On TV Tonight
— Posted by John (July 20, 2007 at 12:59 pm)
**UPDATE, 7/26, 3:03pm: Wow — that was really bad. I’m glad I kept my kept my expectations low. JivinJehoshaphat has a brief summary of why the show was so hopelessly one-sided.
A couple days ago I spoke with Joel Schwartzberg, a producer for a PBS show called NOW. He had called our office to let us know about tonight’s episode, “Post-Abortion Politics”.
The YouTube preview is here:
Does abortion cause long-term emotional and psychological problems for women? This week NOW introduces viewers to a new front in the effort to end abortions in the United States: claims of extreme negative effects on a woman’s mental health.
Once focusing primarily on the unborn child, anti-abortion advocates see new hope in an argument that focuses on the women who’ve made or are about to make a fateful decision. All sides of the debate have been listening and weighing in, including the Supreme Court.
This will be interesting to see. Generally, whenever a show deals with abortion, I anticipate that it will be biased toward the pro-abortion side, so I keep my expectations somewhat low.
However, if this show presents pro-lifers and their position as fairly as another PBS show, Frontline, did when it dealt with abortion a few years ago, then I’ll be pleasantly surprised – just as I was then.
You can check to see if your local PBS station is showing it here. (Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it’s going to be shown in Chicago — at least not tonight — but apparently it will be able to be streamed from the show’s site as of Monday.)
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Quinn says:
Here’s when it airs in my area. Why do you think its on so late?
Saturday, July 21, 1:30am
CHANNEL 39 (WFWA)
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Examining claims that abortions cause long-term emotional and psychological problems.
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Comment posted July 20th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Quinn says:
Did you see this crap on NOW’s website??
Now may as well stand for the National Organization of Women.
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/215/
Comment posted July 20th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Quinn says:
I watched this special tonight and its a total left-wing propaganda piece as you would expect from PBS.
Comment posted July 21st, 2007 at 1:04 am
Mike says:
I think I have seen this show a few times early in the morning on PBS on the weekends. It is a very Pro-Abortion opinionated program which features the President of NOW as well as other radical Pro-Aborts each week.
This is the worst weekly program on television. And to think our tax dollars are paying for it…What a shame!
Mike
Comment posted July 24th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Mike says:
While we are on the subject of television I just had an idea…
24-HOUR NATIONAL ABORTION DEBATE: WHO WOULD YOU WANT THE DEBATORS TO BE?
It’s been almost 40 years Abortion has been legal now & we are still fighting whether or not Abortion should be legal. I think its time we had a 24- Hour Abortion Debate (No Commercials) on all the Major Networks/Stations on TV/Radio/Internet. I would chose to make all props or pictures available to those who wanted to use them.
If we could make this happen,
Who would you want the debators to be on the Pro-Life side vs. the Pro-Choice side (Let’s say you can pick 5-10 for each side)?
Who would you want the Moderators to be?
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Here’s my picks…
PRO-LIFE…
Alveda King, Fr. Euteneuer, Fr. Pavone, Rick Santorum, Joe & Eric Schiedler, Jill Stanek, Monica Miller, Judie Brown, Sen. Brownback, Alan Keyes, Mark Crutcher, Karen Malec, Jason Evert, Dr. Bernard Nathanson, Christopher West & Dr. Janet Smith.
PRO-ABORTION…
Kim Gandy, Hilary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Dick Durbin, Barack Obama, someone from NARAL, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Catholic Politicians who are Pro-Choice, Tiller and other Abortionists, Bill Clinton, Bill Maher, Eleanor Clift, Hollywood representative and that’s all I can think of right now.
Who would you want at the debate on each side?
http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?p=2505184
Mike
Comment posted July 24th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Quinn says:
I’d add Bob Enyart who has never lost a debate that you can find online, on radio or in print along with Brian Rohrbaugh who is the president of Colorado Right To Life.
Gotta have those guys because they, along with Alan Keyes and Judie Brown, are some of the few who will not promote compromising on You shall not murdder which many pro-life leaders and groups do.
Comment posted July 25th, 2007 at 11:24 pm