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Acct. ID: 183832
Notice ID: 11236
Category: Action
Posted: October 20th., 2004
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Call for Equality from TV Station
Proclaimed by: Oklahoma Pagan Association - A WitchVox Sponsor
Proclaimed from: Statewide/Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Proclamation...
Equality for all?
I am writing this for a specific reason. I, and the community I belong to, feel as though our religions, those that fall under the neo-pagan and Heathen banners, have been portrayed in a condescending light by a local Television Station. That station is KJRH, Channel 2, in Tulsa, OK.
October 16, 2004 marked Tulsa’s second annual Witches’ Ball. It was sponsored by Spiritwheel Interfaith Community from Claremore, OK. The Ball was a rebounding success. The only mar is that KJRH’s reporter Pete Thompson, called Rev. Debbie Addington, Correllian Priestess and leader of Spiritwheel, and asked permission to come out that night and speak with her. She was assured that the story would be positive. Let me stress that when she gave permission for the reporter to come to the Ball it was in the best of faith and she would have never done so if she had not been misled by the reporter.
The Ball came and went and the Reporter and camera man filmed a few clips and received an on camera interview from Rev. Addington. We were all informed that the footage would air the next night on both the 5:00 pm and 10:00 pm news coverage. It was to our great shock when it did air that it was immediately cast into doubt with the phrase “they say they are simply exercising their freedom of religion but not everyone sees this as healthy self-expression”. The full newscast can be found at http://2worksforyou.com/ramhold/permanent/17-10pm.ram and the story on the Witches’ Ball is 12 minutes and 14 seconds into the program. You will need Real Player to view the newscast. Please note this clip will only be in their archives for two weeks.
None of us were expecting glowing reports but we were told that this would be an unbiased story. Instead there was an interview with a Baptist Pastor that said we were misleading others from the “only one who can meet that need [The Christian God and/or Jesus]”. That would not only invalidate Paganism, but Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Native American Traditional beliefs, and all others that do not believe in the Christian God and/or Jesus. The true irony of this was that on the 5:00 pm broadcast they had a story about Shalom fest that happened that same day and there was no opposing religious view that was interviewed to [in]validate it.
Many from our local community have written to the News Director, Bill Seitzler
seitzler@kjrh.com and the General Manager, Michael Kronley kronley@kjrh.com and relayed our concerns. We have all been sent a standard form letter telling us that they feel the interview was very fair and unbiased. What I am asking is that those of you who watch this newscast and feel as though we are being treated as second class citizens to email, phone, or write this station and calmly but passionately let them know how many of us there are and that we demand the same rights that all others have, that our religions do not need to be qualified by other mainstream religions, and that we feel the Station should air another story on what Wicca/Paganism/Heathen Beliefs actually are and that it should be unbiased this time. Additional contact information is as follows:
KJRH, Channel 2 News
Phone number: (918) 743-2222
Physical address: 3701 South Peoria, Tulsa
Mailing address: P.O. Box 2, Tulsa, OK 74101-0002
Perhaps they can brush away 100 of us and not listen to our concerns, but multiply that number 100 more or a 1, 000 and everything appears in a different light.
Blessings,
Salem
salem@okpagan.com
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