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Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories, airing on PBS affiliates throughout the country on Thursday, October 20, is a direct assault on fatherhood. The film portrays fathers as batterers and child molesters who steal children from their mothers. Breaking the Silence aims to reverse the minimal, hard-won gains shared parenting advocates have made in protecting children’s right to have both parents in their lives after divorce or separation. The film is extremely one-sided, and presents aharmful and inaccurate view of divorce and child custody cases. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...

WorldNetDaily Thursday, October 20, 2005 PBS declares war on dads Posted: October 20, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Jeffery M. Leving and Glenn Sacks The 4-year-old boy is jumping up and down with joy. "Daddy! Daddy!" Dad gets out of the car. "Daddy's here! Daddy's here!" The boy is behind a locked screen door. He tries to open it. "Daddy's here! Mommy, look, daddy's here!" Dad knows he shouldn't open the door. He waits for his ex-wife to open the door. She doesn't do it. "This is my visitation time," Dad says, waving a court document. Mom still won't open...

MND EXCLUSIVE The following is an *exclusive* advanced copy of a letter sent to Pat Mitchell, the President and CEO of PBS. The letter, signed by 20 interested individuals and organizations, confronts PBS on its recent broadcast of "Breaking the Silence." November 2, 2005 Pat MitchellPresident & Chief Executive OfficerPublic Broadcasting Service1320 Braddock PlaceAlexandria, VA 22314 Dear Ms. Mitchell: PBS at one time enjoyed a well-deserved reputation for accurate and high-quality documentary programming. It is therefore not only sad but shocking to see a respected media outlet lower itself and journalistic standards with “Breaking the Silence: Children’s Stories.” This...

People say they love the truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true. - Robert J. Ringer I am an instructor of criminal justice courses for Quincy College at Plymouth, MA. Central to each and every class is the concept of “critical thinking.” Critical thinking is necessary to analyze controversial issues and is central to our ongoing understanding of society and ourselves. The process of critical thinking entails putting three questions to each proposition. 1. Bias. Why was it done, written, etc? Locate the author in the social or political structure. Consider what the...

Over 2,000 Protesters Call, Write PBS over Anti-Father Film Breaking the Silence Within the first 48 hours of our new campaign, over 2,000 people called or wrote PBS to protest their anti-father film Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories. The film, which aired on some PBS affiliates on October 20 and will air on many others in the coming weeks, is a direct assault on fatherhood. The film portrays fathers as batterers and child molesters who steal children from their mothers.

A source at PBS sent us this confidential internal memo on Friday. The memo is an instruction sheet that PBS's national office has dispensed to their affiliates to instruct them as to how to deal with the thousands of people who have called or written them to protest the anti-father documentary Breaking the Silence. As you'll notice, the common theme of this memo is to stonewall protesters. As you may know, a men's and fathers' issues columnist named Glenn Sacks has asked his readers to contact PBS and member stations regarding BREAKING THE SILENCE, which is scheduled to air...

Current day societal prodding asks … no, demands our polite silence when it comes to honestly addressing the difficult matters of homosexual behavior.  Further, it strongly suggests that we should stand idle while victim class marketers ride rough-shod over our common sensibilities and undermine our most basic of rights.  We are to feign acceptance of lifestyles that we cannot conscientiously accept, and willingly remove ourselves from public debate and discourse on the matter.  I am, of course, talking about the meticulously planned and coordinated effort to promote and force the acceptance of homosexual behavior on society in general and on...