Official Apologizes for Movie Criticism
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
An Oklahoma congressman apologized “for appearing insensitive” to Holocaust atrocities when he criticized NBC for airing “Schindler’s List” during family viewing time despite its violence and nudity. Republican Rep. Tom A. Coburn reconsidered his comments after several fellow Republicans chided him and applauded NBC for airing the Oscar-winning movie about a businessman who saved 1,100 Jews from the Nazis.
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