KBDI (CO) Refuses to Delay Airing of Guantanamo Torture Documentary (Other PBS Stations Shy Away)

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Source: Colorado Independent

KBDI refuses to delay airing of Guantanamo torture documentary

By CARA DEGETTE 12/8/08 9:57 AM

Even as Barack Obama has vowed one of the first acts of his presidency will be to shut down Guantánamo, and even as the topic has been raging in Congress, many Americans will have to wait until the day after George W. Bush leaves office to watch a documentary detailing the horrific policies of his regime.

Though PBS stations across the country have shied from airing “Torturing Democracy”, Colorado’s KBDI Channel 12 wants viewers to know it isn’t hesitating to share the provocative documentary with its viewers.

“The documentary is phenomenal; this is just pure journalism,” says Marcia Simmons, director of marketing and communications for Denver-based KBDI Channel 12. Simmons says she’s been floored by reports that other PBS stations haven’t found time to schedule it until the day after Obama is sworn in. The 90-minute documentary, produced and written by Sherry Jones, examines interrogation methods that were used by the CIA before migrating to the United States military at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba and other locations

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The national controversy over the airing of “Torturing Democracy” has been written about sporadically in recent months. On Oct. 15, The New York Times detailed the difficulties that Jones has had in getting the documentary broadcast in a timely fashion. Though the documentary has been aired on a “grab bag” of PBS stations across the country, including in New York, the network itself decided on a national air date of Jan. 21, the day after Obama is sworn into office.

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