Boston's GBH Won't Air Debate on Armenian Genocide

Boston Globe reported today that "Joining several public television stations around the country, Boston's WGBH has decided not to air a panel discussion that questions Turkey's role in the slaughter of Armenians at the time of World War I."

Thousands of Armenian-Americans -- and several congressmen -- have protested the discussion, comparing it to following a documentary on the Holocaust with a panel featuring Holocaust deniers. Los Angeles's KCET-TV and New York's WNET-TV are among the other stations that will not air the panel discussion.

''We at WGBH have reviewed the documentary, and we feel that it stands on its own," WGBH spokeswoman Lucy Sholley said yesterday. ''This was an editorial decision."