OSIA CSJ
Members Meet with MTV Executives
WASHINGTON, DC, March 26, 2010-
The National Commission for
Social Justice, the anti-defamation branch of the Order Sons of Italy in
America, would like to announce that on Thursday, March 18, 2010, CSJ
President, Santina Haemmerle, along with NYS CSJ President, Stella
Grillo, National CSJ President Emeritus, John Dabbene, and Counsel for
the NYS CSJ, Michael Santo, met with MTV Executives at their headquarters in
midtown Manhattan, in order to discuss the airing of the channel's "Jersey
Shore" reality series and the negative impact the show has had on Italian
Americans.
In attendance at the meeting, and
representing MTV were the following: George Cheeks, Executive Vice President
for Business and Legal Affairs; Tony DiSanto, President of Programming, Jennie
Kedas, Executive Vice President of Communications and Janette Borelli, Senior
Vice President, Standards and Practices. This meeting was held at
the request of the counsel for the New York State CSJ, Michael Santo.
The hour long meeting was found
to be productive in that the CSJ members aired the complaints of the Italian
American community over the often debated MTV "reality" show, which
depicts young men and women at a summer New Jersey beach house. The MTV
Executives were receptive to the exchange of the ideas as lead by Mr. Dabbene, with suggestions by Presidents Haemmerle and Grillo. The
meeting ended with an agreement to have a further exchange in the near future
with the hope of leading to some changes.
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The Commission for Social
Justice (CSJ) is the anti-defamation arm of the Order Sons of Italy in America
(OSIA). OSIA is the largest and
longest-established national organization representing Italian-American men
& women.
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