Apparently, tonight's 60 minutes expose "delayed" in OKC market area

I did a search and did not find this. I just received this email (I blacked out personal info). Anyone else here/see this?


Date: Wed Sep 8, 2004 12:20:47 PM US/Central
Subject: OKC: 60 Minutes episode scheduled at 3:15 AM to protect Bush?

Tonight's 60 Minutes -- which will hurt Bush's campaign for election -- is
being preempted in our market and others around the country ... at least
broadcasts. The same thing happened to last fall's episode of 60 Minutes
which was damaging to the Bush Administration's case for war with Iraq.

If you want to tune in to the broadcast, CBS has conveniently scheduled
the show for 3:15 AM. (See
http://tv.yahoo.com/tvpdb?.src=my&d=tvp&lineup=us_DMA650&channels=us_KWTV&id=169016916&chspid=166030861&chname=CBS+9&progutn=1094717700&.intl=us.)

For more details, see the email I sent to Steve Rendall, of Fairness and
Accuracy in Reporting (http://fair.org), below.



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Steve, I was glad to make contact with you today. As you can see from the
CBS News website, tonight is the night they plan to air the
much-anticipated story in which "Former Texas House Speaker and Lt. Gov.
Ben Barnes ... says he got George W. Bush into the National Guard"
(http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60II/main3475.shtml).

However, in markets like Oklahoma City (and others, I hear from our KWTV
programming director, I believe Kim Eubank, whom I reached via
405/843.6641), 60 Minutes is being preempted by "A Time to Live," a piece
of paid programming that CBS also asked affiliates to run last time 60
Minutes aired a controversial epispode, one damning to Bush. The story was
entitled, "The Man Who Knew," in which "former intelligence analyst Greg
Thielmann" debunked the Administration's claims voiced by Colin Powell at
the U.N. (see
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/14/60II/main577975.shtml). The 60
Minutes web site lists both Feb. 4, 2003, and Feb. 4, 2004 as broadcast
dates. But I have a tape of the show, dated 10/15/03; and the URL of the
story suggests 10/14/04. I have a call in to KWTV about this other
preemption, and I hope they will be able to verify the date.

(Note: The preempting piece, while covering the important story of "the
life-saving mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital," originally
aired March 9, 2001. See
http://tv.yahoo.com/tvpdb?.src=my&d=tvp&lineup=us_DMA650&channels=us_KWTV&id=167586671&chspid=166030861&chname=CBS+9&progutn=1094688000&.intl=us.)

Is it true that CBS requests that its affiliates across the country which
are running the paid programming serve as a screen preventing the public
from viewing damning evidence against the Bush Administration?

Thanks,
--
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/

Let's flood 'em with calls!!!

I just need to know which ones.

When I set my TIVO for the 60 min tonight, the description of the show was referring to Robert Duval...nothing about Barnes. I set up TIVO anyway, and when I get home, I will check out the middle of the night and see if it is playing at that time.


bastards

cbs is pimping tonights 60min

(yay for tivo --- boo for tribune!)

treated to the life and times of Robert Duval. Like I really give a fat rat's patoot about Robert Duval, his life, or any time he's spent on this planet.

They have Duval on the schedule too. Will record it anyway and see what happens.

at least according to Yahoo TV.

Censorship is all this is.

This sort of crapola is just making me hurl chunks from the bowel of my gut.

If my memory serves me correctly doesnt James Baker have some influence in the MEDIA?????.....I wonder how much of this strongarming on behalf of the Shrub.....


This sort of crap has go to stop.

it is being shown at 1AM. I just discovered this. Shit, gotta go see what is going on. It says we are getting Product Info during that hour.

Talk about blatant!

You're the media's customers - LET 'EM KNOW you demand a higher standard!!!

The ones that refused to air the Nightline show with the names of the fallen soldiers read by Koppel?

This is just outrageous! I don't care who owns the stations, it's just wrong, wrong, wrong.. I wonder, did the TV Guide and other things show the Duvall show before all this came down? Or was it a planned pre-emption. Someone needs to call the producers or email them, at 60 minutes and ask what's up.

KGAN, Cedar Rapids IA, has 60 Minutes at usual time.

not that anyone reading this board doesn't know that. Personally i think all protests and rallies should be right in front of media headquarters, or at least you can march to media headquarters, as was posted here yesterday. Its certainly not going to stop until we force the issue.

These people will stop at nothing!!! This is facism folks, live and in color.

Fucking asshole robert duvall is on. Jesus Christ!!!

is covering it on time at 8pm.....I just talked to programming

After all, more people know Duval. He's mentioned in KHOU's site for tonight, here in Houston.

But I heard a spot announcement this AM about Ben Barnes on the show. So--tune in.

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and was told they are trying to get it back to prime time. St. Jude's bought the time 7months ago. I say BULLSHIT! Anyway, posted this to the other thread also.

They've had tons of phone calls! POWER OF THE PEOPLE!