March 21, 2008

WGBH-TV is not equally accessible to all

WGBH-TV is not equally accessible to all

Suffolk Law Professor Renee Landers says "Public TV remains among our most trusted institutions [. . .] because it engages all citizens, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity or ability to pay." (Renee M. Landers, Boston Herald, Letter, March 7, 2008) Oh? Why does WGBH exclude persons with disabilities in their programming content?
WGBH's leading lady talk show host (Emily Rooney) threatened to ban me from Boston when I objected to her excluding disability based discrimination on her shows, while she includes racism, sexism and sexual preference bias. This is a station-wide problem indeed a society-wide problem, (including the courts, and the legal profession) which remains unaddressed.
Two Presidents of WGBH are in denial. They believe that health care for persons with disabilities is about discrimination. Huh? Is treatment of persons of color by doctors about racism?
My previous letters to Landers were ignored just like my letters to Rooney. The dictionary calls that bigotry.

Roy Bercaw - Editor ENOUGH ROOM

By Renee M. Landers
Boston Herald
Letter
Friday, March 7, 2008 - Added 5d 24h ago

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