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...history; members of an estimated 40 million households were riveted to their sets to find out which sinner did the dastardly deed to J.R. But the show also turned off an increasingly militant minority of viewers: in the past nine months half a million Christians have pledged themselves to boycott the products of sponsors of television programs like Dallas that "depict scenes of adultery, sexual perversion or incest, or which treat immorality in a joking or otherwise favorable light...
...boycott has been largely ineffective, but it continues to grow, and the potential of the movement is worrying top executives of sponsoring companies and network officials. Says Alfred Schneider of ABC, the network that the campaign finds most offensive: "If you lose advertisers, that is an indirect form of censorship. When there's a threat of a boycott, there is a chilling effect." Says Ira Glasser, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union: "We believe we are facing a major struggle with these groups over the Bill of Rights." Replies John Hurt, a Tennessee minister who is leading...
...March of this year, Hurt launched a drive to get other congregations of the Churches of Christ to boycott the advertised products unless the companies agreed to stop sponsoring its hit-listed shows. By mid-June, 6,000 churches had agreed to take part. Says Hurt's literature: "They [the sponsors] are the 'Achilles' heel' of the entire television industry ... The purpose of the campaign is not to take programs off the air, but to insist that they be cleaned up so that they are no longer an insult to decency and [a] negative influence...
...South House Committee plans to stick to its decision to end the boycott. Brian M. Covino '81, chairman of the South House Committee, said yesterday the committee will listen to any objections to the CRR, but he has not yet received any complaints from House residents and does not expect the committee to change its mind...
...other students' sense of history seemed keener and, at their request, the Freshman Council and Adams House Committee reconvened this week to reconsider the boycott. Memories refreshed, the Freshman Council decided to reverse its decision and Adams House will delay sending a representative to CRR while it conducts a House referendum this week. The committee also decided to set up a task force in the House which will work with other Houses to investigate the CRR's history and structure...