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Article: David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies: C-SPAN Admits Error in Plan to Air Holocaust-Denier
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- U.S. Newswire
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- April 4, 2005
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PHILADELPHIA, April 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- C-SPAN has publicly
acknowledged it was wrong to plan to broadcast a speech by Holocaust-
denier David Irving, following a petition by over 500 historians and
other scholars organized by the David S. Wyman Institute for
Holocaust Studies.
"C-SPAN now admits it was wrong to try to 'balance' the history of
the Holocaust by broadcasting a professional liar who claims the
Holocaust never happened. This is a significant victory over the
antisemitic industry of Holocaust-denial," said Dr. Rafael Medoff,
director of the Wyman Institute.
When C-SPAN's "Book TV" program announced last month that it would
"balance" a broadcast of Holocaust scholar Prof. ...