Good News - March 2021

OUT AND ABOUT 40 MARCH 2021 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida Edition Lifetime TV demanded in February that D. James Kennedy Ministries (DJKM) eliminate all "controversial" content fromTruths That Trans- form, its weekly half-hour Chris- tian broadcast. Specifically, Lifetime an- nounced it would no longer air programming that addressed abortion or Left-wing financier George Soros. And it refused to carry any DJKM program- ming—even broadcasts cele- brating George Washington—unless the media ministry founded in 1974 agreed to Lifetime's sweeping new conditions. "Because of Lifetime's newfound ban on so-called 'controversial' content, D. James Kennedy Ministries has been forced off the cable chan- nel—to which we have paid enormous fees since 2018 to air our program," said Frank Wright, Ph.D., DJKM President and CEO. Lifetime's sudden decision to impose severe content restric- tions came after nearly three years during which the cable channel aired, without comment, Truths That Transformprograms addressing abortion and other matters of concern to Christian social conservatives. Just last October, Lifetime ran—without protest—D. James Kennedy Ministries' blockbuster docu- mentary, Billionaire Radical: George Soros and the Scheme to RemakeAmerica. Yet in February Lifetime joined the growing number of private media firms—among them Twitter, Facebook, Google, Apple and others— who are deplatforming and si- lencing outspoken Christian and conservative voices. "We will not cave to the cancel culture," Wright as- serted. "D. James Kennedy Ministries is committed to pro- claiming biblical truth and de- fending freedom in America. We simply cannot water down our message to please Lifetime and be faithful to our mission." Wright added that DJKM is actively working to find new broadcast distribution channels to replace its lost platform on Lifetime—which reaches 105 million TV households nation- wide. Doing so, Wright said is enormously expensive and is made all the more difficult be- cause of the recent decision by some networks to eliminate all religious programming. "We are extremely grateful to our partners who are praying for us and standing with us by their much-needed financial support now," Wright said. "But this is not just about us," Wright continued. "We are at a critical turning point in our culture. The cancel culture is in high gear and coming after anyone who speaks with courage and candor to the great moral and cultural issues of our day. With God's help, we will not bow." D. James Kennedy Min- istries is a media ministry whose television programs, Truths That Transform and The Coral Ridge Hour, air nation- wide. It actively communicates the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the supremacy of His Lordship, and a Biblically informed view of the world. DJKM.org 'Cancel Culture' Strikes D. James Kennedy Ministries