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15 July 2010

Mississippi Public Broadcasting Drops 'Fresh Air', Citing 'Inappropriate Content' 15JUL10


Terry GrossTHIS is why I thank God I do not live in Mississippi! This decision is pathetic, shows how spineless the directors of MPB really are. 
For instance, a "former MPB employee" tells Gawker's Hamilton Nolan that the show was "cut last fall due to budget cuts (that also cut my job). listener complaints brought back the show. then it disappeared again monday [sic]." That squares with the timeline of "Fresh Air" interruptions. But it wasn't the reason cited in a July 12, 2009 email from MPB director Kevin Farrell, who stipulated fairly specifically: "MPB no longer airs this program [Fresh Air] due to recurring inappropriate content."
This blogger runs down the recent topics covered by the show, in search of what might have constituted "inappropriate content." But, like Nolan, I'd highlight the episode that aired immediately before the recent decision to cut the program again:

Tom Ford? An interview with Colin Firth about his role in Ford's "A Single Man"? Another interview with "The Kids Are All Right" filmmaker Lisa Cholodenko? I guess that's just way too much gay for Mississippi to handle!

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