"More than 500 prominent historians and other scholars have now signed the petition protesting C-SPAN's plan to broadcast a lecture by Holocaust-denier David Irving on its program 'Book TV.'" Among whom are Alan Dershowitz and Harold Bloom. From the article:

"C-SPAN officials claimed earlier this month that the broadcast of Irving would be needed to 'balance' its planned broadcast of a speech by Holocaust historian Prof. Deborah Lipstadt. (Lipstadt subsequently withdrew her permission for C-SPAN to broadcast her lecture, to protest C-SPAN's plan to give Irving a platform. As a matter of principle, Lipstadt refuses to debate Holocaust-deniers.) C-SPAN's Book TV executive producer Connie Doebele said: 'You know how important fairness and balance is at C-SPAN. We work very, very hard at this. We ask ourselves, "Is there an opposing view of this?" ' (Washington Post, March 15, 2005)

"Wyman Institute director Dr. Rafael Medoff strongly disagreed with Doebele, saying: 'The Holocaust is not a topic with "opposing views." It is a historical fact. Giving a platform to a Holocaust-denier to "balance" a Holocaust historian is as outrageous as giving a platform to the Flat Earth Society to balance a speech by an astronomer. Like any responsible news outlet, C-SPAN should not broadcast speeches or statements it knows to be false.'"