Editing John Edward (section)

====9/11 special====
Shortly after the [[September 11 attacks]], Edward began filming at least one special in which he met with some relatives of the victims, with the intention of communicating with those who were killed. According to Edward's autobiography, he did not know that the producers had chosen the victims' families to appear on the show. The trade magazine ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'' sent a story, "'Psychic' Plans WTC Victims Show", on the daily subscription-[[fax]] sent to news media and TV station executives on October 25, 2001.

Steve Rosenberg, president of domestic television at [[Studios USA]], the company that distributes Edward's program, had tentatively scheduled the program(s) to be broadcast during the November [[sweeps]] period, but news of the taping sparked a national outcry. Both the Sci Fi Channel and the ''Crossing Over with John Edward'' production office were flooded with phone calls and e-mails, some expressing outrage at the exploitation of the national tragedy, others at what they perceived as extreme tastelessness in search of ratings. Rosenberg initially ignored the criticism, insisting the programming would go on as scheduled, but within hours he terminated his plans.<ref>{{cite news |last= de Moraes |first= Lisa |title= Medium Crosses The Line: WTC Segment Canned |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date= October 26, 2001 |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/10/26/medium-crosses-the-line-wtc-segment-canned/3bf70acc-ce42-4ede-8226-25bb43e815e1/ |access-date=August 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822001302if_/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/10/26/medium-crosses-the-line-wtc-segment-canned/3bf70acc-ce42-4ede-8226-25bb43e815e1/|archive-date=August 22, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Radford |first=Benjamin |author-link=Benjamin Radford |date=January–February 2002 |title=John Edward's televised tragedy seance scrapped |journal=[[Skeptical Inquirer]] |volume=26 |issue=1 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_1_26/ai_80924575 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015132341/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_1_26/ai_80924575 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 15, 2007 |access-date=December 18, 2006 }}</ref>