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Tell NBC to STOP showing Under Wild Skies on it's network

Cynthia P.

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Jon Miller, President of Programming NBC Sports and NBC Sports Network

New: Facing a backlash, the host of this show, Tony Makris, compared his critics to Hitler.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/09/27/nbc-sports-host-who-shot-elephant-in-face-compa/196122

Tell NBC that killing elephants (or any animal) for fun is not entertainment and not acceptable.

The show Under Wild Skies glorifies killing of innocent and endangered species in a canned hunt. NBC has taken money from the National Rifle Association in order to air this show starring Tony Makris, the PR strategist and lobbyist for the NRA as the hunter. Makris shoots and laughs as he kills the animals.
Children are watching and being taught that killing animals is fun. NBC calls this "entertainment".

Considering that elephants may be extinct in only 10 years, this show is extremely poor taste and judgement on the part of a major media outlet. Furthermore, NBC taking $$$ from the NRA is highly questionable ethics for this media outlet.

Here is some background on this story from the LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-nbc-sports-elephant-hunting-20130926,0,4123743.story

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