While KTXD-TV neither supports nor condemns opinions shared by our hosts, we stand behind both The Broadcast and Ms. Kushnir. We wholeheartedly stand behind our hosts right to voice their opinions as an integral part of our program. We have clearly ruffled feathers, and in doing so we hope we have advanced the dialogue on this important issue.
The
"Important issue" could be ratings. It seems that KTXD was left out
of a massive Gannet buy-out.
wikipedia:
On May 14, 2014, the Gannett Company announced the purchase of six of London Broadcasting's Texas television stations for $215 million. London exempted KTXD and Longview sister station KCEB from the deal.
London kept KTXD, but never mentioned if Gannet wanted it or not. Hmmm... And looking at that representation of the "vast, diverse community" on The Broadcast one would never guess that Texas has any African-Americans or Hispanics.
Texas Born, Texas Proud. We Are Texas.
That's
London Broadcasting's signature slogan. We get the picture.
A Media Star Is Born!
Since Kushnir's walk out generated almost as much attention as "the
kiss" itself, FOX News picked it up and gave Amy's crusade for family
values a boost: on FOX, Kushnir
said that she received hate mail and death threats too horrible to mention on
air.*
To recap:
spoiled daughter of a disgraced televangelist gets bored, produces lame
self-published cookbook, gets into minor-league media, gets righteous about a
televised gay kiss and snags an interview on FOX. Got that?
Gay Family Values puts it in perspective:
*While it is possible to receive death threats these days from anyone via social media, I doubt most gay people wouldn't go that far. "SNAP!' would be about as close to a threat as they could muster. Either that, or "Go suck a Chippendale, b*tch!"
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