Posted by Storm credit: wrestling-online newsletter
on 7/3/2002, 10:09 pm
L. Brent Bozell III, President of the Parents Television Council issued a statement, apologizing to World Wrestling Entertainment for his and the organization's attacks on the wrestling company. For a couple of years now, the PTC has been blaming WWE for all the children 'wrestling deaths' and also managed to force advertisers to quit advertising during WWE Smackdown! WWE then sued the PTC for slander. In his statement, Bozell said that it was premature for him to reach conclusions, blaming WWE for everything and ample evidence shows that his conclusions were incorrect. Bozell said that they based their facts on media reports and source information and didn't conduct their own investigation. "I want to be clear that WWE was correct in pointing out that various statements made by MRC, PTC and me were inaccurate concerning the identity and number of WWE Smackdown! advertisers who withdrew support from the program. Many of the companies we stated had withdrawn or pulled their support had never, in fact, advertised on Smackdown! nor had any plan to advertise on Smackdown!" he added. Bozell goes in detail about the "Florida 'wrestling' death" and how the new lawyers filed court papers in which they admit that the wrestling defense was bogus. "I regret this happening, it wasn't fair to WWE. And I say this emphatically: Please disregard what others and we have said in the past about the Florida wrestling death. Neither wrestling in general, nor WWE specifically, had anything to do with it. Of that I am certain." The letter was also CCed to Vince and Linda McMahon. The PTC website has the full written statement online which I recommend you to read at http://www.parentstv.org/Main/letters/wweretraction.asp .
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