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Boycott CNN? We have to start somewhere...let's make it them.
www.RightWingIt.com ^ | 11/05/08 | Gary Lee

Posted on 11/05/2008 5:21:55 PM PST by GaryLee1990

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To: JohnD9207

I stopped back after the first gulf war.
When you are over seas, its on in every hotel.


21 posted on 11/05/2008 5:31:33 PM PST by Holicheese (Get up Tom Brady, get up! PLEASE!!)
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To: joinedafterattack

we need to let them know! e-mail discontent to them.
we need to get about 20 million people to do this.
tell drudge. call rush, get him on board!


22 posted on 11/05/2008 5:31:52 PM PST by gussiefinknottle (woof!woof!woof!)
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To: centurion316

Tough to boycott something I boycotted 8 years ago.


23 posted on 11/05/2008 5:32:20 PM PST by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: rep-always

I am with you 100%!!


24 posted on 11/05/2008 5:33:14 PM PST by Batman11
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To: MathDoc

Agreed. I started during the Clinton years and haven’t let up since!


25 posted on 11/05/2008 5:35:51 PM PST by Ammo Republic 15
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To: FReepaholic
Good to see you guys mad about this. We got to take the extra step of e-mailing them and tell them that their news programs are slanted. btw...NewsBusters.org are the ones that report on the bias media and have clips of CNN and break down their programming - analyze it - and come to a conclusion.

We have to talk to other conservative blogs, friends, people we work with...just ask them to e-mail, call, or write to CNN - just tell them that they will not watch them because of the bias crap they put out.

In case anyone is interested in writing to them...here is their comment page -

CNN's Feedback Page

26 posted on 11/05/2008 5:38:01 PM PST by GaryLee1990 (www.RightWingIt.com)
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To: FReepaholic
Good to see you guys mad about this. We got to take the extra step of e-mailing them and tell them that their news programs are slanted. btw...NewsBusters.org are the ones that report on the bias media and have clips of CNN and break down their programming - analyze it - and come to a conclusion.

We have to talk to other conservative blogs, friends, people we work with...just ask them to e-mail, call, or write to CNN - just tell them that they will not watch them because of the bias crap they put out.

In case anyone is interested in writing to them...here is their comment page -

CNN's Feedback Page

27 posted on 11/05/2008 5:38:05 PM PST by GaryLee1990 (www.RightWingIt.com)
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To: MathDoc

Me too. And I forbid my son from selecting the MSNBC channel as well.


28 posted on 11/05/2008 5:38:33 PM PST by GregoryFul
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To: GaryLee1990

Except for occasionally a little Glenn Beck on CNN Headline News, I’ve not watched anything but FoxNews for several years now.


29 posted on 11/05/2008 5:39:45 PM PST by tatown
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To: GaryLee1990

Haven’t watched CNN or PMSNBC in years - and recently, stopped watching FNC (and believe me, I was a “serious” Fox News Junkie!)....AFter the third debate, I said enough is enough - I couldn’t even watch FNC anymore.

I didn’t turn FNC on yesterday or today...I’m “SO OVER” FNC...probably won’t even take a peek at it until next spring....when all the Obamathon hoopla will be settled down...you know, President Elect....., Inauguration Day.... First 100 Days....etc. BLECH!!

I lived without Fox (didn’t have satellite then) for the first 6 years of Clinton’s presidency..I can surely do without it now!!!


30 posted on 11/05/2008 5:40:51 PM PST by MasonGal
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To: GaryLee1990

I don’t watch any news station except FOX. I never watch Ellen, Oprah or BET. I skip over 2-13, and most of the Comedy Shows since they are all smut and libs. I don’t watch the “judge” shows ‘cuz they’re all about ignorant people. I don’t watch Sex In The City either. I haven’t watch any of these for years.


31 posted on 11/05/2008 5:40:55 PM PST by libertylass (Her support of aerial hunting....)
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To: GaryLee1990

I watched Glenn Beck on Healine News Cnn, that was it. He is over at Fox now, so pretty easy to boycott something I never watched.


32 posted on 11/05/2008 5:41:14 PM PST by dynachrome (Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
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To: GaryLee1990

My e-mail to CNN:

I’m turning you off.........for good.

See ya’, you biased excuse for a news station.

Stacy


33 posted on 11/05/2008 5:43:46 PM PST by libertylass (Her support of aerial hunting....)
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To: GaryLee1990

I was thinking about this today and it occurred to me that just ‘not watching’ them is not enough. A true boycott involves punishing them where they live and that is the bottom line, their financials.

Watch them enough, or designate someone to watch them enough to compile who advertises with them and then systematically boycott their sponsors. If enough do this, they will take their advertising $ elsewhere and abandon CNN.

In fact, a sponsor boycott could be conducted against more than one liberal media outlet at a time, I mean if your not buying something, your not buying no matter who they sponsor.

Post a contact list of all the sponsors, listing three executive officers full US Mail contact information. The CEO, President and Chief Financial Officer if available. Encourage everyone not to just eMail, but to eMail and HAND-WRITE a USPS (Snail Mail) letter addressed to each of these people within each company indicating precisely what you are doing, built around the theme of we are systematically boycotting your products (or services) because you sponsor CNN. Be advised that we are quite tightly connected with many hundreds of thousands of like minded individuals and families who are being sought to join this boycott each and every day etc...

If they keep track of such things, it is liken to writing a representative, a handwritten letter represents two to four fold what an eMail represents as far as constituent opinion. Cable news sponsors would likely be even more sensitized.

It is certainly worth a try.

Thoughts...


34 posted on 11/05/2008 5:48:35 PM PST by OriginalChristian (If you can't get Life right, nothing else you think or say matters....)
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To: Unkosified
I liked their coverage of desert storm, except they had the one guy who was in bed with the Iraqis. Not much competition in those days.

When I saw their anchors crying when Clinton got impeached, I knew their was a problem. Then I heard they compromised with Saddam to get coverage.

No reason anyone should still be there.

35 posted on 11/05/2008 5:52:02 PM PST by nufsed
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To: GaryLee1990

Boycott “everything leftist” forever! Boycott the entire MSM forever! The MSM really continues to lose both support and money everyday!


36 posted on 11/05/2008 5:52:28 PM PST by johnthebaptistmoore (There's nothing good to say about leftists in complete control of everything important.)
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To: Laverne

Haven’t watched CNN for years. I am done with Fox too. I appreciate the hard work Hannity put in on this election, but he’s not enough to win me back.


37 posted on 11/05/2008 5:53:32 PM PST by mockingbyrd (Sarah 2012!)
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To: GaryLee1990

1) threaten media with stock sale
2) sell media stock
3) pool assets, and buy a major station


38 posted on 11/05/2008 5:54:58 PM PST by ROTB (GOD sez "You will not envy your neighbors' [anything]." Cut it our with class envy you Communists!)
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To: OriginalChristian
OriginalChristian:

Thanks for your reply - I do appreciate it. I will do some thinking and possibly readjust our tactics against CNN. It's getting the people to acutally do it - that's going to be tough.

RightWingIt.com

39 posted on 11/05/2008 5:55:25 PM PST by GaryLee1990 (www.RightWingIt.com)
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To: Treefiddy

Boycotted CNN a long time ago. Today starts the boycott of Fox News.
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Agreed. I never watch TV news anyway, but have long had foxnews.com as my home page on explorer (I’d always check that and then zoom right over to FR). That ended last night as I could not bear to see zero’s image everywhere. FR is now my home page.


40 posted on 11/05/2008 6:02:46 PM PST by leapfrog0202
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