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Viacom Inc-owned TV Land declined to comment on why it has
pulled the re-runs, but there has been growing criticism of
displays of the Civil War-era flag in the wake of the shooting
of nine black churchgoers in South Carolina last month.
The man arrested in the shooting, Dylann Roof, is a 21-year-old
white man who had posed with a Confederate battle flag in photos
posted on a website that displayed a racist manifesto attributed
to him.
"Dukes of Hazzard" ran from 1979 to 1985 and centered on the
fictional Duke family, who lived in rural Georgia. An orange car
bearing a Confederate flag design of the roof and nicknamed
"General Lee" was regularly featured in the show.
Fans of the program took to social media to express frustration
with TV Land's decision. A Change.org petition to bring the show
back had more than 1,800 supporters as of Wednesday morning.
(Reporting by Katherine Davis-Young; Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy
and Grant McCool)
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