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[RMalloy]

www.drudgereport.com/ - 27k - Sep 21, 2004 -

Article from Cincinnati.com on Drudge. Your calls and e-mails to
local CBS' do work !

[SangRun Hunter]

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/09/23/loc_bronson23.html

Here is the direct link to the article.

Peter Bronson is a great columnist and he was run out of the editors job because he's too cconservative. Such a shame.



Local CBS-TV affiliate feels the backlash


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Dan Rather caught with his pants down is the biggest firestorm at CBS since Janet Jackson with her top off. And local network affiliates like WKRC-TV (Channel 12) in Cincinnati are the first to feel the heat.

"We're getting a lot of e-mails and phone calls,'' said WKRC general manager Christopher Sehring, underlining "a lot.''

Anchorman Rather was forced to admit Monday that CBS could not prove the authenticity of a memo used on 60 Minutes II to accuse President Bush of shirking National Guard duty.

"We don't have any influence over CBS,'' Sehring said. "But all of the e-mails I get are being sent directly to New York (headquarters) with a note that says, 'Look, this is what our viewers are feeling, and they're feeling betrayed.' ''

In Roanoke, Va., a CBS affiliate manager told Variety, "Stations are being hammered, and we are taking a beating.''

In Columbus, the CBS affiliate was picketed.

Sehring wants local viewers to know that "we got the message - and we got it right from the start.''

Affiliates scorched CBS for the Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction'' at the Super Bowl, and Wednesday, the FCC fined CBS $550,000. If affiliates get mad enough about "Rathergate,'' heads could roll.

"I'm sure it will be discussed at the affiliates board meeting'' on Oct. 5, Sehring said. "If it's like the Janet Jackson episode, we will let them know that they have put us in a very difficult position.''

Rather has long been a flaky national poster boy for media bias - despite stiff competition. He personally attacked Vice President George H. Bush in a 1988 interview, kissed up to Saddam Hussein, made excuses for President Clinton's lies, and "broke'' the lunatic 1992 election-eve story that President Bush disrupted the wedding of Ross Perot's daughter.

Now the 60 Minutes stopwatch is ticking on Rather. "He's had a long career and done a lot of good things, but I feel our viewers aren't satisfied yet,'' Sehring said. "I don't want to see his head on a platter, but CBS needs to do more than say, 'We were misled.' ''

Good point. "We were misled'' is nearly as misleading as the questionable memos. CBS and Rather ignored stoplights flashed by their own "experts,'' left out denials by the family of the alleged writer of the memo and relied on an avowed supporter of John Kerry, Bill Burkett, who had been peddling the story for years.

"This one didn't pass all the filters,'' Sehring said. "I can't imagine on a local level that it would even get this far. We stay non-partisan and check our stuff.''

It gets worse. Rather's producer, Mary Mapes, contacted a Kerry campaign official to put him in touch with Burkett and his "documents'' - yet CBS refused to divulge Burkett as its source for 13 days.

"We all know that's not right,'' Sehring said.

Mapes has been called an outspoken liberal who loathes the Bushes. She is a disgrace to journalism. But Mapes and Rather shot themselves in the foot with the smoking gun for liberal-media bias, which reeks worse with every presidential election.

How can anyone trust CBS campaign coverage when the news is Rather biased? He should apologize to Bush and resign, but don't hold your breath.

And don't blame Sehring and WKRC. He urges viewers to complain directly to CBS bosses in New York via e-mail at: audsvcs@cbs.com or 60II@cbsnews.com

"CBS is a great network, and I'm proud to defend it,'' he said. "But it's hard to defend this.''

E-mail pbronson@enquirer.com or call 768-8301.
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Mad as Hell!

[GiveMeFreedom]

hehehehe....I just sent both of these two addresses this email:

Dear Sir/Madam;

I find it reprehensible that in a time of war, a national broadcasting station in the United States such as CBS, would try to change the outcome of a presidential election. This display of obvious bias in the media is disgusting. I used to love to watch "60 minutes", and enjoyed Andy Rooney's quips at the end, but I won't partake anymore.

At a time when we have soldiers dying in 2 wars, CBS has single-handedly changed the discussions on all the network news stations to be one of concern about a war-time president that "might not" have shown up for a physical 35 years ago, instead of the most serious issues this nation currently faces. This, 2 weeks after Dan Rather states himself that the discussions should NOT be about a war that happened 35 years ago. If you really wanted to prove that you were investigating BOTH sides of the Vietnam era disagreements, then why hasn't CBS interviewed any of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth? This country deserves to NOT be manipulated by the press. We are intelligent people and can make up our own minds, if you simply do your job, and just report the truth. Yes, it's that simple.

Thanks a lot. Now, every time I turn on the news or a talk-radio program, I have to hear about "Rathergate" for 30 minutes, before I can get to the real news of the day. With one fell swoop of your hands you have totally discredited your organization.

A VERY concerned citizen of the United States of America.
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[hanna]

There was a link on freerepublic where you could e-mail all 200 affiliates by writing one e-mail. If you search for, e-mail all CBS affiliates, I think you will find it.

[The Ghost]

man it is going to get worst ,,never better
http://www.nationalreview.com/kerry/kerry200409231516.asp

[Poposwife_Retiredarmywife]

Letter sent to CBS announcing one small families Boycott.

Due to the extremes in Bias from your employees, I regret to inform you that yet another viewing family will no longer be watching your programming. Not simply your News Programs, but the station as a whole. I do not wish to see news "blurbs" during the day or evening, and the way to assure that is to simply boycott your channels.

I will no longer visit www.wral.com for my news resources, nor watch channel 14 in my area. I can garner information on weather/news/sports from other sites/resources.

It is a sad day when those we depend on, yes...depend on, to give us the information we need resort to underhanded tactics to influence our choices and our lives.

We are a family of six as a unit, and I am one of six children...with a very large extended family. I will also be doing my best to get the 20+ families I am related to, spread in different areas of the USA to also boycott and ask them to kindly to speak with friends in the area to allow others to increase this boycott. This does not include my in-laws, or friends.

Granted I know that doesn't seem like many people, but every person tends to help when it comes to proving a point.

My point is this....
With the advancements in technology, many times we can get to the bottom of things in a much more efficient manner. We need the news, but can get it other ways.

Therefore we viewers do not need your stations, on the other hand...your stations do need viewers.

I kindly ask you for a much more stringent leash on your media relations, however you feel best to go about it.

Until then
Lorelei (last name removed)

[RMalloy]

Here's another little excerpt from the article:

[eXcel]

if you write to affiliates, tell them the only way they can redeem themselves is to give the swiftvets exposure.

[Paul R.]