"Loose Change" won't be an in-flight offering at Virgin Atlantic after all

after announcing last week that they would be including "loose change" in their in-flight video entertainment selections, virgin atlantic has reversed their decision after taking heat from the usual suspects, among them, michelle malkin... needless to say, i found that distressing and was moved to write... (you can write them here if you so choose...)

Dear Friends at Virgin Atlantic,

I flew your airline from San Francisco to London Heathrow last July. I was pleased with the service and especially with the in-flight entertainment. I used to work for United Airlines and am very familiar with the in-flight services of many airlines and was particularly impressed with that of Virgin Atlantic.

The movie I chose to watch was "V for Vendetta." I had heard a great deal about that movie and was pleased to find it as part of the movie selection on my Virgin flight. I learned last week that Virgin had elected to show the 9/11 movie, "Loose Change," and was even more impressed with Virgin's willingness to offer a broad and unbiased spectrum of video entertainment.

Today, I read that Virgin has decided to pull "Loose Change" from the in-flight video offerings due to protests from a small but vocal group of people who represent an unfortunately vicious element in the extreme right-wing of the United States. If you explored the background of these people, particularly Michelle Malkin, you would be aghast at the venom they spew, cloaked in the guise of patriotism.

I am distressed that a fine airline like Virgin Atlantic, particularly one that is headed by a visionary like Richard Branson, would allow itself to be jerked around by hate-mongers. I would encourage you to reconsider.

Best regards,

here's the response virgin gave malkin...

Over at Hot Air, a statement from Virgin Atlantic--which has retreated from offering a 9/11 conspiracy documentary as in-flight entertainment:

We will not be showing Loose Change 2 on our aircraft. We don’t show movies or documentaries that cause mass offence and there is a danger with this movie that viewers, although they have the choice over what to watch and when on our flights, may be offended. Virgin Atlantic is known for showing the latest movies and media trends on its multi award-winning inflight entertainment system and we believe travellers have the right to choose from as wide a choice as possible.

and here's what started it off...

Wednesday Stupid: Virgin Atlantic offers Loose Change 2 as in-flight entertainment

What can one say about this? Make an absolutely crappy documentary, put scary music on it, make out George W. Bush to be eeeevil, and moonbats with money bags will beat a path to your door to put your lousy film on their airplanes.

what a shame...

(thanks to prison planet via casey at open your mind's eye...)

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