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DATE: Thursday, February 27, 1997 TAG: 9702270043
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-8 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
SOURCE: Associated Press
An Oklahoma congressman apologized Wednesday ``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 Coburn reconsidered his earlier comments after several fellow Republicans chided him and applauded NBC for airing the Oscar-winning movie about a Nazi businessman who saved 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust.
``I feel terrible that my criticism of NBC for airing this movie has been misinterpreted as a criticism of `Schindler's List,' or the millions of Jews who died senselessly during the Holocaust,'' he said.
On Tuesday, the second-term lawmaker and physician who heads the Congressional Family Caucus said NBC took network television ``to an all-time low, with full-frontal nudity, violence and profanity.''
- Associated Press
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