christian grantham
Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD.
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March 08, 2005

You can now watch the 28 minutes episode of "Postcards from Buster" that the Bush Administration's new Education Secretary Margaret Spellings sought to censor.

Check out what the Bush Administration found so objectionable that they demanded the episode be defunded of federal grants for its objectionable content, and take action on Family Pride's website through their "Virtual Rally on Washington".

Also check out the 30 second commercial spot by the United Church of Christ that NBC and CBS refuse to air due to its controversial message of hope and inclusion. Here is an excerpt from a post by the United Church of Christ as to why they bought an ad (to the right) with "over 50 of the top blogs."

I believe this is the next great revolution in journalism. In the tradition of this nation’s earliest pamphleteers, bloggers are sharing news and information as a mark of a truly free society, not as something that can be controlled and manipulated by multi-national corporations.

So when we started to consider the next round of advertising, blogs seemed like a obvious choice. True to form, CBS and NBC again rejected our ad. While we will continue our campaign to pressure the FCC to enforce the public interest obligations of broadcasters, we are not going to let the networks stop us from getting our message to the public. It seemed only natural to embrace the blogs to get the message out since the blogs helped bring our message to light in December.

So starting today and for the next several weeks, we are running our ad on over 50 of the top blogs. I hope that our message, “No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome at the United Church of Christ” resonates on the blogs and helps get the word out to both the traditional media and the public at large.
[When the Old Media said NO the Blogs said YES - United Church of Christ - 03-08-05]