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film

Charles Agar
Aspen, CO
Colorado, October 6, 2007

ASPEN — A controversial Holocaust denial film is raising questions
about free speech at GrassRoots TV, the Aspen community-access
station.

Steve Campbell, founder of Citizens for 9/11 Truth, asked the
station to air “Judea Declares War on Germany: A Critical Look at World War II”
on Monday, but GrassRoots TV board members stopped the screening.

The
one-hour program features Dr. Frederick Töben, an Australian national and member
of the Adelaide Institute, an organization that denies that the Holocaust ever
happened.

“This film is offensive not only to Jews in the world, but to
any sensible person,” said GrassRoots TV Executive Director John
Masters.

But the question of airing the film he called “like an homage to
[Joseph] Goebbels” has stirred a “healthy debate” at the station, Masters
said.

“Judea Declares War on Germany” will be pre-empted by an Aspen High
School football game, and delayed until after an upcoming GrassRoots TV board
meeting.

Haters?
Questioning historical assumptions about the
Holocaust brands anyone a “hater,” according to Campbell.

“I think
there’s a lot of preconceived ideas that have been indoctrinated into people’s
minds as to what the Holocaust is all about,” Campbell said. Showing the film
would give people an opportunity to decide for themselves, he said.

In
the film, Töben says “alleged” concentration camp gas chambers were used to save
lives by disinfecting prisoners and that the Holocaust was a
fabrication.

“You are not supposed to learn these historical facts, which
are contained in this video,” Töben said in the film.

According to the
Adelaide Institute website, Töben has faced litigation and is under a federal
gag order in Australia.

Campbell delivered the DVD to GrassRoots TV on
Thursday, and sent board members copies of letters to local newspapers
announcing the screening.

In the past, Campbell has aired controversial
films on GrassRoots TV trying to debunk facts about the 9/11 attack. He said he
has not run into this problem before.

“John was very defending of
GrassRoots programming and being able to air just about anything except
pornography and obscenity,” Campbell said. “I’d think the board members would
look at the GrassRoots policies and say that [the film] doesn’t fall into the
realm of something that deserves censorship.”

Free speech?
“I
believe the First Amendment is the cornerstone of our democracy and you can’t
start to chip away at it,” Masters said. “What that means is that I need to
allow offensive, hateful, racist programming as something that is protected by
the First Amendment.”

Begun in 1971 as one of the first community-access
television channels in the nation, GrassRoots airs community programs twice for
free and charges for additional screenings or special placement, Masters
said.

“We’re not restricted in any way by the [Federal Communications
Commission], nor do we get any government funding,” Masters said. Material on
GrassRoots is governed by people’s desires and the discretion of the board,
which represents the community, Masters said.

Masters has not had to deny
any program before, he said.

“I’ve personally always felt that if you
don’t want to watch something, then turn it off.”

Alan Feldman, president
of the board of directors at GrassRoots, called the film “bigoted” and
“historically inaccurate.”

“What’s objectionable about the film from my
personal point of view is that it is a Holocaust denial film,” Feldman
said.

Feldman said the board is not skirting the issue or denying
Campbell’s right to air the film, but is giving the issue “tremendous
attention.”

“Certainly I think this world would be a much better place if
we didn’t have to address issues of bigotry and anti-Semitism,” Feldman said.
“But I also welcome the opportunity to address them from an intellectual
standpoint.”

Feldman stressed the board is not going to argue with
Campbell on his Holocaust thesis, but will focus on station
policy.

“We’re not here in my opinion as a platform for racial bigotry.
We’re here to promote our fantastic community and to bring the community
together,” Feldman said.

He invited anyone in the community to get
involved in the open meeting to decide policy on the matter.

The board
has a tentative meeting time scheduled at the Red Brick Building on Thursday at
12:30 p.m.

http://aspentimes.com/article/20071006/NEWS/71005043

________________________________________________

Letter to the Editor from Steve
Campbell Glenwood Springs

Fri 10/05/2007 00:01AM MST

Editor:

Earlier this year I wrote
a letter defending Holocaust revisionists.  I continue to stand by that
letter.  On Monday, Oct. 8, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., GrassRoots TV Channel
12 will air "Judea Declares War on Germany:  A Critical Look at World War
II."

This video features Dr. Frederick Töben of the Adelaide Institute,
who has been studying the so-called Jewish Holocaust for more than 30 years. The
documentary focuses on the alleged gassing of prisoners in German concentration
camps.

There are those who do not want you to learn the information
contained within this video.  Evidence is presented that seriously calls
into question what we have been led to believe from supposedly historically
accurate movies, books and eyewitness accounts.

All that is asked is that
you listen to the evidence and decide for yourself what is true.  Dr. Töben
states:  "Healing can only take place when the world is able to openly
discuss the facts about this event."

Steve Campbell
Glenwood
Springs

http://www.aspendailynews.com/archive_21992

_____________________________________________

HELP! Please Ask Grassroots TV
to Allow "Judea Declares War on Germany"

A colleague recently
tried to put "Judea Declares War on Germany" (about this and other DVDs - Free online condensed version) on Grassroots
TV in Aspen, CO.

He was previously successful with putting some of my other DVDs (more info) on public access TV
there, as have an increasing number of others across the U.S.

He wrote to
the newspaper there, and had a letter published called "Defending Holocaust Revisionists."

As a
result, the Grassroots TV is having second-thoughts about allowing this video to
be aired. (Legally, they might actually be required, I believe, if they're
viewed as public access TV as part of cable; but that doesn't mean they won't
fight it.)

Below is a letter from the gentleman who would like to put
"Judea Declares War on Germany" on Grassroots TV there. At the bottom of his
letter, please see contact information for the Grassroots TV Board of
Directors.

Please consider writing them - DO NOT BE RUDE - and kindly
request that they allow this video to be aired in the interest of fair play:
Everyone has seen the opposing views from elementary school to college, and many
people are curious as to what revisionists believe.

PLEASE, take a couple
minutes and send these gentlemen a brief letter, asking that they honor our
cherished First Amendment rights and allow others to get a glimpse of opposing
viewpoints. Thanks for any help with this
matter.

Quote:

Today I was informed by
Grassroots TV Executive Feldman watched the video through the link I provided,
and Mr. Feldman wanted to cancel the airing of the video, so after contacting
the other board members (Tom McCabe, Michael Lipkin, Jerald Bovino, Richard
Cohen, Shellie Roy and Sam Green), they decided to postpone the airing of the
video that had been scheduled for Monday, Oct. 8, until they have a board
meeting which is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 11, 12:30 PM at either the studio
or next door in the conference room of the Red Brick, after which I would guess
they would make a decision for or against airing.

If the Board of
Directors abides by the mission statement, programming philosophy and core
values of Grassroots TV, their decision should be in the affirmative.

If
you have watched "Judea Declares War on Germany," please email the board
officers and members and urge them to air the film to the public. And even if
you have not watched it for some reason (perhaps you don't have high speed
internet), please read the mission statement, programming philosophy and core
values below and understand that even if you think you wouldn't agree with the
content, you would urge them to air it anyway for the important reasons stated
below, basically protecting free speech and the free flow of ideas.

This
is probably the pivotal issue of our day and perhaps all time.

And if you
live in the valley and can make the time, please attend the board meeting next
Thursday, Oct. 11, at 12:30 PM. The public is welcome. You can email John
Masters at [email-masked] He should be privy to
the message you are sending. Please be respectful to all and be concise. You may
also include me as a recipient of your email if you wish. I would appreciate
hearing from you.

This is for all of us.

Thank you,

Steve Campbell

GrassRoots Board of
Directors

Officers:

Alan Feldman, acting
president
[email-masked]

Tom McCabe, vice president
[email-masked]

Shellie Roy, treasurer
[email-masked]

Members:

Richard
A. Cohen
[email-masked]

Michael Lipkin
[email-masked]

Jerald Bovino, M.D.
[email-masked]

Sam Green
[email-masked]

Mission
Statement

GrassRoots Television is devoted to protecting and nurturing
channels of mass communication for unlimited use by all citizens in order that
they may better maintain their Liberty, govern their Democracy, and enrich the
quality of their lives and the lives of their fellow citizens.

In the
Roaring Fork Valley we are committed to providing the highest quality personal
service, training, and production facilities to ensure the greatest possible
access to electronic media content creation and its distribution between all
citizens, their organizations and the community at large.

We strive to
demonstrate that citizen determined media is an essential attribute of a healthy
and progressive democratic community.

Programming
Philosophy

GrassRoots TV12 is Unique: Unlike any other TV channel,
GrassRoots TV12 operates media that defines and strengthens our community. It is
the only media whose mission is to provide unlimited opportunity of access so
that any individual or organization in the Roaring Fork Valley may communicate
with the local community at large.

Because GrassRootsTV12 users and
service recipients control the content by being, and knowing the producers, it
is bottom-up grassroots community interest, consensus and norms that determine
the content and its limits, not a top-down owner, editor, board of directors,
publisher or government order. Due to this combination of freedom and local
relevancy, much of the content on GrassRoots TV12 cannot exist on any other
channel.

Access to mass media, even on public radio and PBS, is fully
controlled by the gatekeepers of those media. Only community television allows
community members themselves to determine the content. It is a true home of
Liberty and the First Amendment. Wide-net public support and many small donors
allow GrassRoots TV12 to remain non-commercial and apolitical, and to value
diversity and individual expression over purposefully targeting a commercial or
specific donor audience.

Core Values :: GrassRoots TV12 Vision

We
passionately believe that the health of our community and ultimately of human
society and the global ecology depends on inclusive communal problem solving.
Such just solutions are only possible with the active participation of, and
unlimited communications between, literate and sovereign citizens. The
acceptance of every human being’s inherent right to free speech, peaceful
assembly and access to information is the keystone of Liberty, Democracy and
progress. The need for individuals to secure and exercise these rights was
identified at least as far back as Rousseau and Locke, was consecrated by
Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, put into powerful action by
Franklin and Paine, secured by the People in the Constitution of the United
States of America and is the essence of Walter Paepcke’s Aspen
Idea.

GrassRoots TV12 provides an egalitarian, apolitical and
non-judgmental community media resource where the ideals of freedom and
democracy are protected and nurtured. GrassRoots TV12 enables and encourages
citizens to participate in unrestricted civil discourse, free personal
expression and open access to electronic media distribution.

GrassRoots
TV12 is viewed as a valuable community asset. It weaves together the interests
and needs of politically separate but geographically and economically linked
counties, municipalities and neighborhoods into a single Roaring Fork Valley
community. It helps dissimilar individuals understand their common challenges,
needs, values and dreams.

This unlimited communications link between
individual citizens, their organizations and the community at large fulfills the
intent of The First Amendment, enlivening our freedoms of speech and assembly
from abstract guarantees into powerful tools for creating and sustaining a
healthy, vital and progressive community.

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