Disney Backs Away From Robertson’s Hate

6:08 pm EST August 23rd, 2005 | Politics | 4 Comments

The mouse couldn’t run faster

Not surprisingly, ABC Family was quick to disassociate itself from Pat Robertson’s call for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, saying he was contributing to Muslim extremism and breeding Communism.

Robertson’s comments came Monday on The 700 Club, which airs on the cable network through a long-standing agreement.

“ABC Family is contractually obligated to air The 700 Club and has no editorial control over views expressed by the hosts or guests,” said ABC Family spokeswoman Nicole Nichols.

“ABC Family strongly rejects the views expressed by Pat Robertson in the August 22 telecast of the program. All comments about The 700 Club should be directed to the Christian Broadcast Network through their toll-free number or via their website at www.cbn.com.

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4 Responses to “Disney Backs Away From Robertson’s Hate”

  1. CommonSenseDesk says:
    August 23, 2005 at 7:08 pm

    The Mouse That Ran

    Seems Disney doesn’t think too much of Robertson’s stupidity.

  2. Mike says:
    August 23, 2005 at 8:08 pm

    Good for ABC.

    Now if we could only get the FCC to do something about TBN (or at least Jan Crouch’s hair).

  3. realvalues says:
    August 24, 2005 at 8:08 am

    Its time we take a page out of the far right playbook and call and email the FCC to complain about the Robertson broadcast.

    http://realvalues.blogspot.com/2005/08/action-item-call-or-e-mail-fcc-to.html

  4. trevorwells says:
    August 24, 2005 at 9:08 pm

    NO! NO! NO!

    Go after ABC FAMILY’S and CBN advertisers if you want to make this racist lunatic pay for his terrorist threats against a legitimately elected head of state and ally.