The Gospel Music Association issued a statement this week after Dove Award-winning artist Kirk Franklin announced that he would be boycotting GMA along with the Trinity Broadcasting Network and the Dove Awards after a portion of his acceptance speech speaking on a police-involved killing was edited out.
President and Executive Director Jackie Patillo released a statement following Franklin’s boycott announcement stating that the Dove Awards had taken note of his complaint.
She wrote, “Due to our broadcast window, we had to significantly edit the Dove telecast to 2 hours, which aired Sunday, October 20th. In light of this, we understand that many were disappointed because there were so many memorable moments and noteworthy portions of acceptance speeches absent.”
“Specifically,” she continued, “we were made aware of troubling concerns regarding the edit of Kirk Franklin’s acceptance speech. At the request of Kirk’s team, we held our response regarding those concerns until we were able to speak with Kirk privately, apologize directly, and discuss resolutions to rectify this unfortunate issue.
“With that said, we would like to publicly acknowledge that we are deeply apologetic for the missteps that happened relating to the editing of Kirk Franklin’s Dove Awards acceptance speech. We…
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