THE OFFICIAL BLITZ CNN VIRTUAL PROTEST ! MONDAY 8-16

Please call, fax, email, the following to voice your concerns over CNN's unfair slant to the right ! You may comment and use your own letter or use the talking points listed below or cut and paste one of the letters listed below. It is past time to make this virtual protest march on CNN and their unfair reporting tactics. Please do this to help Take Back the Media. This virtual protest is set for Monday, August 16, 2004 between the hours of 9AM ET and 4ETPM.
Please do this and make contacts on this Aug 16th date ! We will set up other virtual protests with other news organizations but the one Monday is for CNN. THE CNN VIRTUAL BLITZ !
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TO: CNN

I want to begin telling you that I am an American and have turned to the Cable News Media for news regarding the upcoming election. The people who have used their positions to slant the reporting and specials are very obvious about their conservative
Slant on documentaries and interviews. I find that the old days of
Fair journalism has faded to the far right. There are so many examples, I could not begin to name them all. The “Born to Run” was a smear on the Kerry campaign. Even the
Title may have just as well been called “Born to Run Away”. This is disgraceful !
The Fair title should have been “Born to Compete”.

You have never missed an opportunity to use sound bytes that distorts the real message of the democratic candidate. You will never report any and there are many shortcomings or misspoken words of George W. Bush. You have not given updates on the state of health of the fine Admiral who recently had a stroke, but you have chosen to replace his news for John O’Neill from the Swift Boat Vets and to help promote his book
“Unfit to Command”.

Candy Crowley is very clearly choosing to campaign for George Bush on CNN and call it reporting the news. There is too much opinion and commentary and not enough news reporting. You assume that people cannot think without your input.

I long for the days of real reporting of the news without any input from paid pundits.
We the People are tired of this Fox approach that CNN has chosen to take in reporting the news. We are tuning out CNN and its sponsors as you clearly do not represent overall, all of the people.

Name (optional)
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Or use this lettter and talking points:

Why is it that your news organization do not provide your audience with a more balanced view of Senator Kerry’s military experience in Vietnam? (EXPAND ARGUMENT) It would certainly seem that all of the “wires” which stream into your news organization would certainly have privy to such “news worthy” events such as the following:
"Ten Senior Military Officials Respond to Cheney's Latest Attacks"
See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=2204536&mesg_id=2204536
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More Talking points:

"talking points" -- here's Sheila Samples...


from her recent "open letter":

....And the bewildered "what does all this mean?" Judy Woodruff, whose questions are generally preceeded with vague non-attribution. "According to those who know," Woodruff recently asked a Kerry aide, "John Kerry has a problem. People don't know him, and those who do don't agree with him. What does this mean for Kerry? Is Kerry in trouble? How are you addressing this?"

Your recent overdosing on unsubstantiated character assassinations fed to CNN by oil-soaked creeps who call themselves "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" is disheartening. To be perfectly fair, Aaron Brown refused to cover the story. Brown did an editorial before his show after a day of blanket CNN coverage and, without mentioning the subject, said he didn't think that a rumor should be put out there to be "judged," even if both sides were represented. "For that reason," Brown said, "I will not be covering a certain story -- and YOU can be the judge of whether I am right or wrong." Oh, that there were more Aaron Browns at CNN...

However, for the rest of you to take a destructive right-wing "advertisement" smearing Senator John Kerry and give it massive "Scott Peterson" coverage goes beyond the pale. Was there not even one CNN operative who would take the time and effort to investigate these shameless allegations before running to the camera, throwing vicious rumors out there, and asking partisan pundits -- "What is the truth? Is Kerry really unfit to be president?"

If that is your idea of objectivity and "bias" for the truth, why not toss some rumors about George Bush out there for the idealogues to gnaw on? Since you have no problem going back to the 60's to dig up trash about Senator Kerry, let's see some "coverage" of Bush's cocaine habit, 40 years of being nothing but a falling-down-drunk, abandoning his duty station in time of war, his fraudulent stock dealings. Let's take a look at Bush's refusal to fund his signature Leave No Child Behind program. Let's talk about 37,000 Iraqi civilians splattered across the landscape; nearly 1,100 coalition troops slaughtered -- tell us about the investigation you are working feverishly on to discover who is responsible for the war crimes at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo prisons....

(Lots more.)

http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2004081013.htm ...

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Email and Contact info:


CNN
404 827 0234

TIME
212 522 1212

CNN- (404) 827 – 1500
CNN TV: http://www.cnn.com/feedback/cnntv /
CNN.com: http://www.cnn.com/feedback/dotcom /
Thanks to xultar for these:
am@cnn.com
wam@cnn.com
inthemoney@cnn.com
360@cnn.com
insidepoliticts@cnn.com
newsnight@cnn.com
paulazahnnow@cnn.com
paulazahn@cnn.com
daybreak@cnn.com
live@cnn.com
livetoday@cnn.com
crossfire@cnn.com
Livefrom@cnn.com
wolf@cnn.com
loudobbs@cnn.com
moneyline@cnn.com

CNN News - Charles Bierbauer, Senior Washington Correspondent charles.bierbauer@turner.com Phone: (202) 898-7542; Fax: (202) 898-7923; Address: 820 1st St NE, Washington, DC 20002
CNN News - John King, Senior White House Correspondent (no e-mail given) Phone: (202) 898-7900; Fax: (202) 898-7923; Address: 820 1st St NE, Washington, DC 20002
CNN News - Suzanne Malveaux, White House Correspondent (no e-mail given) Phone: (202) 898-7900; Fax: (202) 898-7923; Address: 820 1st St NE, Washington, DC 20002
CNN Radio - Dick Uliano, Washington Correspondent richard.uliano@turner.com Phone: (202) 898-7900; Address: 820 1st St NE, Washington, DC 20002

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form1.html?35

http://www.timewarner.com

404 827 4215

and this e-mail

eason.Jordan@turner.com

I think we should do this more often, lets see if it gets anyone's attention.

For one day, I'd like to see CNN just deluged with emails...

Send to everyone you know this information !

Far and wide. North and South. East and West. EVERYWHERE. This is Democracy by Numbers. And NUMBERS of people are what we need.

Let's kleep this one bounced up to the top all weekend!

Sent them an email ysterday, and will do so again Monday.

Excellent idea Vetwife!

here's all the emails formatted to cut/paste into a new group in your address book:

am@cnn.com, wam@cnn.com, inthemoney@cnn.com, 360@cnn.com, insidepoliticts@cnn.com, newsnight@cnn.com, paulazahnnow@cnn.com, paulazahn@cnn.com, daybreak@cnn.com, live@cnn.com, livetoday@cnn.com, crossfire@cnn.com, Livefrom@cnn.com, wolf@cnn.com, loudobbs@cnn.com, moneyline@cnn.com, charles.bierbauer@turner.com, richard.uliano@turner.com, eason.Jordan@turner.com

It's now in my address book.

Something has to work and emailing them individually hasn't.

Question, should we also email Aaron Bronwn to thank him for not doing the swiftboat rumor story? I really don't watch any of CNN anymore unless I know that they are interviewing Kerry or showing him speaking so if he is usually fair (and that's all we can ask for is fair, the truth is on our side and it's all we need)he should be encouraged.

The 1st link is to CNN feedback. Covers them all. Send a separate letter of appreciation to anchors if you want to. We just want to get our point across on the unfair reporting tactics.

on the 1st thread if someone wants to start that too !

Just love playing Captain E-Mail... I am so with ya'll

You think?

Writing and sending now

is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

That SHOULD be part of any contacts with your complaint(s).

This is GREAT, guys!

I'm in. And I'll be on jury duty next week. I'm STILL gonna call in.

on edit: Yes, they are one in the same:

http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.53/scholar.asp

I've got it bookmarked!!

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That would be a good idea.

Just got mad enough of their Fox imitation...As the rest of you.

for all your work.

I am aboard!!!

Thanks for organizing this!

Is it suggested that we send to ALL of the CNN people on the email address list, or just those of our own choosing?

We'll get 'em.

n/t

one and Time Warner is the one we should concentrate on. But I am gonna email each one of them. I cannot find a Contact email on Time Warner. They are real sneaky..They got a snail mail listed. But we do have a phone number ....

All time warner cable customers threaten to go satellite unless you see immediate change to real "JOURNALISM" and then actually do it.

broadband monopoly in this area = teh suck

I'll do my own letter and talking points. Thanks for chance.

can't wait!!!

It's better if you use the points but put them in your own words. Letters don't have to be long or witty. They will only analyze them as pro or con on a given issue anyway. Nobody at CNN is going to take the time to appreciate the subtle nuances of a Shakesperian letter.

or the effect will be minimal. leave the form letters to the freeps who can't come up with anything original.

$.02

The time has expired for me to edit. Well I am sure folks will write their own.....

As nostamj says.."no astro turf".

We can do this. And just the beginning too!

Thanks again to vetwife.

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will it stay kicked?

:kick:

I stopped watching CNN about 6 months ago I just can't stomach
their endless lying so I have no idea who is currently advertising
on this POS network.

I need a list of the advertisers best to hit them where it hurts.
They have already lost market share & their share of the market is not very big to begin with but they have high name recognition from when they actually practiced honest journalism with Ted Turner at the helm.

I read here that Kerry is not running against bush he is running against the media. This is indeed the case. CNN is front & center in this
They are despicable in their pandering to the Right wing.

The most trusted name in news... I don't fucking think so.
Who Does ???

Lets hit them right in the Advertisers a Good Swift Kick.!!

Anyone have a list?

I don't know if it is accurate or current.

http://lara.forclark.com/story/2004/2/1/153959/8553

Boycott Pox News also.

List:

AT&T Corporation,Chrm. C. Michael Armstrong, 32 Ave. of the
Americas, New York, NY 10013, Phone 212-387-5400, FAX
908-204-2186, TOLL FREE 1-800-222-0300, WEB SITE:
www.att.com , E-MAIL: cerc@attmail.com .

Chrysler Corporation, Chrm. Robert J. Eaton, 1000 Chrysler
Dr., Auburn Hills, MI 48326, Phone 810-576-5741, , TOLL FREE
1-800-992-1997.
Getting my emails ready for Monday.


Ford Motor Company, Chrm. Alex Trotman, P. O. Box 1899,
Dearborn, MI 48121, Phone 313-322-3000, TOLL FREE
1-800-392-3673, WEB SITE: www.ford.com . PRODUCTS: Budget
Rent a Car, FORD CARD AND TRUCKS, Hertz
car rentals, Lincoln luxury cars, Mercury cars and minivans.

HFS, Inc., Chrm. Henry Silverman, 339 Jefferson Rd.,
Parsippany, NJ 07054, Phone 201- 428-9700, FAX 201-428-6057.
PRODUCTS: Century 21 real estate, COLDWELL BANKER REALTY,
Days Inn motels, Howard Johnson motels, Ramada Inns motels,
Super 8 motels.

International Business Machines Corp., Chrm. Louis V.
Gerstner Jr., New Orchard Road, Armonk, NY 10504, Phone
914-499-4711, FAX 914-765-4392, WEB SITE: www.ibm.com .
PRODUCTS: IBM INFORMATION PRODUCTS, IBM office
equipment, Lotus computer software.

Motorola, Inc., Chrm. Gary L. Tooker, 1303 E. Algonquin Rd.,
Schaumburg, IL 60196, Phone 847-576-5000, FAX 847-576-5611,
WEB SITE: www.mot.com . PRODUCTS: MOTOROLA ELECTRONICS.

Ricoh Corporation, Chrm. Hisao Yuasa, 5 Dedrick Place, West
Caldwell, NJ 07006, Phone 201-882-2000, FAX 201-808-7555,
TOLL FREE 1-800-63-RICOH, WEB SITE: www.ricohcorp.com .
PRODUCTS: RICOH OFFICE EQUIPMENT, cameras.

Sony Corporation of America, Pres. Howard Stringer, One Sony
Dr., Park Ridge, NJ 07656, Phone 201-930-1000, FAX
201-358-4060. PRODUCTS: Columbia records, Columbia Pictures Industries,
Epic records, SONY ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, Tri-Star film
production.

U.S. Postal Service, Chrm. Marvin Runyon, 475 L'Enfant Plaza
S.W., Washington, DC 20260, Phone 202-268-2000, WEB SITE:
www.usps.gov .

Volkswagen of America, Inc., Chrm. Clive Warrilow, 3800
Hamlin Road, Auburn Hills, MI 48326, Phone 248-340-5100, FAX
248-340-5150, TOLL FREE 1-800-822-8987, WEB SITE: www.vw.com
. PRODUCTS: AUDI AUTOMOBILES, Volkswagen automobiles.

http://lara.forclark.com/story/2004/2/1/153959/8553

I don't know if it is accurate or current.

http://lara.forclark.com/story/2004/2/1/153959/8553

Boycott Pox News also.

Also listed...More advertisers

I woke up the day after election day in a very depressed mode and called my cable company and cancelled all those news cabal shows that I felt didn't do a fair and balanced look at our elections.

Contacts for FEC and FCC - yes, I'm posting this in our Five-Star file...

Federal Election Commission
999 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20463
(800) 424-9530 In Washington (202) 694-1100
http://www.fec.gov/
(There is no direct fax line listed, nor any specific online complaint
forms or email addresses other than the webmaster - do NOT send
complaints about this to him/her, but if you dig you might find one.)


Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Chairman Michael K. Powell: Michael.Powell@fcc.gov
Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy: Kathleen.Abernathy@fcc.gov
Commissioner Michael J. Copps: Michael.Copps@fcc.gov
Commissioner Kevin J. Martin: KJMWEB@fcc.gov
Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein: Jonathan.Adelstein@fcc.gov
General information, inquiries & complaints: fccinfo@fcc.gov
Elections & political candidate matters: campaignlaw@fcc.gov
1-888-225-5322 (1-888-CALL FCC) Voice: toll-free
1-888-835-5322 (1-888-TELL FCC) TTY: toll-free
(202) 418-2555 TTY: toll
(202) 418-0710 FAX
(202) 418-1440 Elections & political candidate matters
http://www.fcc.gov

From activist-patriot Mark Hull-Richter of our own Dem-CA groups. Not a DUer, but he deserves MONDO-KUDOS for this!

Count me in.

:kick:

RL

Come on, DUers, send a link to this thread in emails to other libs and Dems!!! (And lib Dems! LOL!)

I am definitely going to give CNN a piece of my mind Monday!

Terrific idea, and you've done a great job getting this important project going!

I contacted Buzzflash
Symbolman-TakeBack the Media
Smirking Chimp
Truthout
Moveon.org.
Bartcop
Buzzflash..


We need Folks like William Pitt to make sure they know and any who have access to these sites. Thanks !Power in numbers !

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:yourock:

I have Monday off and will be participating to the hilt.:loveya:

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I'll be emailing and calling up a storm on Monday - thanks for organizing this. It's long overdue.

To Whom it May Concern:

I'm writing to you all regarding the increasingly right-wing slant I've been seeing in CNN's news coverage lately. This isn't exactly new, in my experience, for CNN. CNN's news coverage has been slanted to the bias of its corporate owners for a number of years, now-: it has given us an unquestioned, ill-advised war; the political assassination of the front-running candidate who opposed that war, Howard Dean, by CNN's senior political analyst (and PNAC and AEI member) Bill Schneider and Candy Crowley, among others (remember that so easily thrown-about word, "electability?"); and now your "news" channel has been giving airtime to a group of Vietnam Veterans, possessing very little to no contact with Democratic presidential candidate and Senator John Kerry, who, for some reason, are out to destroy his well-earned reputation as an honored and respected veteran of the US Armed Forces, even though they hardly know the man at all. They aren't newsworthy. Why not report solid truths that have legitimate relevance with regard to the lives of your audience, for example, say, the number of American soldiers that have been killed in the Iraq war now? I wonder how many people, in particular your audience, actually realize how close we are getting to that magic number 1,000. You never talk about it. Or, at the very least, if you're going to report this garbage, why not report the fact that Bush was AWOL from the National Guard for 7 months, as shown by his pay records. I noticed that you reported on it when the pay records were released- you just neglected to mention what those records actually showed. Way to go.

Further, not only has your news coverage become slanted to the right, it's becoming sensationalistic. The Laci Peterson trial is totally unworthy of the amount of coverage that it gets. And I feel as if we're not getting news so much anymore as simple spin. You have too many pundits and analysts, most of them biased, on the air. Just report what's happening, let your audience make their own opinions. There's way too much commentary, and too little of what is actually going on. The times when I watch CNN I don't feel like I'm getting the whole news. There are plane crashes and fires and coups that I never hear about when I watch CNN. The world is a lot bigger than just what George W. Bush did today, and what David Brooks thinks about it.

My viewing of CNN has dropped dramatically, although I do still watch occassionally. Barring a significant change in CNN's coverage policies, my viewership and certainly others' will continue to move elsewhere. And you really ought to get rid of Bill Schneider. I've never seen a bigger pundit-whore in my life. Just his employment in your outfit truly destroys your news organization's credibility.

Regards,
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Sent to the list nostamj posted upthread. I tried to keep it as civilized as possible, up until the end when I called for Schneider's firing.

Can't think of a better way to spend it than giving CNN my thoughts regarding there biased and slanted reporting.

Happy Birthday ! May we all get your wish to get this maniac out of office !

.....

" I'm old enough to remember the days when journalists took pride in being investigative, and searching out the roots of every story, so that citizens could be reasonably assured of being informed.

I've been increasingly displeased with your "news" coverage, which, with a few exceptions, seems to consist of taking the press releases of Republicans, rewording a bit, and releasing it as "news". This does not an informed citzenry make.

The irony is that there has been increasingly promotion of "patriotism". Our Founding Fathers were clear that true patriotism means constantly seeking the truth, and not being afraid of stepping on powerful toes in doing so.

If any of our Founding Fathers are watching your "news" coverage, they are spinning in their graves."


Kanary, who tried to find some appropriate quotations, but struck out.... even ole' Ben Franklin let her down....

how about "It is the first responsibility of every American to question their government." (more or less) I think that was Franklin.

suitable to local news outlets. I don't want to send the same thing to too many recipients, because then, even though I'm the only one sending it, it looks repetitive.

I like your quote, and there's one from .....umm, Jefferson, I think, that I use a lot and considered including.

I'm trying to keep it in perspective...... nobody is actually going to read it.... the best to be hoped is that some newsroom gopher will scan it, and put it in a "negative" pile.

Oh well, at least *I* know I gave 'em hell.... ~~gigglesnort~~

Kanary, fresh out of quotes for now.......

Do they filter out certain words so that some won't get through?

If so what do you think those words would be?

curse words?
Words like..hate,scum?

there are two outs with the bases loaded and the people are down by three. Cnn makes right wing pitch and boycott slams one for the people. If CNN does not immediately redeem themselves now they should be destroyed through a comprehensive boycott before, not after Nov. 2

corporate boycott. And they were made to feel it in their bottom line.

CNN would react only to specific examples of unbalanced reporting, which are not found in the first letter. I'm thinking of one that angered me, a Crowley report on Kerry in which she devoted as much space to his anti-Vietnam stance (or so it seemed to me) as his actual duty. She could have at least said, "But no one can deny that John Kerry earned the right to protest; he fought heroically for his country in Vietnam." But she didn't. She let the rightwing smear job hung unfairly over his military service.

I think it's good to throw in a couple of examples of unbalanced reporting at CNN - we've seen so many over the past few years, it's hard to compile. Here are a couple more:

CNN's appalling use of Ralph Reed to comment on Edwards' DNC speech, and their use of Ed Gillespie to comment on Kerrys' speech. Even for me, used to CNN's whoring, this was just jaw-dropping.

Crowley has now run two pieces on "Democrats" who plan on voting for Bush this year - one was on hispanic Democrats, one on conservative southern Democrats. I've seen no polling information which indicates any significant numbers of D's voting R this year (in fact, I'd wager the opposite is true, if there's any trend at all). According to Crowley, Democrats are going to be flooding the polls this year to vote for Bush. This is political propaganda at its worst. She has yet to run any Republican voters who plan to vote Kerry - surely these people exist.

Why is CNN's "Senior Political Analyst" a partisan Republican?

I think this would be much more powerful if all of the letters were a response to a specific piece of programming on Sunday. I'm sure it won't be too hard to find something sickening to respond to.

Don't cut and paste..Use what you want and blitz them !

Nofacts? Is he on cnn? or msnbc? I cannot believe that man still has a job anywhere.

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Ok, tomorrow is today, but it's 6am and I haven't gone to bed yet. Darn this site. LOL.

:kick:

I'm in. . . I've got specifics ready to go collected from the dozens of e-mails I've sent to CNN in the past two months alone:argh:

I'm talking other sites, blogs, radio shows, groups etc. I think we should link this out to as many people as possible...if that hasn't already been done.

Anyone have info on this?

Some were trying to link them up and I haven't heard back yet but we need to get all onboard for the Blitz !

I wanted to keep it as short as possible and not dig into specifics. any help to tune it up would be appreciated.
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I am writing to inform you that I will no longer be tuning into CNN (with the exception of Lou Dobbs, who seems to be the only one who has kept his notes from journalism school) due to my great dissatisfaction and disapointment with your interpretation of news coverage. I will also be contacting your sponsors and informing my friends, relatives and co-workers of this opinion.

Your unrelenting jabs and not-so sly-innuendoes against opponents of the present administration and it's policies clearly shows you are not objectively reporting but are cheerleading for Mr. Bush, his friends, his family and his agenda.

I will continue to gather my news from more reputable outlets - one of which is the internet - which has proven to me time and again that I can be days, weeks or even months ahead on issues than your newspeople are.

With Disrespect,
xxx

At the same time we do this, we need to bombard CNN's advertisers! That speaks FAR MORE than emails to CNN!

Where does CNN get it's revenue? That's the KEY. Is it from ads OR from the CABLE COMPANIES that pay CNN to carry the network?

I don't know the answer for sure but I remember the flap with ESPN and cable networks over revenue so that is why I mention it.

Also, it seems that basic cable ads often include mail order 800-number ads as well as local ads. I assume it's different than ads that run on the major networks...perhaps that's why it's difficult to get a advertiser list.

Should we be going after Comcast/Time Warner/Adelphia, etc?

It was posted in another thread by Karenina.

List:

AT&T Corporation,Chrm. C. Michael Armstrong, 32 Ave. of the
Americas, New York, NY 10013, Phone 212-387-5400, FAX
908-204-2186, TOLL FREE 1-800-222-0300, WEB SITE:
www.att.com , E-MAIL: cerc@attmail.com .

Chrysler Corporation, Chrm. Robert J. Eaton, 1000 Chrysler
Dr., Auburn Hills, MI 48326, Phone 810-576-5741, , TOLL FREE
1-800-992-1997.


Ford Motor Company, Chrm. Alex Trotman, P. O. Box 1899,
Dearborn, MI 48121, Phone 313-322-3000, TOLL FREE
1-800-392-3673, WEB SITE: www.ford.com . PRODUCTS: Budget
Rent a Car, FORD CARD AND TRUCKS, Hertz
car rentals, Lincoln luxury cars, Mercury cars and minivans.

HFS, Inc., Chrm. Henry Silverman, 339 Jefferson Rd.,
Parsippany, NJ 07054, Phone 201- 428-9700, FAX 201-428-6057.
PRODUCTS: Century 21 real estate, COLDWELL BANKER REALTY,
Days Inn motels, Howard Johnson motels, Ramada Inns motels,
Super 8 motels.

International Business Machines Corp., Chrm. Louis V.
Gerstner Jr., New Orchard Road, Armonk, NY 10504, Phone
914-499-4711, FAX 914-765-4392, WEB SITE: www.ibm.com .
PRODUCTS: IBM INFORMATION PRODUCTS, IBM office
equipment, Lotus computer software.

Motorola, Inc., Chrm. Gary L. Tooker, 1303 E. Algonquin Rd.,
Schaumburg, IL 60196, Phone 847-576-5000, FAX 847-576-5611,
WEB SITE: www.mot.com . PRODUCTS: MOTOROLA ELECTRONICS.

Ricoh Corporation, Chrm. Hisao Yuasa, 5 Dedrick Place, West
Caldwell, NJ 07006, Phone 201-882-2000, FAX 201-808-7555,
TOLL FREE 1-800-63-RICOH, WEB SITE: www.ricohcorp.com .
PRODUCTS: RICOH OFFICE EQUIPMENT, cameras.

Sony Corporation of America, Pres. Howard Stringer, One Sony
Dr., Park Ridge, NJ 07656, Phone 201-930-1000, FAX
201-358-4060. PRODUCTS: Columbia records, Columbia Pictures Industries,
Epic records, SONY ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, Tri-Star film
production.

U.S. Postal Service, Chrm. Marvin Runyon, 475 L'Enfant Plaza
S.W., Washington, DC 20260, Phone 202-268-2000, WEB SITE:
www.usps.gov .

Volkswagen of America, Inc., Chrm. Clive Warrilow, 3800
Hamlin Road, Auburn Hills, MI 48326, Phone 248-340-5100, FAX
248-340-5150, TOLL FREE 1-800-822-8987, WEB SITE: www.vw.com
. PRODUCTS: AUDI AUTOMOBILES, Volkswagen automobiles.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2215404#2215421

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Working on my letter now.

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Thanks!

Or send them copies of letters to CNN...

Tell CNN you are boycotting products of their advertisers...

Money is what they care about most...

I am readying my letters, however, I am praising Aaron Brown as an example of GOOD journalism.

He refuses to cover smears...he also does memorials to all the dead in Iraq & Afghanistan, & never forgets we are in a war.

If we announce that it will be every Monday, they will gear up for that day.


I like the element of surprise for those dirty whores.

Mr. Stephen M Case
board member
AOL Time Warner
George W. Bush
$2,000

Mr. Richard D Parsons
Chairman & C.E.O.
A.O.L. Time Warner
George W. Bush
$2,000

Maxed out.

And drive them under. This serves the purpose of a wake up call and is easier for us to concentrate effort and gather managed and focused results. I suggest and oil company advertiser for multiple and obvious reasons. What are you're thoughts???

Trouble is, have trouble choosing who irks me more-----NOVAKula, CROWLEY, Wolf, WOODRUFF...

I like the one advertiser. throw them out there ya'll

woodruff is about as flaky as dandruff,
crowley has the tact of a crowbar.

Wolf is smart- or at least smart enough to figure out how to never be caught on the 'wrong side' of an issue. He gets my award for the most irksome CNN personality.

they will definately get a few from me, when I get off work. :)

I have been e mailing so many people at cnn for 2 years now. Begging for the truth. Wondering why stories die. Giving them ideas. It makes me nuts that they changed. I think John King is doing better-he jumped over to the kerry campaign. Blitz them....and don't stop.

:toast:

"Blitz them....and don't stop"

You Got It...

Where are they on this and Not in Our Name?
Looks like they would have already done this..........
Help notify all ont his Blitz!'Thanks

:kick:

they really pay attention to their bottom line, too. Is is possible to get a list of advertisers so we can "make informed decision" who we purchase from?

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Original message



CORRECT CNN **Every Day** in Every Way



There are various efforts to go after the cable sleaze networks. I have a modest proposal to target CNN in a very specific way. It’s easy, fun, and it should make a difference.

Here is how it works. Just watch CNN for about 10 minutes and you will notice an error: factual, logical, bias, stories ignored, etc. You click on the following link and follow instructions on the web page to submit the correction.

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form6a.html?2

Why CNN?

CNN is the only remotely “watchable” cable network. They suck but there is some hope. Why? Because they’re on the ropes in terms of audience share. More than 50% of their viewers are either anti Bush (56%) or pro Kerry (52%). Democratic numbers for CNN are probably even higher since Faux and the NBC’s make even a John Breaux Democrat gag. They need us to tune in or they’re toast.

What’s a CORRECT CNN comment?

• They leave out stories, e.g., huge Kerry’s crowds across the nation. Correction: You are not covering Kerry’s crowds. Why? We’re Democrats, we’re over half your audience, and we’re ready to BOYCOTT CNN! REFRAIN for every correction.]
• They are biased, e.g., uncritical, equalization of pro & con on Kerry’s war record. Correction: You treat both sides as though they’re equal. There’s no basis for the charges against Kerry. What’s your problem? The Swift Boat people are supported by Republican money. Why don’t you report that? <
• They are factually challenged, e.g. the CNN polls.
Correction: There are 15 national polls, 11 consistently have Kerry in the lead. You distort the news by reporting only your poll. <

No obscenities or the like; just the facts, the correction, and the refrain.

ALWAYS REMIND THEM THAT DEMOCRATS ARE MORE THAN 50% OF THEIR AUDIENCE AND WE’RE ABOUT TO START A BOYCOTT.

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form6a.html?2


LET ‘EM HAVE IT *DAILY*!!! Again and again.

And post your corrections here. Share the fun with everyone.


LET THEM HAVE IT

"Furthest from him is best, whom reason hath equaled, force hath made supreme above his equals."

the majority of their viewers who are Democrats. And as autorank says, we are ready to shag their a**!

Wing of the Repugs...so I will help. Thanks for making this effort to do this. :toast:

Getting as many people to participate is what will make a difference. Let as many people as you can know about it!

into a letter of my own.
I hope you don't mind, but since I have expressive aphasia from a brain hemmorhage a few years ago, it is unlikely that I could compose such a long letter myself without terrific difficulty.
Thank you for thinking of this; it is a GREAT idea!
:kick:

This is great. There is an easy vehicle to bug these guys every day after you drop the big one. Check this one out if you like and excellent work. These guys need to know that 1/2 of their audience will start melting away just like the polar ice caps if they don't get their s**t together.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x622769

THE OFFICIAL BLITZ CNN VIRTUAL PROTEST ! MONDAY 8-16

Edited on Fri Aug-13-04 01:18 PM by vetwife
Please call, fax, email, the following to voice your concerns over CNN's unfair slant to the right ! You may comment and use your own letter or use the talking points listed below of the form letter. It is past time to make this virtual protest march on CNN and their unfair reporting tactics. Please do this to help Take Back the Media. This virtual protest is set for Monday, August 16, 2004 between the hours of 9AM ET and 4ETPM.
Please do this and make contacts on this Aug 16th date ! We will set up other virtual protests with other news organizations but the one Monday is for CNN. THE CNN VIRTUAL BLITZ !
....................................................................
TO: CNN

I want to begin telling you that I am an American and have turned to the Cable News Media for news regarding the upcoming election. The people who have used their positions to slant the reporting and specials are very obvious about their conservative
Slant on documentaries and interviews. I find that the old days of
Fair journalism has faded to the far right. There are so many examples, I could not begin to name them all. The “Born to Run” was a smear on the Kerry campaign. Even the
Title may have just as well been called “Born to Run Away”. This is disgraceful !
The Fair title should have been “Born to Compete”.

You have never missed an opportunity to use sound bytes that distorts the real message of the democratic candidate. You will never report any and there are many shortcomings or misspoken words of George W. Bush. You have not given updates on the state of health of the fine Admiral who recently had a stroke, but you have chosen to replace his news for John O’Neill from the Swift Boat Vets and to help promote his book
“Unfit to Command”.

Candy Crowley is very clearly choosing to campaign for George Bush on CNN and call it reporting the news. There is too much opinion and commentary and not enough news reporting. You assume that people cannot think without your input.

I long for the days of real reporting of the news without any input from paid pundits.
We the People are tired of this Fox approach that CNN has chosen to take in reporting the news. We are tuning out CNN and its sponsors as you clearly do not represent overall, all of the people.

Name (optional)
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Or use this lettter and talking points: Best not to cut and paste but get ideas from this letter or the others...

Why is it that your news organization do not provide your audience with a more balanced view of Senator Kerry’s military experience in Vietnam? (EXPAND ARGUMENT) It would certainly seem that all of the “wires” which stream into your news organization would certainly have privy to such “news worthy” events such as the following:
"Ten Senior Military Officials Respond to Cheney's Latest Attacks"
See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
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More Talking points:

"talking points" -- here's Sheila Samples...


from her recent "open letter":

....And the bewildered "what does all this mean?" Judy Woodruff, whose questions are generally preceeded with vague non-attribution. "According to those who know," Woodruff recently asked a Kerry aide, "John Kerry has a problem. People don't know him, and those who do don't agree with him. What does this mean for Kerry? Is Kerry in trouble? How are you addressing this?"

Your recent overdosing on unsubstantiated character assassinations fed to CNN by oil-soaked creeps who call themselves "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" is disheartening. To be perfectly fair, Aaron Brown refused to cover the story. Brown did an editorial before his show after a day of blanket CNN coverage and, without mentioning the subject, said he didn't think that a rumor should be put out there to be "judged," even if both sides were represented. "For that reason," Brown said, "I will not be covering a certain story -- and YOU can be the judge of whether I am right or wrong." Oh, that there were more Aaron Browns at CNN...

However, for the rest of you to take a destructive right-wing "advertisement" smearing Senator John Kerry and give it massive "Scott Peterson" coverage goes beyond the pale. Was there not even one CNN operative who would take the time and effort to investigate these shameless allegations before running to the camera, throwing vicious rumors out there, and asking partisan pundits -- "What is the truth? Is Kerry really unfit to be president?"

If that is your idea of objectivity and "bias" for the truth, why not toss some rumors about George Bush out there for the idealogues to gnaw on? Since you have no problem going back to the 60's to dig up trash about Senator Kerry, let's see some "coverage" of Bush's cocaine habit, 40 years of being nothing but a falling-down-drunk, abandoning his duty station in time of war, his fraudulent stock dealings. Let's take a look at Bush's refusal to fund his signature Leave No Child Behind program. Let's talk about 37,000 Iraqi civilians splattered across the landscape; nearly 1,100 coalition troops slaughtered -- tell us about the investigation you are working feverishly on to discover who is responsible for the war crimes at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo prisons....

(Lots more.)

http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2004081013.htm ...

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Email and Contact info:


CNN
404 827 0234

TIME
212 522 1212

CNN- (404) 827 – 1500
CNN TV: http://www.cnn.com/feedback/cnntv /
CNN.com: http://www.cnn.com/feedback/dotcom /
Thanks to xultar for these:
am@cnn.com
wam@cnn.com
inthemoney@cnn.com
360@cnn.com
insidepoliticts@cnn.com
newsnight@cnn.com
paulazahnnow@cnn.com
paulazahn@cnn.com
daybreak@cnn.com
live@cnn.com
livetoday@cnn.com
crossfire@cnn.com
Livefrom@cnn.com
wolf@cnn.com
loudobbs@cnn.com
moneyline@cnn.com

CNN News - Charles Bierbauer, Senior Washington Correspondent charles.bierbauer@turner.com Phone: (202) 898-7542; Fax: (202) 898-7923; Address: 820 1st St NE, Washington, DC 20002
CNN News - John King, Senior White House Correspondent (no e-mail given) Phone: (202) 898-7900; Fax: (202) 898-7923; Address: 820 1st St NE, Washington, DC 20002
CNN News - Suzanne Malveaux, White House Correspondent (no e-mail given) Phone: (202) 898-7900; Fax: (202) 898-7923; Address: 820 1st St NE, Washington, DC 20002
CNN Radio - Dick Uliano, Washington Correspondent richard.uliano@turner.com Phone: (202) 898-7900; Address: 820 1st St NE, Washington, DC 20002

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form1.html?35

http://www.timewarner.com

404 827 4215

and this e-mail

eason.Jordan@turner.com

Thanks to bigannie for including this site in a post yesterday. Folks, I believe this is the ultimate source for not only media contacts, but government official contacts, both federal and state.

Here is the link to CNN's page. Just click on anchor, reporter, producer, etc. -- and the info pops up!

http://capwiz.com/congressorg/dbq/media/?command=org_pages&org_id=554


Click "media guide" at the top, and you'll go to the page where you can find other media, national and local. Look to the left, and you can click on pages for contact info for government officials.

:kick:

And my letter, of course I would like help from anyone!!!

Dear (media)

I recall in the last presidential election the lowered expectations you had for George W. Bush and this year seems no different.

Kerry did not receive horrible enough wounds, while G. W. Bush received no wounds at all. Kerry only served 1 tour of duty on a ship in the and 4 months on a Swift Boat in VietNam, while G. W. Bush refused a physical and was banned from flying in Texas and has a dubious record of even reporting for duty in Alabama. Yet, 'Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth' are give wide swath to tell whatever thy like.

Even Fox could not call this reporting 'Fair and Balanced'.

Comedy Central did a show depicting G. W. Bush the candidate vs. G. W. Bush the president, and the stark difference between the two. Having read Paul O'Neill's book, I know G. W. Bush had Iraq in his cross hairs long before 9/11/2001, so the 'Humble Foreign Policy' was just a sham. Do you report about this? I have not seen any reports, beyond a book review.

Investigative reporting used to be the realm of journalists, now they have become stenographers for the government. That is the most dangerous thing that can happen in a Democracy.

It was posted in another thread by Karenina.

List:

AT&T Corporation,Chrm. C. Michael Armstrong, 32 Ave. of the
Americas, New York, NY 10013, Phone 212-387-5400, FAX
908-204-2186, TOLL FREE 1-800-222-0300, WEB SITE:
www.att.com , E-MAIL: cerc@attmail.com .

Chrysler Corporation, Chrm. Robert J. Eaton, 1000 Chrysler
Dr., Auburn Hills, MI 48326, Phone 810-576-5741, , TOLL FREE
1-800-992-1997.


Ford Motor Company, Chrm. Alex Trotman, P. O. Box 1899,
Dearborn, MI 48121, Phone 313-322-3000, TOLL FREE
1-800-392-3673, WEB SITE: www.ford.com . PRODUCTS: Budget
Rent a Car, FORD CARD AND TRUCKS, Hertz
car rentals, Lincoln luxury cars, Mercury cars and minivans.

HFS, Inc., Chrm. Henry Silverman, 339 Jefferson Rd.,
Parsippany, NJ 07054, Phone 201- 428-9700, FAX 201-428-6057.
PRODUCTS: Century 21 real estate, COLDWELL BANKER REALTY,
Days Inn motels, Howard Johnson motels, Ramada Inns motels,
Super 8 motels.

International Business Machines Corp., Chrm. Louis V.
Gerstner Jr., New Orchard Road, Armonk, NY 10504, Phone
914-499-4711, FAX 914-765-4392, WEB SITE: www.ibm.com .
PRODUCTS: IBM INFORMATION PRODUCTS, IBM office
equipment, Lotus computer software.

Motorola, Inc., Chrm. Gary L. Tooker, 1303 E. Algonquin Rd.,
Schaumburg, IL 60196, Phone 847-576-5000, FAX 847-576-5611,
WEB SITE: www.mot.com . PRODUCTS: MOTOROLA ELECTRONICS.

Ricoh Corporation, Chrm. Hisao Yuasa, 5 Dedrick Place, West
Caldwell, NJ 07006, Phone 201-882-2000, FAX 201-808-7555,
TOLL FREE 1-800-63-RICOH, WEB SITE: www.ricohcorp.com .
PRODUCTS: RICOH OFFICE EQUIPMENT, cameras.

Sony Corporation of America, Pres. Howard Stringer, One Sony
Dr., Park Ridge, NJ 07656, Phone 201-930-1000, FAX
201-358-4060. PRODUCTS: Columbia records, Columbia Pictures Industries,
Epic records, SONY ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, Tri-Star film
production.

U.S. Postal Service, Chrm. Marvin Runyon, 475 L'Enfant Plaza
S.W., Washington, DC 20260, Phone 202-268-2000, WEB SITE:
www.usps.gov .

Volkswagen of America, Inc., Chrm. Clive Warrilow, 3800
Hamlin Road, Auburn Hills, MI 48326, Phone 248-340-5100, FAX
248-340-5150, TOLL FREE 1-800-822-8987, WEB SITE: www.vw.com
. PRODUCTS: AUDI AUTOMOBILES, Volkswagen automobiles.


http://lara.forclark.com/story/2004/2/1/153959/8553

Contacts for FEC and FCC - yes, I'm posting this in our Five-Star file...

Federal Election Commission
999 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20463
(800) 424-9530 In Washington (202) 694-1100
http://www.fec.gov /
(There is no direct fax line listed, nor any specific online complaint
forms or email addresses other than the webmaster - do NOT send
complaints about this to him/her, but if you dig you might find one.)


Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Chairman Michael K. Powell: Michael.Powell@fcc.gov
Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy: Kathleen.Abernathy@fcc.gov
Commissioner Michael J. Copps: Michael.Copps@fcc.gov
Commissioner Kevin J. Martin: KJMWEB@fcc.gov
Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein: Jonathan.Adelstein@fcc.gov
General information, inquiries & complaints: fccinfo@fcc.gov
Elections & political candidate matters: campaignlaw@fcc.gov
1-888-225-5322 (1-888-CALL FCC) Voice: toll-free
1-888-835-5322 (1-888-TELL FCC) TTY: toll-free
(202) 418-2555 TTY: toll
(202) 418-0710 FAX
(202) 418-1440 Elections & political candidate matters
http://www.fcc.gov

All info will be posted with advertisers and contacts and new thread so people won't have to search and hunt. Just tell when they posted and share. What do you think? New thread titled the same and keep this one on the burner.?

then follow up with the letter sent..and who sent to?? GD will be full tomorrow!! or maybe post in Media???

I will definetly write my own letter to cnn on Monday, August 16,2004!

To paraphrase Clinton...It's the media stupid!

:kick:

They are excited to help out with the virtual protest on CNN tomorrow. (vetwife, I hope you don't mind that I copied and pasted your post)

http://forum.johnkerry.com/index.php?showtopic=57222

Thanks again !

:kick:

:kick:

Good luck to us!

One MF of a High Colonic coming right up!!

You're First Wolfie

They should all have lovely emails when they walk in that door.

I told them, "they are not journalists, they only cut and paste the news for their Master, GW Bush." I went on and on.

I did a cc to all of them and all of their sponsors.

I also called and left a voice mail at CNN 404 8270234

I just got an email reply back from Paula Zahn, said it was undeliverable. Does anyone have another link? She is a real piece of work and I really want to let her know it.

This is such a wonderful thing to do. We'll just need to keep it up all day long.

I will be making phone calls to the sponsors in the morning.

I am reminded of that Julie Andrews tune: A spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down, the medicine go dowwwn, the medicine go dooown,,,just a spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go dooown , in the most delightful way!!!! :bounce:

I'm right behind you!

They care about $. Lost viewers = Lost $

Market Share is everything to these MF's

To CNN It's your choice.

It is now beyond apparent where your allegiances currently lie. All media has bias just as all people do. but your pandering to the Republicans has diminished your once excellent Network to the point of parody, a bad parody of Fox. Over half your viewers are center or left of center politically so why are you alienating them with such an OBVIOUS tilt to all things Right.

Enough already. Cease & desist this blatant whoring for Bush. It's your loss if you don't. I have been a loyal viewer for over a decade but no more. You have gone over the line to many times. We want hard News not slanted opinion from Crowley, Woodruff, Blitzer, & for the love of humanity DO SOMETHING about the American Enterprise Institutes Bill Schneider's Political reports, they are grotesque in the extreme. Why not hire Karl Rove instead & cut out the middle man you will need the extra coin as your market share continues to shrinks & your advertisers abandon ship.

It's your choice you can whore for the Right or you can give us real reporting sans the RNC talking points.

I have to stop now & contact your advertisers.

I am encouraging my Family, Relatives, Friends & Colleagues to do the same.

Sincerely

This should be a stay kicked all day long.

I Detest CNN

:kick:

:kick:

email, phone calls

Typing furiously this AM!

which I sent to everyone in "power" at CNN. Here's what I said:
To CNN:

I have been a loyal CNN viewer since my family first got cable in 1981. I have watched Headline News since the day it went on the air. But I am dismayed and bewildered at CNN's morphing into Fox News Lite.

I turn to CNN to avoid the biases of Fox News and what do I get these days? More bias, more slanted reporting, and lies from your plethora of right-wing commentators with very little balance provided by liberal commentators. What happened to the days where reporters and anchors challenged guests and commentators and confronted them with the facts instead of accepting--wholesale--anything that spews out of these folks mouths? What happened to clearly identifying the political allegiances of your commentators?

Why during John O'Neill's recent appearances on your network to plug his book about John Kerry did none of your anchors confront him about his claims that he was not a Republican? The man has donated almost $15,000 dollars in the past 14 years solely to REPUBLICAN candidates. If he is an independent as he claims why have none of his donations gone to Democratic candidates? If I could look up this information as an average citizen, then why couldn't your staff?

How many times has your network run the fawning documentary on President Bush's Father "A Flyboy's Story"? There for a while it appeared to be a regular weekend series on CNN. And what do you run to balance this? A biased documentary on John Kerry. Born to Run was introduced by Aaron Brown who said, "What does John Kerry really believe? What does he stand for? What sort of president would he make?" And who provides commentary on Kerry in this documentary? Unbiased, fair folks like Bob Dole and John O'Neill who proceed to repeat every Republican-generated (inaccurate and long-discounted) smear possible-without any clarification on the FACTS which would set the record straight once and for all.

Who did your network have providing commentary during the Democratic National Convention? Brent Bozell, Ralph Reed, Laura Ingram--right-wingers all. Where are you liberal commentators? Why not invite David Brock of Media Matters on with Brent Bozell to counter his claims? Why didn't CNN disclose that Brent Bozell's Media Research Center is funded by right-wing billionaires? Does the average viewer have any idea who this man is or what his biases and the biases of his organization truly are? No, they hear "Media Research Center" and it sounds perfectly legitimate and dare I say, "fair". But what this man and his organization spews is anything but. Has his organization been so successful in intimidating the media in general and your organization specifically that you are afraid to point this out before letting him proceed with his distortions, half-truths, and lies? And why not invite high-profile liberal voices like Al Franken, Joe Conason, Bill Maher, Ann Richards, Paul Krugman, Molly Ivans or Nancy Pelosi on to counter Ralph Reed and Laura Ingram? Why is it that we get well-known conservatives and unknown liberals or more correctly, well-known conservative attack dogs and unbiased print reporters with no political agenda to present the "balance" on your network? Will liberal voices be heard providing commentary during the Republican National Convention on your network? Will you provide the same type of commentary from the same caliber of individuals that you did during the Democratic Convention for the Republican Convention?

And that's another thing. Just how many times a day can your network plug the upcoming Republican Convention? I don't seem to recall seeing a single DNC convention commercial, and if you did run them, you sure didn't run them for a solid month before the DNC! So why plug the RNC so heavily?

The list of biases I've seen recently is lengthy and appalling:

During the flap about Teresa Heinz Kerry's comments to the editorial page editor of a tabloid financed by Richard Mellon Scaife, your network repeatedly referred to him as a reporter. You did not identify him as an editorial page editor of a right-wing funded, biased newspaper. Carol Lin ran a piece on August 1st of Jackie Kennedy and juxtaposed it with Teresa Heniz Kerry saying the now infamous "Shove It". So where was the balance? Why not recount how President Bush's mother called Geraldine Ferraro a bitch? Why not show the clip of President Bush calling a New York Times reporter an asshole?

Immediately following John Kerry's speech at the Democratic Convention, your network chose to invite Ed Gillespie, from the Bush campaign to provide immediate commentary on Kerry's speech. Will your network invite Terry McAuliffe on from the Democratic National Committee on to provide commentary immediately following Bush's speech at the RNC?

How many times will your commentators say that the Republican Convention is scripted, as you did with the Democrats? Will your commentators talk about Bush's lack of speaking ability--the content of what he is saying, and how he must "nail" his speech? Because I heard all that until I was sick of hearing it during CNN's coverage of the Democratic convention.

And Wolf Blitzer--could the man be anymore biased? He'll allow a Republican to go on forever and never challenge a single word out of his mouth. But God forbid that a Democrat be invited on his show--they never get a word in edgewise and if they do, Wolf interrogates them like he's a member of the Gestapo! And Judy Woodruff looks and sounds as if she's going to cry every single time she has to report an unfavorable poll result for the Republicans!

In summary, I no longer believe your advertising slogan about CNN being "the most trusted" news organization. I'd rather watch Fox--at least I know where they're coming from. The way to win back viewers is not to morph CNN into Fox Lite--it's by doing what made your network great back in the glory days-providing fair, accurate, complete, unbiased coverage. As long as you continue to shill for the Republican party, I will choose to watch other media outlets and I will encourage my friends, family, and acquaintances to do the same.

Had to use this same message for all ten of my e-mail addy's...Strapped for time, will send more later.

I get up, have a cup of coffee, watch 15 - 20 mins of CNN (that's usually all it takes).. Play "spot the lunacy"...get specific and email away!!

It's easy and fun

we need a new thread for this!

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=2220463&mesg_id=2220463&page=

So I wrote a new one on the fly:

Before the buildup to the Iraq "War" I trusted CNN and felt that the reporting represented the most objective cable news available.

I no longer feel that way about CNN, and as a result, I am boycotting the network, a network that I have religiously watched for at least 2 if not 3 hours every day for the last 10 years.

I've had it with your conservative slant. The Swift Boat Vets coverage was my final straw. You are nothing more than hacks for Karl Rove, and you have done as much to damage the notion of impartial journalism as the current adminstration has to damage our standing in the world.

I'm ashamed of your reporting and commentary. It embarrasses me as an American, and as an educated person.

You should be ashamed.

If you wish to contact me in the future, forward any correspondence to BBC America--they will know where I am.

because of her. I'd rather get my news from the internet than have to listen to that bitch shill for the Repugs--could she be any more obvious?

My email to CNN


As an avid news junkie, I have been since its inception a regular viewer of CNN. A Canadian, I have an avid interest in foriegn affairs and always follow US elections closely. Regrettably CNN is no longer a reliable source of information.

The ever-increasing right wing political bias evident at CNN in the course of election coverage not to mention the shameless pandering to the Bush adminstration during the Iraq War and events leading up to it has left me no option but to limit my viewing of CNN to Lou Dobbs and often I'll miss that as my set is tuned all day to CBC Newsworld.

Personally I find this swing to the right mystifying and can only assume that Bush's tax cuts which benefit the well paid anchors and management at CNN has successfully silenced the fouth estate.

It is a sad and pathetic thing to see US media become a mere tool of political bosses.

Just this morning at the gym a group of us were stunned as we watched CNN Headline News' anchor tell the audience that the email question was who they believed was telling the truth about Kerry's medals. That is obscene. Clearly it is established fact that Kerry was awarded medals. It is reprensible that historical fact is presented as something that is open to debate. But am I surprised CNN has stooped to this. No.

CNN has been on a downward spiral. It has used its position to slant reporting, documentaries and interviews. Even anchors comment on the news, commments that reflect personal bias.

Perhaps as a Canadian who has access to news sources that retain high journalist standards my expectations are greater than Americans who are grateful that CNN is not Fox.

Unfortunately I learned only on the last day of the Democratic Convention that C-SPAN was carried on a Canadian channel. What a joy that was to get news not slant.

I write this letter with regret. As I mentioned I am a news junkie and have up till now been willing to turn a blind eye to CNN's declining standards. But today I turned a corner, I can no longer ignore the fact that my dealer is selling "flea powder".

I am concerned lately with coverage of politics and issues that matter. Specifically, I would like to see:

1. Your news reporters correct pundits on their show that are distorting facts, each and every time. For example, if a pundit claims Kerry is the most liberal senator, interrupt to say that's based on a single year's voting record, and overall, he is not the most liberal. There is no reason Jon Stewart is the only person who can do this. Your job is to present the truth, and that sometimes means unspinning someone's words as they are saying them. Step up to the plate; do your job.

2. Equal time for the candidates, both good and bad. You have a story about Kerry's military service 30 years ago? Fine. But also run the story about Bush's military service 30 years ago. You're covering a speech by Cheney? Fine, so long as you cover a stump speech by Edwards, as well. Certainly don't give more time to the Bush camp taking a word out of context than you give to the original speech in context.

3. If you have reported incorrect and misleading info, spend as much time and attention to clearing the record as you do to spreading slander. If you are unclear what I am referring to, please look at your reporting of Sandy Berger.

4. Please devote more time to real issues, less time to snarky comments by the candidates. I really don’t need 24 hour coverage of a breaking story that Cheney said he had a pretty face. I would like to hear about Bush appointing people who oppose all birth control to key positions in the Health Department. I would like to know what is the cost of switching to E85 fuel, and if we had spent all the Iraq war money on conversion efforts, would we – right now today – be dependent on Iraqi oil in any way? I would like to know how many teachers have been laid off in the last year, and why has that happened?

I used to be a regular CNN viewer but I can barely stand to watch your channel anymore. The political coverage so reeks of right-wing bias, I have to go elsewhere for actual news. While you shill for the Bush administration by covering Kerry very critically while giving Bush a pass, giving air time to those lying "swift boat veterans" and running countless rounds of "A Flyboy's Story", you are losing those who are looking for an alternative to Fox. You have Candy Crowley assigned to Kerry when she clearly shows her preference for Bush. You were happy to run Howard Dean's "scream" endlessly without telling viewers that the audio they were hearing had the crowd noise suppressed. Wolf Blitzer had the gall to be hostile to Dr. Dean when he expressed skepticism about the validity and timing of the latest terror warning when the facts have turned out to be on his side. Your anchors wonder aloud why Kerry is not getting his message out but it is because you give him little air time. You have long reported news and slurs unfavorable to Democrats endlessly during the day without repeating the Democratic responses that you already have on tape. Those get played once, if at all. If you spent a tenth of the time reporting the many Bush scandals as you did the endless coverage of President Clinton's zipper, this country would have the informed populace the founders hoped for.
I am convinced that CNN has made each guest and host on Crossfire and The Capital Gang sign something saying they will not bring up Robert Novak's treason, no matter what disgusting thing he says about other people. I don't know why he is still on the air. Of course, when he is not there, we are treated to the snide and smarmy presence of Tucker Carlson, who cannot construct a question to a Democrat without multiple straw men in it. My reason for adding Lou Dobbs into this email is simply to say that the few times I am able to watch him he is, at least, discussing outsourcing. Given his Republican preferences, I assume that he is interested because he knows some white collar workers who were outsourced, so it caught his attention.
Your right wing (or just corporate) slant has been a long time creeping into your coverage. You should know that it's not appreciated and it will not win you more viewers than it loses.
Sincerely,

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To CNN:

As a devoted news junkie, I turn to your network on a regular basis. I've come to depend on CNN to get timely breaking news, in-depth coverage of world events, hard hitting investigative journalism and
topical domestic political stories. It's a concern over the last item
that I'm writing to you about today.

We are in the midst of a political campaign that by all accounts looks
to be shaping up to be as close as the last general election for
President of the United States. This only amplifies the responsibility
you have to broadcast views from both sides in a balanced manner. As
of late, I don't feel that balance has been struck in your reporting.

For the past week, prior to Charlie coverage, CNN spent considerable
amounts of time reporting on charges made against Sen. Kerry's military service by a group veterans with questionable backgrounds of their own. Okay, I say, surely CNN will equally explore the military record of Mr.Bush. That has yet to happen.

Then Mr. Cheney made remarks regarding Sen. Kerry's use of the word
sensitive as it applied to war. As you know, CNN ran these remarks
every hour on the hour. Fine, I say, I know that CNN will put Sen.
Kerry's remarks in the proper context and will also report on Mr. Bush
and Mr. Cheney's use of the same word while discussing war. Again, this has yet to happen.

Finally, Tom Harkin responds to Mr.Cheney with remarks ready made for a provocative storyline that normally get widespread coverage on CNN. He said that Mr. Cheney is a coward. As of this moment, I have yet to see it mentioned on your network.

Apparently, a U.S. Senator leveling charges against a sitting
vice-president is not as newsworthy as a group of maliciously motivated veterans leveling charges against Sen. Kerry.

So here is the request: Please don't force me to seek other outlets for the majority of my news. Let's try something new, unbiased reporting this election.