THE FAMILY AND SOCIETY
Sir,-We should very much appreciate answers to the questions below, in connection with the sudden unexplained termination of the ‘series of talks The Family and Society, (1) Was Mr, Nixon’s script read before permission to broadcast was given, and by whom was this permission given? (2) By whom was protest first made, and on what grounds? (3) Were there any similar protests, and if so, by whom? (4) Who made the decision to terminate the talks? (5) Why was no reason given over the air for their termination?
NANCY M.
FOX
DOROTHY E.
MORRISON
BETTY
POLAND
(Auckland).
(The official reply is as follows; "By an error of judgment, one script was bought which, if broadcast as written, would have given offence to many listeners. This script was the fifth in the series. The only test received was against the third talk, which the Broadcasting Service considered unexceptionable, The decisions to delete an illustration from the fourth script (which deletion did not affect the argument), and to withhold the fifth until it could be recast, were made by senior officers of the Service in the course of their regular duty, Mr. Nixon felt he could not say what he wished to say except by substantially the same detailed treatment as formerly. As this detail was unacceptable, the series lapsed after the fourth broadcast. Mr. Nixon’s views were never in question: he strongly supported the traditional role of the family in society.’’-Ed.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 649, 7 December 1951, Page 7
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244THE FAMILY AND SOCIETY New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 649, 7 December 1951, Page 7
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