An American TV show, in which the NSS features, has come under ferocious attack from Catholic groups, who are calling for future series to be dropped. One internet site where the show was available for viewing has taken it down.
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The Penn & Teller “Bullshit!” show, which goes out on the Showtime premium cable channel (owned by CBS), used its season’s last episode to launch an all-out attack on the Vatican.
The uncompromisingly critical assault has enraged the Catholic League, a right-wing group whose head, Bill Donohue, was interviewed on the Fox Channel where he likened Penn & Teller to Nazis.
Mr Donohue said: “The Nazis couldn’t have done better. Having been in this job for over 16 years, I have never seen a more defamatory, obscene and vicious show on TV. And I mean about any religious or demographic group—not just Catholics. The lies about the Catholic Church, to say nothing of the vile language used by Penn Jillette, were positively astounding. Moreover, it never attempted to be comedic—from the very beginning it advertised the show as payback for 2,000 years of alleged crimes.”
Bill Donohue took out an advertisement in the 18 August edition of Variety magazine in which he called for the show to be cancelled. He wrote: “CBS/Showtime needs to send Penn & Teller a message and let them know that they have crossed the line for the last time. This should be their final season. We know that they’ve been told before to drop the Catholic bashing, and yet they persist. By doing so, Penn & Teller have effectively stuck their middle finger right in the eye of CBS.”
Now Catholic websites are encouraging their readers to write to CBS about the show. Donohue says he will seek a meeting with Les Moonves of CBS. He has also sent DVDs of the show to bishops and religious leaders across the nation. “This cannot go unanswered,” he said.
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