George Putnam (newsman)
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George Putnam (July 14, 1914 – September 12, 2008) was an American television news reporter and talk show host based in Los Angeles.
In 1965, Putnam narrated a film entitled Perversion for Profit, in which he warned viewers about magazines containing nudity and homosexual material, saying homosexuals were "perverted" and "misfits", as well as implying they were child molesters.
- "...psychiatrists believe that prolonged exposure of even the normal [heterosexual] male adult to this type of publication [gay-themed magazines], though he may not be aware of its true nature, will nevertheless pervert [him]. Think then, of the consequences to the inexperienced youth, who in purchasing and studying this material, becomes a pawn for these misfits – these homosexuals [...] today's conquest, they [homosexuals] say, is tomorrow's competition. [an image of a young boy in a suggestive pose appears on screen] See the tender age at which homosexuals prefer their conquest!"
The film was financed by Charles Keating.
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