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  • 2020-06-11 (xsd:date)
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  • Was the Kids' TV Show 'Paw Patrol' Canceled? (en)
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  • In June 2020, a rumor started to circulate on social media that the animated children show Paw Patrol had been canceled due to its portrayal of puppy police officers: Paw Patrol has not been canceled. This rumor started as social media users debated the impact of how police officers were portrayed on television and in movies in light of widespread protests against police brutality and racial injustice across the country. That led to long-running shows such as Cops and Live PD getting canceled, and spurred a number of people who worked on TV shows about law enforcement to donate to causes related to the Black Lives Matter movement. As protests nationwide gained momentum, some social media users posted tongue-in-cheek messages calling for the cancellation of the animated children's show. This led to a think piece published in The New York Times that stated it was only a matter of time before the protests came for Paw Patrol. The excerpt from the Times story: Shortly after the Times story was published, conservative figures such as U.S. President Donald Trump's son Eric and Dana Loesch, sometime spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association, said that the rage mob was making an effort to cancel the show. As far as we can tell, earnest calls to have Paw Patrol canceled due to its portrayal of police officers have been few and far between. While the vast majority of the posts calling for the cancellation of Paw Patrol were made in jest, they were prompted by a genuine conversation concerning the impact of how police officers are portrayed in television and movies. An old article from the satirical news publication The Onion may have contributed to some confusion over whether or not Paw Patrol got canceled. In 2018, The Onion published an article claiming that a Paw Patrol writer was defending an episode in which a German shepherd shot a black Lab 18 times in the back. Meanwhile, Nickelodeon, the network that airs Paw Patrol, has also released messages in support of the protests. It should also be noted that on June 7, 2020, the show went silent on social media in solidarity, muting its content: (en)
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