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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Kelly Jensen Explaining the Current Debate over Parental Rights and Censorship on PBS News Hour

I have been sharing Kelly Jensen's* Censorship reporting via Book Riot on the blog regularly. But often, there is so much news she needs to give you each week that the news roundups can be overwhelming. 

Well, last night, Kelly appeared on PBS News Hour-- a national program-- and in a little over 6 minutes, she gave you all of the talking points you need to understand and explain the current situation.

You can click here to either watch her or read the full transcript.

And the fact that there is audio, video, and text of Kelly explaining this all with one easy link makes for an even more useful resource for you. Feel free to cut and paste her excellent, succinct, and incisive comments and use them as you own sound bites [with citation, of course]. But also, listen to her to fully explain the issue, what is at stake, and how things are different than in the past.

If you have had a serious challenge and/or you have a tenuous and shaky situation with your own library boards, I highly recommend taking 6-7 minutes at your next board meeting to show this clip. I truly believe that this excerpt could go a long way toward preventing a rogue board member.

As I said in my talk Monday, we need to switch gears from reactive to proactive. Kelly has been proactive all along. This segment, if shown in advance to your board, can also be a proactive measure.

Again the clip and the transcript are here.

Please find 6-7 minutes today to watch it for yourself as well.


[*Please note, Kelly and I work together on Summer Scares.]

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