It's time to boycott ABC until they answer these three questions

[ck4829]

Somebody tried to take advantage of this terrorist attack and committed acts of psychological warfare upon the American People. ABC, if you aren't going to reveal who the "Anthrax was from Iraq" sources are, you aren't protecting sources, you are protecting liars.

I agree with Greenwald and the increasing number of journalists that these 3 questions need to be asked of ABC.

But as the People, we should take it a step further, and boycott ABC until they reveal who these psychological terrorists are.

The Three Questions:

1. Sources who are granted confidentiality give up their rights when they lie or mislead the reporter. Were you lied to or misled by your sources when you reported several times in 2001 that anthrax found in domestic attacks came from Iraq or showed signs of Iraqi involvement?

2. It now appears that the attacks were of domestic origin and the anthrax came from within US government facilities. This leads us to ask you: Who were the "four well-placed and separate sources" who falsely told ABC News that tests conducted at Fort Detrick had found the presence of bentonite in the anthrax sent to senator Tom Daschle, causing ABC News to connect the attacks to Iraq in multiple reports over a five-day period in October, 2001?

3. A substantially false story that helps make the case for war by raising fears about enemies abroad attacking the US is released into public debate because of faulty reporting done by ABC News. How that happened and who was responsible is itself a major story of public interest. What is ABC News doing to re-report these events, to figure out what went wrong and to correct the record for the American people who were misled?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/04/terrorism.usa

And all ABC has to do is answer them to prevent a boycott.

[malaise]

1. Please add the UK Guardian link n/t

[KharmaTrain]

2. The Ivins Family Needs To Go After Them

First of all...a "boycott" of ABC means all of their corporate parent...The Walt Disney Company:

http://www.cjr.org/resources/

Film
Walt Disney Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Hollywood Pictures
Miramax Films
Pixar
Broadcast Television
ABC Network
Owned and Operated Television Stations
WLS - Chicago
WJRT - Flint
KFSN - Fresno
KTRK - Houston
KABC - Los Angeles
WABC - New York City
WPVI - Philadelphia
WTVD - Raleigh - Durham
KGO - San Francisco
WTVG - Toledo
Cable Television
ESPN (80%)
ESPN2 (80%)
ESPN Classic (80%)
ESPNU (80%)
ESPNEWS (80%)
ABC Family
Disney Channel
Toon Disney
SOAPnet
Lifetime Network (partial)
Lifetime Movie Network (partial)
Lifetime Real Women (partial)
A&E (partial)
A&E International (partial)
Jetix Europe (partial)
Jetix Latin America
The History Channel (partial)
Lifetime Real Women (partial)
Radio
ABC Radio
WDWD – Atlanta
WMVP – Chicago
WLS – Chicago
KESN – Dallas
KMKI – Dallas-Forth Worth
KRDY – San Antonio
WCOG – Greensboro, NC
WRDZ – Indianapolis
KABC – Los Angeles
KLOS – Los Angeles
KDIS – Los Angeles
KSPN – Los Angeles
KDIZ – Minneapolis - St. Paul
WKSH – Milwaukee, WI
WEVD – New York City
KDZR – Portland, OR
KWDZ – Salt Lake City
KIID – Sacramento
KMKY – Oakland
KQAM – Wichita
KKDZ – Seattle
WSDZ – St. Louis
WWMK – Cleveland
KMIK – Phoenix
KDDZ – Denver
WWMI – Tampa
KMIC – Houston
WMYM – Miami
WBWL – Jacksonville
WBYU – New Orleans
KDIS – Little Rock
WWJZ – Philadelphia
WWJZ – Philadelphia
WMKI – Boston
WDZK – Hartford
WDDZ – Providence
WDZY – Richmond
WGFY – Charlotte
WDYZ – Orlando
WMNE – West Palm Beach
WEAE – Pittsburgh
WDRD – Louisville
WDDY – Albany, NY
KPHN – Kansas City
WQUA – Mobile
WBML – Jacksonville
WFDF – Detroit
WFRO – Fremont, OH
WDMV – Damascus, MD
WHKT – Norfolk Radio Disney
ESPN Radio (syndicated programming)
Music
Walt Disney Records
Hollywood Records
Lyric Street Records
Publishing
Book Publishing Imprints
Hyperion
Miramax Books
ESPN Books
Theia
ABC Daytime Press
Hyperion eBooks
Hyperion East
Disney Publishing Worldwide
Cal Publishing Inc.
CrossGen
Hyperion Books for Children
Jump at the Sun
Volo
Michael di Caupa Books
Disney Global Children's Books
Disney Press
Disney Editions
Disney Libri
Global Retail
Global Continuity
Magazine
Automotive Industries
Biography (with GE and Hearst)
Discover
Disney Adventures
Disney Magazine
ECN News
ESPN Magazine (distributed by Hearst)
Family Fun
Institutional Investor
JCK
Kodin
Top Famille - French family magazine
US Weekly (50%)
Video Business
Quality
Wondertime Magazine
Parks and Resorts
Walt Disney Imagineering
Disneyland Resort
Walt Disney World Resort
Tokyo Disney Resort
Disneyland Resort Paris
Hong Kong Disneyland
Disney Vacation Club
Disney Cruise Line
Other
Disney Theatrical Productions
Disney Live Family Entertainment
Disney on Ice
The Disney Store
Club Penguins
ESPN Zone
Disney Toys
Disney Apparel, Accessories and Footwear
Disney Food, Health and Beauty
Disney Home Furnishings and Decor
Disney Stationery
Disney Consumer Economics
The Baby Einstein Company
Muppets Holding Company
Disney Interactive Studios
Walt Disney Internet Group
last updated 7/30/08

One note: Many of the ABC Radio stations were sold to Citadel Broadcasting, but ABC still controls ESPN Radio and Radio Disney outlets.

[elocs]

5. That's a hell of a list. Does one memorize it or just carry a copy of it?

Also, does anyone have a comprehensive list of all the people. places, and things that we are asked to boycott here at DU? I'm sure it could be put into pocket sized book form so we could have our DU boycott guide. Then again, it might be too big for a pocket.

[KharmaTrain]

6. It's Probably Easier To List Who We're Not Pissed At

Here's a great resource from PDA...

http://www.democrats.com/shop

Finally, the Republican Party is funded primarily by greedy corporations. When you shop for products, why not support companies that support Democratic and progressive values?

Global Exchange
The Peace Company
ShopUnionMade.org
Democratic Stuff

The CJR page is excellent for finding who owns what...and every corporate media company is just as complex. That's what makes boycotting so difficult...you can't keep track of how many tenticles these monsters have.

Cheers...

[elocs]

8. I had thought of that and it might be more simple.

Over the years I have read of so many places we were asked to boycott or avoid. Many of these large business and corporations are so entangled with so much else that it is near impossible to sort it out or to remember it all. I believe that national boycotts are for a person's own satisfaction and are not really very effective in impacting a large business or corporation. Boycotts are just too unorganized and helter skelter. Locally is a different matter.

[taterguy]

7. Maybe there's a Kindle version

Unless we're mad at Amazon

[alfredo]

3. Good idea. Our local ABC affiliate's news organization has been taken

over by an aide to a very corrupt governor. I am afraid that our local ABC affiliate will start looking like Fox.

[seafan]

4. ABC: Sat on warrantless wiretapping; sat on DC Madam's "list"; sat on anthrax terror attack leads.

ABC is diseased.


Was the US public misled about the anthrax attacks?, August 4, 2008