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  • Keep signing the petition!

    The Turks created a petition urging to air the discussion. So far they have 17,000 signers

    Please, let's keep signing the Armenian petition and spreading the word about it. This program is a good opportunity to enlighten people about the Genocide and we can't let them ruin it for us. This petition may or may not help, but we can try.


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    Pbs: Armenian Genocide Denialist Forum

    Congressional Record: March 29, 2006 (House)
    >>From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

    PBS: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIALIST FORUM

    The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the
    gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone) is recognized for 5 minutes.

    Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to express my extreme
    disappointment with the Public Broadcasting System's decision to
    give a forum to Armenian genocide denialists following the April 17
    broadcast of Andrew Goldberg's documentary, "The Armenian Genocide."
    PBS should be commended for deciding to run Goldberg's documentary.

    However, the documentary should stand on its own. I am troubled by
    the network's decision to conduct a panel discussion immediately
    after the documentary that focuses on Turkey's role in the death of
    Armenians during and after World War I.

    The 25-minute panel discussion has generated an outcry because the
    panel will include two scholars who deny that 1.5 million Armenian
    civilians were killed in eastern Turkey from 1915 to 1923.

    I urge PBS to reconsider the inclusion of the panel discussion.

    Despite the Turkish Government's continued concerted effort to deny
    and alter history, there is no serious academic historian willing to
    dispute the genocide, or extermination, of 1.5 million Armenians at
    the hands of the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923. There are literally
    thousands of pages of documents in our national archive confirming
    the Armenian genocide.

    Prominent citizens of the day, including America's ambassador to
    the Ottoman Empire, Henry Morgenthau, and Britain's Lord Bryce,
    reported on the massacres in great detail. Morgenthau was appalled at
    what he would later call the "sadistic orgies" of rape, torture and
    murder. Lord Bryce, a former British Ambassador to the United States,
    worked to raise awareness of and money for the victims of what he
    called "the most colossal crime in the history of the world."

    {time} 1930

    In October 1915, the Rockefeller Foundation contributed $30,000,
    a sum worth more than $.5 million today, to a relief fund for Armenia.

    Mr. Speaker, it is important to note that despite overwhelming
    documentation and eyewitness proof of the Armenian genocide, Mr.

    Goldberg's documentary includes denialist views to present a
    comprehensive perspective. This completely alleviates the need to
    include PBS's panel discussion. It is exceptionally inappropriate for
    PBS to include these two nonobjective scholars on the public airwaves
    so they can spread their political propaganda.

    And, Mr. Speaker, I would note that I would not feel any different
    about this issue if we were discussing Darfur, Rwanda or the Nazi
    Holocaust.

    Genocide deniers should not have a forum. The quest for fair and
    balanced information does not give a license to propagate false,
    misleading and offensive information about historical facts that
    relate to genocide.

    It is said that PBS continues to defend its decision to provide air
    time to Armenian genocide deniers; however, it is encouraging to see
    a growing number of PBS affiliates refusing to air the panel. And I
    want to commend each of the 25 affiliates who have already announced
    their intentions to air the Armenian genocide documentary without
    the inclusion of the panel discussion.

    Mr. Speaker, it is important that we urge PBS to maintain its
    commitment to public service, but no Member of Congress should accept
    PBS's decision to give credence to the denial of the deliberate
    murder of 1.5 million people, and I hope that PBS will reconsider
    its current position.
    "All truth passes through three stages:
    First, it is ridiculed;
    Second, it is violently opposed; and
    Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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      Bipartisan Group Of Thirty U.s. Representatives Urge Pbs

      Armenian National Committee of America
      1711 N Street NW
      Washington, DC 20036
      Tel: (202) 775-1918
      Fax: (202) 775-5648
      E-mail: [email protected]
      Internet: www.anca.org

      PRESS RELEASE
      April 5, 2006
      Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
      Tel: (202) 775-1918

      BIPARTISAN GROUP OF THIRTY U.S. REPRESENTATIVES URGE PBS
      NOT TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIERS

      -- Reps. Schiff, Radanovich, Pallone, and Knollenberg
      Enlist the Support of their House Colleagues in
      Opposing Tax-Payer Funded Broadcast of Genocide Denial

      -- Standing room only crowd attends Capitol Hill screening
      of "The Armenian Genocide" hosted by Rep. Schiff

      WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) was joined by Rep. George
      Radanovich (R-CA), Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank
      Pallone (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), and a bipartisan group
      of twenty-six U.S. Representatives in urging the Public
      Broadcasting Service (PBS) not to provide a broadcast platform for
      deniers of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National
      Committee of America (ANCA).

      In an April 3rd letter, addressed to PBS Chief Operating Officer
      Wayne Godwin, the House Members addressed the growing controversy
      surrounding plans by PBS to broadcast a panel discussion including
      known Armenian Genocide deniers Justin McCarthy and Omer Turan
      following the airing this April of the documentary "The Armenian
      Genocide," produced by Andrew Goldberg. The ANCA has formally
      protested PBS's decision, and established an online WebFax program
      through which close to 10,000 individuals have already registered
      their protests.

      In their letter, the group of legislators urged that, "PBS not
      provide a national platform to those who deny the Armenian
      Genocide... Despite the Turkish government's concerted and well-
      financed effort to obscure and alter history, there is no serious
      academic dispute about the Armenian Genocide." The letter closed
      by noting that, "Surely, PBS would not consider broadcasting a
      documentary on the Holocaust, followed by a panel that included
      Holocaust deniers. A commitment to balance does not mandate the
      inclusion of opinions that are objectively false."

      "We want to thank Representatives Schiff, Radanovich, Pallone, and
      Knollenberg for their leadership in giving voice to the growing
      Congressional opposition to PBS's deeply flawed decision to provide
      public airtime to deniers of the Armenian Genocide," said ANCA
      Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "Clearly their concerns are
      being heard, as more and more PBS affiliates are deciding not to
      run this panel discussion."

      The full list of signatories is as follows: Gary Ackerman (D-NY),
      Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA),
      Bob Filner (D-CA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Rush
      Holt (D-NJ), Steve Israel (D-NY), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Joe
      Knollenberg (R-MI), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA),
      Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Richard Neal (D-
      MA), C. L. Butch Otter (R-ID), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Donald Payne
      (D-NJ), Collin Peterson (D-MN), George Radanovich (R-CA), Steven
      Rothman (D-NJ), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Joe Schwarz (R-MI), Brad
      Sherman (D-CA), Mark Souder (R-IN), John Sweeney (R-NY), Edolphus
      Towns (D-NY), Diane Watson (D-CA), and Anthony Weiner (D-NY).

      In addition to the signatories of this letter, a number of other
      legislators undertook individual efforts directly with PBS. Among
      these were Senator Boxer (D-CA), who shared her concerns with San
      Francisco's KQED, which recently decided not to air the denial
      panel. Senator John Ensign (D-CA), the author of the Senate
      version of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (S.Res. 320), similarly
      urged Las Vegas PBS affiliate KLVX not to air the panel, stressing
      that, "to air this or any other denial would only serve to condone
      [the Turkish government's] denial and to ignore the reality of
      those atrocious acts that were responsible for the loss of one and
      half million lives and for more than half a million survivors being
      exiled."

      On the House side, individual letters were sent by Rep. Zoe Lofgren
      (D-CA) and James Langevin (D-RI). In her letter, Rep. Lofgren
      expressed her hope that "PBS will evaluate this planned programming
      using the same standard it would employ if deniers were discussing
      either [the Armenian or Jewish] Holocaust." Rep. Langevin noted
      that, "I imagine that those who deny the existence of the Holocaust
      would not be offered the same chance to air their views, and I
      question why the Armenian Genocide appears to be held to a
      different standard."

      On April 4th, Rep. Schiff hosted a Capitol Hill screening of the PBS
      documentary, "The Armenian Genocide," to a standing-room only
      audience of Members of Congress, Congressional staffers, members of
      the media and Armenian American community activists. Rep. Schiff
      was joined by Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Rep. Pallone in offering
      remarks at the opening of the documentary, while director Andrew
      Goldberg led an insightful question and answer session at the
      conclusion of the piece. Among those in attendance were His
      Excellency Tatoul Markarian, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia
      to the U.S. accompanied by Embassy staff, as well as former U.S.
      Ambassador to Armenia Michael Lemmon and Pulitzer Prize winning
      author Samantha Power.

      On March 29th, Rep. Pallone delivered a House floor speech urging
      PBS not to air the panel discussion, arguing that he "would not
      feel any different about this issue if we were discussing Darfur,
      Rwanda or the Nazi Holocaust. Genocide deniers should not have a
      forum. The quest for fair and balanced information does not give a
      license to propagate false, misleading and offensive information
      about historical facts that relate to genocide."

      The Washington Post reported on February 16th that, "Thousands of
      Armenian Americans are protesting the Public Broadcasting Service's
      planned panel-discussion program about Turkey's role in the deaths
      of Armenians during and after World War I. The 25-minute program
      has generated an outcry because the panel will include two scholars
      who deny that 1.5 million Armenian civilians were killed in eastern
      Turkey from 1915 to 1920."
      "All truth passes through three stages:
      First, it is ridiculed;
      Second, it is violently opposed; and
      Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

      Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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