown, they say, on Channel 2 at 10 p.m.
last March and re-run on Channel 44 in early April.
What Did They Run?
A subscriber had told us last April 7 that he had seen a “romance”
on WGBH at 10 p.m. between a 29-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy. A separate
telephone check with the station revealed that they did run such a show
as a repeat of a March 25 airdate. The website for the producers in New
York indicated at the time that the show itself would be shown on Channels
2 and 44. (See www.inthelifetv.org)
If WGBH now says they chose not to run the show itself, we accept that;
but it seems to have put them in a much worse position.
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