Want to complain to ABC about the Palin interviews?

HotelSierra blog ^ | 13-SEP-2008 | Yanni.Znaio

[Yanni.Znaio]

The Walt Disney Company

Robert A. Iger
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

Thomas O. Staggs
Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

Alan N. Braverman
Senior Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

Wesley A. Coleman
Executive Vice President
Chief Human Resources Officer
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

Christine M. McCarthy
Executive Vice President
Corporate Finance and Real Estate and Treasurer
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

Kevin A. Mayer
Executive Vice President
Corporate Strategy, Business Development and Technology
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

Zenia B. Mucha
Executive Vice President
Corporate Communications
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

Preston R. Padden
Executive Vice President
Worldwide Government Relations
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

Ronald L. Iden
Senior Vice President
Global Security
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

Brent A. Woodford
Senior Vice President
Planning and Control
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

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PRINCIPAL BUSINESSES

Media Networks

George W. Bodenheimer
Co-chairman, Disney Media Networks and
President, ESPN, Inc. and ABC Sports
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

Anne M. Sweeney
Co-Chairman, Disney Media Networks and
President, Disney•ABC Television Group
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

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Disney Consumer Products

Andrew P. Mooney
Chairman, Disney Consumer Products Worldwide
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

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Walt Disney Internet Group

Stephen H. Wadsworth
President, Walt Disney Internet Group
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Susan E. Arnold
President-Global Business Units
The Procter & Gamble Company
One Procter & Gamble Plaza,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

John E. Bryson
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Edison International
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
Rosemead, CA 91770

John S. Chen
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Sybase, Inc.
One Sybase Drive
Dublin, CA 94568

Judith L. Estrin
Chief Executive Officer
JLABS, LLC
890 Santa Cruz Avenue, Suite B
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Steven P. Jobs
Chief Executive Officer
Apple Computer, Inc.
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014

Fred H. Langhammer
Chairman, Global Affairs
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153

Aylwin B. Lewis
Chief Executive Officer and President
Sears Holdings Corporation
3333 Beverly Road
Hoffman Estates, IL 60179

Monica C. Lozano
Publisher and Chief Executive Officer
La Opinión
700 S. Flower St., Suite #3000
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Robert W. Matschullat
Former Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
The Seagram Company Ltd.
c/o The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

John E. Pepper, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
The Walt Disney Company
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Procter & Gamble Company and
Co-Chairman, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

Orin C. Smith
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Starbucks Corporation
c/o The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

[Yanni.Znaio]

Spent a little time at edgar.sec.gov today.

I put the outside directors on because they don't like bad PR for the companies whose boards they serve on, and they can really put heat on the executives at Disney/ABC.

[txroadkill]

while you're at it, ask them why they are holding “The Path to 9/11” hostage.

[JayNorth]

while you're at it, ask them why they are holding “The Path to 9/11” hostage.

And point out that they distribute 'Fahrenheit 9/11' and seem to have no problem with any of the content of that film.

[SkyDancer]

I doubt that they’ll read anything. They have staff to do that for them and they’d just delete them.

[GOP Poet]

Awesome.

[muawiyah]

Disney Corp doesn’t really care anymore. They allow Hispanic gangs to carve their acronymns in the bottom of the toilets in Disneyland these days.

[SERKIT]

Last night I watched a bootleg copy of ABC/Disney's 'Path to 9/11'. I now know why the Democrats and the Clintons have banned it. With the clear resolve of Sen John McCain for our security and "No Blink" Gov Sarah Palin on the team contrasted against the wimpy approach Barry has taken to those who hate us - sitting down with our enemies - and Joe Biden's ever-errant mouth and defective mind, it would be a landslide victory for the Republicans upon viewing this movie. I felt physically ill after watching it, thinking about the possibility of a Democrat win in November.

Not only remembering the heroism, but irresponsible and criminal acts of those like Jamie Gorelick and Sandy Burglar and the stupidity of Madeline Albright makes me proud, sad, mad, and nauseated all at once.

There is NOTHING....NOTHING presidential about Barry. I could not contemplate Barry making decisions (with Joe) if we were attacked again under their watch. I am quite scared of who Barry would have as his cabinet members (like Ziggy), and terrified of who is in his 'kitchen cabinet', like Michelle-Amorosa.

[Yanni.Znaio]

If sacks of mail start arriving, believe me, they'll notice.

It tends to disrupt whatever else your staff would normally be doing, not to mention it kind of clutters up the office.

And standard practice is to respond to each letter, even if with a form letter.

It ties up resources.

[WilliamReading]

I doubt if writing them would have any effect. Maybe write to a sponsor and complain.

Writing to an advertiser will get a lot more of a result.

[Diogenesis]

Gibson the Biased Media Bully: "Please take off your American flag pin. It is an abomination that is now prohibited by ABC rule."

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Charlie Gibson's Gaffee

"The Times got it wrong. And Charlie Gibson got it wrong.
There is no single meaning of the Bush doctrine. In fact, there have been four distinct meanings,
each one succeeding another over the eight years of this administration --
and the one Charlie Gibson cited is not the one in common usage today.
...... I know something about the subject because, as the Wikipedia entry
on the Bush doctrine notes, I was the first to use the term.
Charles Krauthammer

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Comparison: Gibson Questions for Obama (and Edwards in 2004) vs. for Sarah Palin

Obama's Puff-piece interview:
How does it feel to break a glass ceiling?
How does it feel to “win”?
How does your family feel about your “winning” breaking a glass ceiling?
Who will be your VP?
Should you choose Hillary Clinton as VP?
Will you accept public finance?
What issues is your campaign about?
Will you visit Iraq?
Will you debate McCain at a town hall?
What did you think of your competitor’s [Clinton] speech?

Palin's 'kangaroo court' interview:
Do you have enough qualifications for the job you’re seeking?
Specifically have you visited foreign countries and met foreign leaders?
Aren’t you conceited to be seeking this high level job?
Questions about foreign policy
-territorial integrity of Georgia
-allowing Georgia and Ukraine to be members of NATO
-NATO treaty
-Iranian nuclear threat
-what to do if Israel attacks Iran
-Al Qaeda motivations
-the Bush Doctrine
-attacking terrorists harbored by Pakistan
Is America fighting a holy war? [misquoted Palin]

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"Charles Gibson of ABC News was out for blood and inherently applied
a double-standard compared with the kid gloves George Stephanopoulos
used on Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois on Sunday night.
Gibson was out to embarrass Palin and expose her presumed ignorance from the word go. "

UPI Say ABC Exhibits Double Standard

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ABC News Edited Out Key Parts of Sarah Palin Interview

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Boycott ABC sponsors:
Target, Glade Scented Oil (SC Johnson), Plavix, Advil PM,
Verizon, BlindsTOGo, Magic Eraser (Mr. Clean), Stop and Shop,
Toyota, Bali Bras, Ghost Town (movie), Prilosec OTC, Verizon Wireless,
Ethan Allen, AT&T, Werther Original Chocolates, Garnier Hair Products

[mrsmith]

That photo says it all....

well, if someone could photoshop a balloon over Sarah’s head with Charlie’s head mounted on the wall that would be even better!

[El Cid]

On the other hand -- maybe thanks should be order.
After using such ham-handed tactics to attack a candidate - rather than interview - they've probably tacked on a couple extra points to the McCain/Palin ticket.

People's memories aren't perfect, but they have a good enough recollection that they know none of the Democrat candidates were 'interviewed' in this manner.
I wish we could broadly publish the transcript comparisons between Gibson's Palin condescending 'assault' and the Obama (July 2008) and Edwards (~August 2004) obsequious tributes. Seeing them posted here on the Freerepublic was quite eyeopening.
A night and day difference in interview styles (and questions) by the same person... Speaks volumes about the media (a subsidiary of the DNC)...

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

Can we get a copy of path to 911?????

[SkyPilot]

Stephen H. Wadsworth President, Walt Disney

Internet Group

I am sure all these terrible "Rich Republicans" who are the ones buying the Disney timeshares for thousands of hard earned dollars just love getting screwed by Liberal Reporters that Disney contibutes to.

[ikez78]

charlie.gibson@abcnews.com or 212-456-4040 should be contacted as well about their pro dem bias

[LibertyRocks]

Thank you so much for posting this information. I couldn’t find much when I searched online the other day for it... I will be sharing this information with the “Palin Ping List”.

[Yanni.Znaio]

Thanks for the thanks.

Stepwise process:

1. Get pissed off about Gibson's treatment of Palin;
2. Spend a couple of hours online with SEC filings and annual reports (Although, I must confess, the JLABS, LLC was a really hard one to get) for reference- I hit the California Secretary of State's site and looked up the former LLC she ran, this one has same address.
3. Code up the post.

[Yanni.Znaio]

Your observation is not only snotty, but obtuse.

If rich people DON'T buy timeshares, it's because they're a TERRIBLE INVESTMENT.

If rich people DO buy timeshares, it's because they don't care because the investment is very small compared to the other investments they have made.

But the MIDDLE CLASS that Disney, et al. markets to:

THEY'RE the ones who get screwed.

[LibertyRocks]

Excellent job! Your run-down made me think of one of our late FReepers, the wonderful, Route66, may she rest in peace. She was excellent at doing research like this, and helped me more than a few times to ferret some VERY interesting information out of the web! She’d be congratulating you too, I’m sure!

[GOPJ]

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