ScreamingEagle
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Originally A&E wanted Duck Dynasty to be just a bunch of rednecks that everybody could just laugh at.....typical of leftie media broadcasters...
But it didn't turn out that way......Duck Dynasty turned the tables by becoming a VERY popular TV show that millions watch....maybe because the public can relate to them....?
Now it's believed that A&E 'set up' the rednecks at the interview where Robertson was asked about homosexuality......yes A&E was present at the interview and knew full well what was going on....it is believed that the A&E TV execs didn't care for the family's religious opinions and intended to take them down a peg or two....
However Phil Robertson isn't backing down......and the massive blowback from the public is blowing A&E away.....is this REAL America....the grassroots of the Tea Party speaking or what....?
But it didn't turn out that way......Duck Dynasty turned the tables by becoming a VERY popular TV show that millions watch....maybe because the public can relate to them....?
Now it's believed that A&E 'set up' the rednecks at the interview where Robertson was asked about homosexuality......yes A&E was present at the interview and knew full well what was going on....it is believed that the A&E TV execs didn't care for the family's religious opinions and intended to take them down a peg or two....
However Phil Robertson isn't backing down......and the massive blowback from the public is blowing A&E away.....is this REAL America....the grassroots of the Tea Party speaking or what....?
The source continued, It is our belief that they knew what was going to happen and then used the situation to exercise control over Phil. It is our understand that when the TV executives came up with the concept for the show they wanted it to be a case of people laughing at a bunch of backward rednecks. But when it didnt turn out like that and people actually started identifying with the way the family behaved and were laughing with them, not at them, they became uncomfortable. It did not sit will with the New York TV types.
The source also said that the family feels A&E was uncomfortable with the familys insistence that there would be a strong religious presence in the show. They knew Phil was the driving force behind this and we think they have used this situation to bring him in line so they could steer the show back down the path they originally intended for it.
Other reports have stated that the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation held a call with A&E before its decision to suspend Robertson.
The blowback against A&E has been massive, with millions of people demonstrating support for Robertson, and commentators from both left and right condemning the network for its attempt to take Robertson off the air.
Report: 'Duck Dynasty' Family Believe A&E 'Hung [Them] Out to Dry'