REALITY TELEVISION & RURAL AMERICA
- Unions to Protest "The Real Beverly Hillbillies"

The President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is urging CBS and Viacom to shelve plans to produce "The Real Beverly Hillbillies," and is encouraging New Yorkers to rally against CBS and the show on May 21. It begins at 9 a.m. inside the Equitable Center Building at 7th Avenue and 51st Street in downtown Manhattan.
According to the UMWA President "this show, if produced, will feature a family that's been plucked from rural America (and probably had a rough go of it) and plop them in a Beverly Hills mansion to see how well they can manage. [The show] would accomplish little more than to perpetuate outdated and cruel stereotypes that rightfully anger rural Americans."

In addition to the United Mine Workers, the Steelworkers, Communication Workers, Food and Commercial Workers, Flight Attendants, Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers and Service Employees have written CBS and Viacom to voice their opposition to the show. "To date, they have not recieved a response." (NYC indie Media +)

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