Bernie TG Parade Supporters Cut Out by ABC/WJLA TV News, Mont. Co. MD, Metro DC

[appalachiablue]

Montgomery County, MD, metro DC area held it's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade Sat., Nov. 21. An enthused crowd turned to see floats and supporters of featured political figures Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
At least three dozen Bernie supporters with a float participated yet local WJLA, ABC affiliate that televised the event cut to a commercial break just as the Bernie parade contingent was coming up, as seen in the *Video below.

>Has anyone heard news if WJLA will include the segment in re-airing the parade tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day?
Through MoCo4Bernie people contacted WJLA and the FCC to request correction of the omission.
I emailed the station, phoned twice today and was told they were uncertain. Messages to management haven't been returned and it's getting late in the day. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving.

*Montgomery Co. Maryland for Bernie website, How to contact WJLA News & the FCC, templates for messages.
Phone contacts: ABC/WJLA Channels 7/8, News Director, [phone]; Gen. Mgr. [phone]; *FAX: [phone]. FCC Consumer Complaints, Call 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322). MoCo4bernie, http://moco4bernie.net/

[brooklynite]

1. Tell us: which parade float SHOULD be skipped during a commercial break?

Do you really believe that a local TV station covering a local Thanksgiving parade (which all in all has very little political importance) is part of a national conspiracy to prevent Sanders from getting elected?

[appalachiablue]

2. Who said national conspiracy and it wasn't only the float, but the large group of

supporters waking around it, people who put in a lot of effort for a well attended festive weekend event. Did you watch the video? I don't believe you're blind so you saw the full Bernie group if you did.

If a TG event has no political importance as you say, why was Van Hollen there getting into a vintage car and 8 Hillary supporters plus one driving a BMW with CardBoard Hillary?

For you it would have been okay if these other political groups had been eliminated for a commercial break at such an insignificant affair. Got it. Gobble, gobble.

[think]

3. You act like local TV stations are locally owned. That is the farthest thing from the truth.

http://www.stateofthemedia.org/media-ownership/local-tv/

And if you watched the video you'd know that the entire news cast for the news broad casters was scripted as you can see them reading the script.

It's not crazy to think specific people and news stories are avoided by both local and national TV stations. Nobody watching network news as their primary source will know a great deal about the goings on of our govt. That's not conspiracy. It's just the cold reality of corporate owned news media that controls what content it's viewers get to see.


In other cases they are all paid to say the same damn thing. In the following the same script is being used regardless of the network. NBC, ABC, and Fox are all represented here:

[brooklynite]

4. I'll ask again: when should they take a commercial break?

Somebody's float will be going by; that fact that the Sanders people "worked real hard" is irrelevant.

[think]

5. They could have went 5 seconds longer or cut out Hillary's group too.

Why not make sure they got everyone in and both campaigns were represented? Oh wait. They couldn't do that could they?

The commercial break is a lame excuse for showing one candidates group and ignoring the other. It was scripted and they knew they would show Hillary's part and cut out Bernie's part.

It's just like the debate schedule.

Would you like to defend the Saturday night debates and the actual viewership? The Democrats have had a third of the total viewers as the GOP has had for it's debates. Is this good for the Democratic party?

How many people will watch the Dec 19th debate on a Saturday night? That's some strategic planning by DWS....

[appalachiablue]

6. Again, so you think if US Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) appearing in his home state, and

Clinton followers who showed up to spend their time, walk the route and drive a BMW in a holiday parade with local crowds had been completely omitted from a TV broadcast for a commercial break, that would have been OK. Alrighty.

But somehow I don't think the democratic Maryland Congressman who's running for the Senate would have been pleased, or the Clinton supporters who turned out, if this had happened.

The TV station has had the time and ability- 5 days, to include the excluded coverage, IF you bothered you read the OP. But it seems they will not.

I think that IF this had happened to Rep. Van Hollen he would have contacted the station, and the matter would have been quickly rectified. As a 'courtesy thing' for a public official, you how those things go.

[NCTraveler]

24. Didn't he endorse Clinton? Nt

[appalachiablue]

7. Tell that to the local politicians from the area, US Rep. Van Hollen and Hillary's supporters

who turned out and learned their part had been cut out for a commercial break. I can hear it from the news station, "Even though you showed up and 'worked hard', that's irrelevant and sh*t happens".

[NurseJackie]

8. Their pride is hurt, that's all. I get their disappointment, but ...

... it's not going to matter diddly with regard to the primary. It's difficult to imagine that Bernie is going to lose votes because a local parade float wasn't featured as prominently as the others on local news, or that any candidate is going to GAIN votes because someone saw 15 seconds more of pretty float on TV. (It's not like it was the Macy's parade.)

[appalachiablue]

9. 'Their pride is hurt' Ha! *THIS* is pride, more than 6,000 people came from miles to

see a candidate on Nov. 16 in Cleveland who is rapidly gaining thousands of supporters across the country for good reason- the message, the integrity, the effort and support.
When your candidate fills an arena with crowds like this, not a nice BMW let us know. Look forward to it.

[NurseJackie]

10. So why all the whining about a 2-bit parade float? Sounds like someone had their feelings hurt.

[appalachiablue]

11. Media decisions and fair treatment are the issue. "a 2-bit parade'. Wow,

I'll ask Chris Van Hollen if he realizes he spent his time at a 2-bit event in Montgomery County, MD. I think he'll disagree, and object to that description of a festive celebration attended by his constituents for the American Thanksgiving holiday.

BTW, Why did ABC/WJLA bother to cover and broadcast, and local and national politicians and fans- Van Hollen, Hillary supporters, Bernie's people and many others including citizens attend such a "2-bit parade"?

[NurseJackie]

14. Yes, a 2-bit parade. This is silly. It was a local parade, not the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.

Why did they cover it? For the same reason they cover the story about the lady who grew a tomato that looks like Abraham Lincoln. Filler. Local interest. The belief that Bernie's fans have about being perpetually victimized is getting old. This was a big fat NOTHING. Move on! Nobody cares except you guys.

[appalachiablue]

16. You already said that before, same things, unoriginal, often repeats. Time to check it out.

Try to freshen up the stale and ineffective '2-bits'. Later.

[NurseJackie]

21. That should serve as a clue to you exactly

... how unimportant this is. A big fat nothing. Pure silliness over a local parade. Enjoy your outrage, for all the good it will do ya.

[appalachiablue]

22. Outrage? Don't put words in my mouth. And you're repeating the same things, over & over.

Work on that. I already said later to ya! remember? Get some rest, the night shift must be hard esp. since you've been here a month, whew!

[NurseJackie]

23. Repetitive, yes, because it deserves nothing more.

That doesn't make it any less true. Deal with it. Or ... Organize a march and picket line. Or start a petition and boycott, maybe that will be a solution.

[brooklynite]

12. Tell us; how did the last revolution work out?

[appalachiablue]

15. Overused, find new material, like the rainbows, unicorns et al.

[brooklynite]

19. The best true facts always are overused

[OilemFirchen]

13. "Hey look! Another hill! Let's die on THAT one!"

This was a scheduled network break. The network does not give the slightest shit what local stations are airing when they cut in. The local station's only professional responsibility is to attempt a smooth segue.

Next!

[appalachiablue]

17. Nobody's dying, loose the drama if that's possible.

[OilemFirchen]

18. Drama, you say?

To say the least, we're pretty disappointed and, uhm. I hesitate to say that this was a deliberate decision to block out Bernie but when you look at some of the facts it's hard to not think that.

No, actually it's not hard to not "think that". Contrarily, it's death-defying to stand that close to the cliff's edge.

BTW, I have no loose drama. Loose drama causes nasty spills.

[appalachiablue]

20. You talking to me? The remarks you higlighted aren't mine & I don't know what

you're referring to there. 'Death-defying, standing that close to the cliff's edge', really? Perhaps some emotional reactions about a straight forward matter that I don't get. Later.

[OilemFirchen]

25. That's my transcription from the video you posted.

Did you watch the video?

[NurseJackie]

28. Best Post of This Tread!! (Bravo!)

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

26. Not surprised, you see a lot of this in the media.

Earlier today, I had MSNBC on in the background, and as the guest started to say something positive about Bernie, the host type said she had to cut away for 'Breaking News'. They cut away to Andrea Mitchell, who actually didn't have any Breaking News, and just babbled for a few minutes until it was time for the President to come out and talk.

[RandySF]

27. I think Sander's supporters must go through a lot of tin foil

Everything seems to be a conspiracy.