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Letters: Dear NBC


Dear NBC Chairman Wright:

I just heard about NBC's censoring of Veggie Tales.

I am not a big fan of Veggie Tales - I think the writing quality has deteriorated significantly since the series began, and the Biblical parallels they claim to have are very weak, sometimes insultingly so. I understand that the aim is to latch onto the popularity of VeggieTales and remove the religious aspect in order to market it to a wider audience.

With you I also think it is ironic that you are receiving nasty e-mails from 'Christians' yelling and screaming because the line: "Calm down. The Bible says we should love our enemies" has been cut.

I'm not writing because I think NBC should be "marketing God," though this is likely what many people who have been alerted by the "religious right" are e-mailing or calling you about.

There are two reasons why I find this censorship:

1. Deciding after agreeing to air the show seems unethical from a business perspective. The creator of Veggie Tales, Phil Vischer, is quoted as saying had he known how much censorship NBC would exercise, he would not have signed on for the network deal, and that the episodes had already been edited down to the right timing. I'm not saying it's illegal, I'm sure NBC has something in the contract which allows this, I'm just saying it seems unethical.

2. NBC's censorship seems rather slanted. NBC has no need for censorship when Madonna mocks Jesus and the cross - this rock-star desire to offend the general public has been part of the rock & roll culture for a long time - rebellion, lack of restraint, and destruction of everything that society stands for - this pubescent rebellion is part of the music industry. I was unaware that NBC had chosen to stand in pubescent rebellion as well. If this is not the case, the only other explanation seems to be blatant hipocracy.

I'm not asking for NBC to "preach the Gospel" (God help us if network executives rather than those who have studied in textual criticism and theology become responsible for teaching truth!) I'm just asking for fairness, honesty, and integrity.

The religious right does seem to be on to something when they talk about anti-Christian bias and censorship in the media. The contrast of Madonna vs. Veggie Tales sure makes it look that way.

Thanks for your time, to whatever (likely entry level?) person (or automatic computer filter system) who read this.

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  1. gRegor on 9/30/06, 1:21 PM

    Hmm, I hadn't even heard about Veggie Tales being on NBC. Interesting. Great points in the letter.

     


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