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  2. Path: sparky!uunet!know!hri.com!spool.mu.edu!decwrl!pacbell.com!hoptoad!laura
  3. From: laura@hoptoad.uucp (Laura Creighton)
  4. Newsgroups: talk.abortion,soc.motss
  5. Subject: Re: too controversial for NBC
  6. Message-ID: <38692@hoptoad.uucp>
  7. Date: 12 Nov 92 13:29:12 GMT
  8. References: <SCOTTS.92Nov4175042@MORPHEUS.CIMDS.RI.CMU.EDU>
  9. Reply-To: laura@hoptoad.UUCP (God)
  10. Distribution: usa
  11. Organization: Nebula Consultants in San Francisco
  12. Lines: 11
  13.  
  14. >My question is, what criterion makes a topic unacceptable?  That the
  15. >issue is multifaceted?  That the differing sides are passionate with
  16. >their arguments?  That the religious right is involved?
  17.  
  18. No such high moral concern.
  19.  
  20. The networks are scared s-less that they won't make money on
  21. the shows because the advertisers won't buy advertising.
  22. They don't want `unacceptable' -- any sort, because people
  23. who are offended boycott products and companies who bought
  24. advertising time while the `unacceptable' episode ran.
  25.