amnesty

So much for ‘immigration fairness’

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In an editorial yesterday, the Washington Times wrote:

In demanding amnesty, advocates often say it is necessary because illegals have deep “American” roots. But under this bill, illegals who entered between Jan. 7, 2004 and Jan. 1, 2007 would be given the same amnesty benefits as those who have been living in the United States for decades and have children who were born here. Additionally, people who waited in line to come in the legal way would have to start the process over if they filed their applications after May 1, 2005. So much for the notion of fairness.

Islam vs. Islamists, PBS

PBS stations will air ‘Islam vs. Islamists’

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The Washington Times reports:

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) announced a joint agreement yesterday to make “Islam vs. Islamists” available to the 354 Public Broadcasting Service member stations across the nation as a “stand-alone” TV program, with a little extra embellishment. “We plan to distribute the film to any public broadcasting station that wants it. We’ll package it and also produce some sort of discussion to accompany the film, and give it some context,” OPB President Steve Bass told The Washington Times yesterday.
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The often-disquieting 52-minute film explores the struggles of moderate American Muslims at the hands of their radical brethren and gives details about a “parallel” Islamist society that is slowly but surely developing within the U.S. borders. The film was produced by conservative columnist Frank Gaffney Jr., founder of the Center for Security Policy, filmmaker Martyn Burke and Middle East scholar Alex Alexiev.

Originally made for the six-part PBS series “America at a Crossroads,” the film was intended for broadcast in early April. It never made it to the air, however. The producers, who received $675,000 in funding, said their work was shelved in “an ideological vendetta” and stifled on “political grounds.” They offered critical production notes from PBS as evidence. The lengthy notes said, among other things, that the documentary “demonized Islam” and promoted fear of Islamist organizations.

“This is a well-documented, textbook case of the abuse of taxpayer funding by elements in the public broadcasting system to advocate their agenda and ensure that people who have a different agenda don’t get on the air,” Mr. Gaffney said at the time. “The public ought to be allowed to see a film which PBS doesn’t want them to see.”
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The details have not been hammered out, but OPB’s Mr. Bass anticipates that the documentary — and its extra taped discussion — will be made available nationwide in the next few months.

Also see Hot Air’s take on this.