Glenn Beck planning boycott of Charles Darwin movie
by Andrew Pulver from on (#CZYF)
Rightwing broadcaster uses his national US radio show to urge action against Disney film about historic HMS Beagle voyage that led to theory of evolution
Former Fox News commentator Glenn Beck has suggested a boycott of the just-announced Disney film about the celebrated English naturalist Charles Darwin, during an episode of his nationally syndicated radio show.
Disney's plan to greenlight a film about Darwin's voyage on board HMS Beagle in the 1830s - the expedition that revolutionised scientific understanding of evolution and natural selection - was made public a week ago. A rough reception was inevitable after the difficulties faced in the US by a previous Darwin film, Creation.
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