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December 08, 2008 09:09 PM UTC

KBDI To Air Controversial Torture Documentary

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by: redstateblues

Since the mid-1990s, Denver public television station KBDI has been a leader among local news outlets, which is no small feat for a PBS station. From its popular weekly panel and interview shows (Colorado Inside Out, John Caldera’s Independent Thinking and The Aaron Harber Show,) to Amy Goodman’s left-leaning Democracy Now! program, to airing extended coverage in coordination with local CBS affiliate KCNC during the Democratic National Convention this year, it’s been a welcome alternative to the sometimes crime-obsessed corporate local media.

In keeping with the tradition of offering hard-hitting, and sometimes controversial, takes on American politics, KBDI will once again be airing Torturing Democracy, a 90-minute documentary about the use of enhanced interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists by the United States since 9/11.

Cara DeGette of The Colorado Independent:

Even as Barack Obama has vowed one of the first acts of his presidency will be to shut down Guantánamo, and even as the topic has been raging in Congress, many Americans will have to wait until the day after George W. Bush leaves office to watch a documentary detailing the horrific policies of his regime.

Though PBS stations across the country have shied from airing “Torturing Democracy”, Colorado’s KBDI Channel 12 wants viewers to know it isn’t hesitating to share the provocative documentary with its viewers.

The controversy stems not only from the documentary’s graphic images and critical take on the Bush Administration, but from the national PBS network’s decision to air it on January 21st–the day after Barack Obama is officially sworn in as President.

PBS officials cite several factors that prevented airing it earlier in the summer and fall, including the scheduled broadcast of the animated sitcom “Click & Clack’s As the Wrench Turns,” the late summer political conventions and a desire not to compete against the Olympics, according to the Times.

But DeGette cites noted human rights lawyer Scott Horton’s slightly more sinister explanation:

The project was first offered to PBS in September 2007, with the representation that it would be available to air after May 2008. It was completed and circulated to PBS decision makers on schedule in May of this year. Their response? According to producer Sherry Jones, PBS told her that “no time slot could be found for the documentary before January 21, 2009”-the day after George W. Bush and Dick Cheney leave office. Does that reflect concern that PBS would face retaliation from the Bush Administration for airing the program?

As it has continuously in the past, KBDI has decided to let the viewing public make up their own minds on this issue–and they’re not waiting until George W. Bush is relaxing in Crawford to do it.

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sufimarie says:

December 8, 2008 at 10:04 pm

were of the realities of war, war would change. Industries would fail. Governments would topple. Accountability would be sought.

But don’t worry about that. Watch Wheel of Fortune. Regis and whatever her name is are on!

How slow is the awakening:

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