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Escaping the KKK Cancelled By A&E Before Premiere

December 24, 2016 by RenewCancelTV 5 Comments

Escaping the KKK: A Documentary Series Exposing Hate in America TV Series Cancelled Renewed

A&E has cancelled docu-series Escaping the KKK ahead of its Jan. 10 premiere. Citing ethical violations, the network announced it will not be moving forward with the series:

The documentary ‘Escaping the KKK’ was intended to serve as a close look at anti-hate extractors focused on helping people leave the Ku Klux Klan—the racist hate group with a long history of violence against African Americans and others. Our goal with this series has always been to expose and combat racism and hatred in all its forms.

However, A&E learned last night from the third-party producers who made the documentary that cash payments — which we currently understand to be nominal — were made in the field to some participants in order to facilitate access. While we stand behind the intent of the series and the seriousness of the content, these payments are a direct violation of A&E’s policies and practices for a documentary. We had previously provided assurances to the public and to our core partners – including the Anti-Defamation League and Color of Change – that no payment was made to hate group members, and we believed that to be the case at the time. We have now decided not to move forward with airing this project.

A&E takes the authenticity of its documentary programming and the subject of racism, hatred and violence very seriously. Just because this particular show goes away, the issues of hate in America do not. We will still seek to fight hate in America through on-air programming including town halls and documentary programs produced in partnership with civil rights organizations, as well as continue to work with the civil rights community to facilitate a deeper dialogue on ending hate through comprehensive educational and outreach campaigns.

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Comments

  1. HA! says

    December 25, 2016 at 11:57

    Remember… there’s NO SUCH THING as “bad” press… promoting the KKK on TV, where any impressionable mind can see it, just seems wrong or at least irresponsible, regardless of the reason.

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  2. Rivka says

    December 26, 2016 at 16:35

    Wow great… I agree with HA, why promote more hate in this crazy world for all to see on tv yet… yikes!

    Reply
  3. Wes Meyerholtz says

    December 26, 2016 at 22:02

    In this case, the KKK which is amazingly and sadly still active shouldn’t be promoted by any network. There are just too many hate mongers out there. A & E made the right call.

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  4. Diane Miller says

    December 27, 2016 at 11:33

    Great news! No matter the content it would have been turned around to the KKK advantage! This show show should have never been considered!

    Reply
  5. Corey says

    January 17, 2017 at 17:19

    I wish people knew there’s actually 4ks not 3. If your going to make comments about a group know the correct name.

    Reply

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