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http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/#film2Conservative "pro-family" and religious groups are attempting to develop a strategy to battle Fox Searchlight's critically acclaimed Kinsey about the controversial sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, whom one detractor accuses of unleashing "AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, child sexual abuse, incest and pornography." However, Robert Knight, director of the conservative Culture and Family Institute in Washington, told today's (Monday) Washington Post that some critics of the film may not want to do battle with a film company owned by Rupert Murdoch. "Fox has a schizophrenic personality," Knight told the newspaper. "Conservatives appreciate Fox News Channel for bringing balance, but the Fox entertainment network, on the other hand, has clearly been the leader in driving TV into the sewer with its non-stop sexual emphasis." Meanwhile, Fox Searchlight said on Friday that it was shocked by the decision of New York public TV station WNET to reject an underwriting spot for Kinsey.Marketing chief Nancy Utley said in an interview with the Associated Press, "New York is the most sophisticated city in the country. It would never occur to me that a censorship issue would come up in New York." An official of the station called the spot "too commercial and too provocative."
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