May 9 & 16, PBS: “The Secret Files of the Inquisition.”

On May 9 and 16, PBS will air a four-part docudrama called “The Secret Files of the Inquisition.” Catholic League president Bill Donohue raised some concerns today:

“PBS will not air a movie that its officials say paints Muslims in a bad light, ‘Islam vs. Islamists,’ but it has no qualms about showing a flick that Catholics have every right to question. This film is advertised on PBS’s website with an eerie black background depicting all the ‘T’s’ as crosses. All that is missing is Dracula’s voiceover. ‘For over half a millennium a system of mass terror reigned,’ it says, and ‘Thousands were subject to secret courts, torture and punishment.’ This is plainly dishonest...

...Edward Peters, another student of the period, says, ‘Modern historiography has completely blown the old Inquisition propaganda out of the water. No one seriously contends that hundreds of thousands or millions were killed, or that the Protestant countries were any more humane than Spain was.’. . .

"Plainly dishonest"? It's PBS fer cryin out loud...Is it even capable of presenting the facts truthfully in an unbiased manner...? Didn't think so...

Any company that would parrot and promote such "intellectual giants" as Bill Moyers is worthless. The truly sad thing is that taxpayer funds are used to promote this propaganda...

More at the Catholic League here