Rural Reality
CBS television never produced the "Real Beverly Hillbillies." They did not explain why or say that it would not be produced. They just stopped talking about it.

We count that as a victory for rural America.

Sam Brownback - CBS Can Do Better
A letter to CBS from the Kansas Senator.

Kit Bond - Moral and Creative Bankruptcy
A letter to Rural Reality from the Missouri Senator.

Hal Rogers - A Slap in the Face
The Congressman from Kentucky writes to CBS and Moonves.

Zell Miller - Ethics-Free Zone?
Comments made by the Senator from Georgia.

Ed Whitfield - Do Not Proceed
A letter to Viacom exec Mel Karmazin from Kentucky Congressman Ed Whitfield.

Mike Huckabee - Common Decency?
An opinion piece by the Governor of Arkansas.

Fenton Johnson - Gold in them thar Hillbillies
An opinion piece from the Los Angeles Times by the author of the forthcoming Keeping Faith: A Skeptic's Journey.

Dee Davis - Lights, Wires, and Ridicule in a Box
Opinion piece by the President of the Center for Rural Strategies.

Rudy Abramson - Up From CBS Comes Bubbling Crudity
An opinion piece from the Los Angeles Times by an editor of the Encyclopedia of Appalachia.

Loyal Jones - We Aren't Laughing
Opinion piece by the retired director of the Berea College Appalachian Center.

Anne Shelby - Hillbillies Get Organized
Opinion piece from the mouth of Teges.

A sampling of comments from visitors to the web site.

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