The State - News from Dec. 14, 1988
A television episode of “Midnight Caller” that depicts a bisexual man knowingly spreading the AIDS virus to a pregnant woman is irresponsible and ignorant, AIDS groups charged during a protest in which 10 demonstrators were arrested at a San Francisco television station. The new NBC drama aired Tuesday night, following 10 script changes and several months of negotiations between the producer and a coalition of AIDS groups. Between 200 and 300 people, some blowing whistles, gathered outside KRON-TV offices in San Francisco in a noisy protest sponsored by the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, or ACT-UP. About 150 of the demonstrators entered the building and sat in the lobby. Police said 10 people were arrested.
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