Thread for those who were prevented from seeing CBS expose on Smirk.

[mourningdove92]

Please let us know where you are and what happened.

[Chomskyite]

1. WAFB in Baton Rouge has censored it

We're being shown a four-year-old St. Jude special at the moment. Their phone is off the hook and they're not answering emails.

This afternoon they'd assured a member of our local peace group that 60 Minutes would be shown.

Here's their programming director's email:
[e-mail]

Here's their off the hook phone number:

1-225-383-9999.

Support us as we let these local Right-wingers with a station and a responsibility to show the news what we think of their abuse of the public trust!

[Mr_Spock]

2. WHAT?? They sensored what? The show because they didn't like

the content? I hope you're joking.

[cally]

18. From other threads..Oklahoma and some Baton Rouge

stations refused to carry the program. I'm just reporting what I read on DU but it freaks me out.

[wurzel]

3. Does WAFB mean "We Are For Bush"?

[Catherine Vincent]

9. I think that's soooooooo republican of them.

I just called but the recording said their business hours to answer the phone is over and to call back the next day.

[LTR]

11. About WAFB

Site:

http://www.wafb.com/

Owner, Raycom:

http://www.raycommedia.com/

Raycom Media
RSA Tower, 20th Floor
201 Monroe Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
voice [phone]
fax [phone]
[e-mail]

Raycom Media, Inc. was created in 1996 with the purchase of 12 television stations, two radio stations, and a sports marketing, production, events management, and distribution company. Shortly after this first acquisition, Raycom Media quickly acquired two other companies and began an unheard of growth in the media business.

Raycom Media now stretches from Syracuse, New York to Honolulu, Hawaii with businesses in 21 states and over 2,800 employees. The television stations cover 10.2% of the U.S. television households. Raycom Media businesses go beyond just broadcasting and include event management, distribution of syndicated television programming, information systems support, and design and hosting of Alabama's Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail website.

The company, through Raycom Sports, owns and operates the Continental Tire Bowl in Charlotte and two LPGA golf tournaments, as well as produces pre-season NFL football games for non-owned stations. In a partnership, it owns all television and marketing rights to the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball.

With a strong belief in community, Raycom Media television stations take editorial positions on key community issues. It is the vision of the company that it be involved in the communities its broadcast properties serve. By editorializing on local issues and seeking out divergent points of view, Raycom Media television stations create an atmosphere of community dialog.

Raycom Media is headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama.

[MuseRider]

4. Thanks

we are not getting it here either in Kansas. I sent my letters, made my calls, does anyone care? Anyway, thanks. I will await DU's report if DU stays up!

[billkurtmeyer]

6. Where in Kansas? Can you be more specific.

[MuseRider]

7. Sorry

Topeka. WIBW to be even more specific.

Edit it will be shown at 1AM

[billkurtmeyer]

10. Agh - I just moved from Topeka in July - what did they show in its

place?

[MuseRider]

16. Well hello!

The same show that was on the other channels accross the country who did not get 60 minutes, something about ST. Jude Hospital(I think that was what it was, I was too angry to watch any of it to see). Did you move to someplace nice?

[billkurtmeyer]

19. La Crosse, Wisconsin - left-wing liberal compared to Kansas!

[LTR]

13. Topeka - WIBW 13

http://www.wibw.com/


Owned by Gray MidAmerica Television:

http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=gtn

Corporate Profile

Gray Television, Inc. is a communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, whose primary mission is to provide quality news and entertainment services to the local markets in which the Company operates. Our commitment to local interests and a selective acquisition strategy provides growth opportunities, which builds long-term value for our stockholders.

Gray Television, Inc. currently operates 15 CBS-affiliated television stations, seven NBC-affiliated television stations, seven ABC-affiliated television stations and four daily newspapers.

Executive Offices: Administrative Offices:
4370 Peachtree Road, NE 126 N. Washington Street
Atlanta, GA 30319 Albany, GA 31701
[phone] [phone]

[wolfgirl]

5. Great Show

It was the lead story and covered the first 18-20 minutes. Very credible w/documentation to back up additional info. GOP's spokesman Barnett looked nervous and continued the slime business.

I'm sure this will get more play over the next few days....Hopefully there will be a transcript up & available for all to see!

[cheshire]

8. This is weird I saw it one minute on my cable info and then it was gone.

Just realized it when I saw this. Cal here. I see it again and Charlie Rose is interviewing Robert Duvall at 7:00pm. Well I have no idea now. I'm hearing yes it will play.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

12. Dallas--they had Duvall listed, but showed Ben Barnes segment.

Didn't watch the rest to see if there was a Duvall segment.

Not that it matters much here :eyes: I thought it was pretty damning.

[mourningdove92]

14. I live in Mineral Wells.

I was quite surprised we got it.

[karlrschneider]

15. Duvall was the last segment, Barnes was the lead-off.

:eyes:
I was able to watch it on the Tulsa CBS sta.

[GOPAgainstGW]

17. They had it on in Houston, (Got a tape) but was not listed on the schedule

[PVnRT]

20. WTHI in Terre Haute, IN

Showed the St. Jude's thing that other people have mentioned.

[AmerDem]

21. Northeast Pa. went off as soon as Rather started interview

CBS was back on exactly 1 hour later. No other channels off. No reception problems prior to 60 Minutes and after CBS was back on. I will be calling the local affilate tomorrow to get to the bottom of this. As of now it was either the local affilate (WYOU) or Adelphia cable. The fix was in here, no doubt about it!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

22. What about the rest of Pennsylvania and Louisiana? Ohio?

Worried about the big swing states.

[blueblitzkrieg]

25. Central Ohio, I hear...

From the Kerry forum:

"So far (lists from other democratic boards):

Topeka, Kansas (showed something else -- St. Jude programming)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
NE Pennsylvania
Central Ohio

Indianapolis (ran the show in a different time slot)"

http://forum.johnkerry.com/index.php?showtopic=70729&st=15

[radfringe]

23. Northeast PA -- local CBS affiliate WYOU (adelphia cable)

60 minutes started on time, they had the usual opening 'snippets' about the stories they were going to cover, cut to commercial, back to the program for a few seconds - then KABOOM - nothing but static - off the air

At first I thought maybe it had something to do with the storm (Hurricane Frances's last gasps coming through the area, tree down knocking out the cable maybe?) - but a quick flick of the remote showed ALL OTHER STATIONS were still on the air and coming in fine

After 10 minutes of watching "fuzz" - I went to bed (we are leaving for a road trip early in the morning). Tried to get through to WYOU (local CBS affiliate) - but lines were busy.

[abrock]

24. We need to make noise about this.

Before the advent of the internet they could get away with this shit, but not today. We need to do something, because we know the fix was in here. Notice that many of the stations that censored it were battleground states?

We have to act, this is getting out of hand.