Washington Post (PBS Panel on Armenian Genocide Stirs Protest: Broadcaster Defends Inclusion of Deniers of Mass Killing by Turks) writes about the protest of some Americans (mostly of Armenian heritage) who are offended with the decision of PBS to show penal discussion with participation of genocide deniers. On 17 April 2006, PBS (America's Public Broadcasting Station), will be broadcasting a 1-hour documentary called "the Armenian Genocide" and will be followed by a penal discussion.

Armenian Americans have publicized an online petition that asks PBS to drop the discussion program. As of last night, more than 6,000 people had electronically added their names to the petition, making it one of the largest organized protests of a PBS program.

A PBS representative has confessed that "such an approach is rare for PBS and said that the Alexandria-based service has not had other panels to discuss opposing views of documentaries during her five-year tenure."

Interesting thing about the article is that it "forgets" to mention that Prof. Taner Akcam, one of the "debaters" is a Turk. Prof. Akcam, in a group e-mail, said that the panel discussion was not a discussion about whether the Armenian genocide happened.

As of last night, more than 6,000 people had electronically added their names to the petition, making it one of the largest organized protests of a PBS program.

Genocide denier McCarthy, on the other hand, has given a very dramatic answer to the Washington Post: "If saying that both sides killed each other makes me a genocide denier, then I'm a denier."

6000 thousands people signing a petition in a few days? That sounds like a lot! But let me tell you that getting the news about Old Julfa's recent destruction would have been much more important. I guess we need 90 years before we do something about Armenian heritage being currently destroyed in Azerbaijan and in Turkey. Well, long way to go.