Religious Right Propaganda

Do you think public television should give free airtime to Religious Right propaganda?

Two senior employees of Alabama Public Television objected to airing a TV series produced by right-wing pseudo-historian David Barton — a Religious Right activist who supports imprisoning gay people.¹

But when they spoke up, they were fired by the Republican-controlled Alabama Educational Television Commission.²

Public television is beloved for featuring entertaining, educational content not hatred and lies.

Tell the Alabama Educational Television Commission: Keep Religious Right propaganda off public television. Click here to automatically add your name.

A fringe figure just a few years ago, David Barton has quickly skyrocketed to the center of the conservative movement.

He's busy re-writing Texas textbooks to remove references to Martin Luther King, Jr.³, advising politicians like Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann, and regularly appearing on shows like Glenn Beck's to argue that all our laws should be based on his right-wing interpretation of the Bible.

Now he's trying to push his views into the mainstream, disguising his hateful misinformation as non-political educational content.

We can't let David Barton rewrite history on public television. Let's send a message that public television should broadcast educational content, not hateful lies.

Click below to automatically sign our petition to AETC:

http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6905044&p=public_tv_al&id=42696-2593817-2d7lS1x&t=9

Thank you for speaking out.

Heidi Hess, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets

1. "Barton: 'I Don't Care What the Supreme Court Says,' Homosexuality Should be Illegal," People for the American Way, May 24, 2012.
2. "Exclusive: Dismissals at Alabama PTV linked to concerns over proposed broadcast of videos from religious right ," Current.org, June 13, 2012.
3. "Revisionaries: How a group of Texas conservatives is rewriting your kids' textbooks," Washington Monthly, January/February, 2010.