"Turks Take PBS To Task
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/18/2006 9:56:00 AM
The Turkish ambassador is taking PBS to task for the program, The Armenian Genocide, which aired Monday on many member stations.
Ambassador Nabi ªensoy complained Tuesday that the show was 'blatantly one-sided' and reflected 'a self-serving political agenda by Armenian American activists.' PBS has said that, while it agrees with most historians that the genocide is estabished history, it also wanted to explore questions surrounding the issue.
Although he praised PBS for holding a panel discussion about the show immediately after its airing, he said the decision to hold the panel was 'in recognition of the strong bias inherent in “The Armenian Genocide,' and said some stations did not air the panel, attibuting it to 'Armenian American partisans who embarked on a nationwide campaign to prevent its airing by PBS affiliates.'"
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