C-SPAN KIND OF BACKS OFF "EQUAL TIME" FOR HOLOCAUST DENIER

C-SPAN Backs Down from Plan to "Balance" Views on Holocaust - Josh Gerstein (New York Sun, 4Apr05)

In the face of protests from historians and Jewish groups, C-SPAN backed down from plans to air a lengthy speech from an author whom critics and a British court have labeled as a holocaust denier.

Instead, the network's popular "Book TV" program included only two brief video clips from David Irving, the British historian who in 2000 lost a highly publicized libel case against an American professor, Deborah Lipstadt.

In arranging the program, C-SPAN producers said they hoped to "balance" Lipstadt's views with those of Irving. This drew fire from a Washington Post columnist, Richard Cohen, who called the approach "mindless" and branded it as "the 'Crossfire' mentality reduced to absurdity."

THIS IS STILL VILE, OFFENSIVE AND DISGUSTING. SEE BELOW:

See also C-SPAN's Balance of the Absurd - Richard Cohen (Washington Post)

See also C-Span Off Balance by Deborah E. Lipstadt