Bill Maher's Non-apology to the Pope

I wish I could say that I am surprized Bill Maher didn't apologize to the Pope on his show this week. I'm not. The guy is arrogant. & thinks that he can get away with saying anything no matter how vile, or false. Well, I have news for him. Slandering someone & hiding behind humor doesn't make it any less slander. He knows the truth & he is itentionally saying these things to destroy Papa Benedetto's reputation. By any definition that is slander, not free speech. He knows that the Pope won't sue him. But, he shouldn't be rewarded with being allowed to continue slandering the Pope, or anyone else for that matter.

I will admit a lot of what is on HBO is not uplifting. & most is definitely NOT family fare. In fact a lot of what is on there is a cesspool. But what Bill Maher has done doesn't even come up to HBO's normal low standards. They need to know that there still are certain things beyond the pale. & that some standards still need to be upheld.

I put up a post the other day with where to go to take action. The info for the American Life League site is in their news release below. The other is by Media Research Center I has a page to enabble you to e-mail HBO.

You can also contact HBO directly at:
Warner Inc.

One Time Warner Center

New York, NY 10019

Phone 212.484.8000

HBO is a business. It's business is entertainment. & it needs to know that it will make money with the product it sells, They need to know that Bill Maher will have the opposite effetc. & they can only know that if they here from us.

I have signed my name to 1 of the petitions, please do the same. Thank you.

MEDIA RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

19 April 2008

CONTACT: Michael Hichborn

540.226.9178 mhichborn@all.org

BILL MAHER REFUSES TO APOLOGIZE
--American life League Demands HBO Fire Maher--

WASHINGTON, D.C. (19 April 2008) – After announcing that he was going to apologize to Catholics on Friday night’s show “Talking Points,” Bill Maher offered no apology or remorse for his statements. Earlier this week, American Life League spearheaded a unified effort among Catholics to cancel HBO subscriptions and demand that Maher be fired.
“Not only did Maher fail to apologize, he stepped up his insult of Pope Benedict XVI by saying that he swore an oath directly to Hitler,” said Judie Brown, president of American Life League. “Maher made no apology and persists in his slander of the pope and the entire Catholic Church, and for that he must be fired.” American Life League's website, http://nvs.all.org/sendstudio/link.php?M=42676&N=177&L=615&F=H, contains the offending video clip of Maher's more than three minute rant, calling Pope Benedict XVI a "Nazi" and "the leader of a pedophile cult." A petition to have Maher fired, a call for HBO subscribers to cancel their subscriptions until Maher is fired, and a summary of Maher's history of anti-Catholic hate-speech is also available on the website.
“Since last night’s non-apology, signatures on our petition to fire Bill Maher have doubled,” said Brown. “Maher’s hate-speech cannot go unanswered, and that’s why American Life League will not stop until Maher is no longer on the air.”American Life League was co-founded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to natural death.

For more information or press inquiries, please contact Michael Hichborn at 540.659.7900.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

American Life League: Fire Bill Maher (19 April 2008)http://www.firebillmaher.com/

CNS News: 'Nazi' Pope Runs 'Child-Abusing Cult,' Says HBO's Maher (15 April 2008) http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200804/CUL20080415b.html

News Busters: Bill Maher: Pope ‘Used to be a Nazi’; Compares Church to Cult, Bear Stearns (14 April 2008)http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2008/04/14/bill-maher-pope-used-be-nazi-compares-church-cult-bear-stearns

Denver Post: Don Imus Fired by CBS (12 April 2007)http://nvs.all.org/sendstudio/link.php?M=42676&N=177&L=612&F=H

Washington Post: 'Seinfeld' Comic Richards Apologizes for Racial Rant (21 November 2006)http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/21/AR2006112100242.html

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