— James B. StewartDisney had to ask televangelist Pat Robertson to lobby some carriers, such as EchoStar Communications, after the satellite broadcaster tried to drop the Family channel. In a letter to EchoStar, Robertson wrote that he couldn’t believe the company would deny its subscribers “quality family programs” at the same time as it provided “five channels of pornographic material.”
Replicated under Fair Use from DisneyWar by James B. Stewart. (Pg. 377)