Reagan WILL AIR ON SHOWTIME UNCUT

http://www.drudgereport.com ^ | 11-04-03 | Drudge

[mgist]

VIACOM CHAIR SUMNER REDSTONE EXPRESSED GRAVE CONCERN FOR NETWORK BROADCAST...
WILL AIR ON SHOWTIME UNCUT [WITH AIDS QUOTE ONLY DELETION]...
CBS will issue press release early in morning; Robert Greenblatt, head of SHOWTIME will announce that SHOWTIME will air the telepic. Bob Ackerman the Director has said he will re-edit some portions of the film for SHOWTIME. CBS to write-off $9 million...

[Elle Bee]

time to cancel all things CBS

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[Huck]

Good thing I never watch CBS.

[mtbopfuyn]

So, what was the point of pulling it off CBS's schedule? It's still airing. Six of one, half a dozen of another.

[billhilly]

Amen

[MEG33]

Good job,all of the people in media,the friends of Reagan,the many admirers of Reagan,freepers,for at least keeping this fiction off of prime time network TV.(Thank you sponsors if you backed out,too)We have several movie channels and no Showtime at our house..LOL

[longtermmemmory]

translation, CBS will sell this monster to the French.


Hallmark must pay for distributing this.

All who are involved must pay.

[mewzilla]

FWIW, I think Robert Greenblatt's gay, too. Are there any straight folks involved in this? Just out of curiosity?

[Reagan is King]

I'd cancel Showtime if I subscribed for showing this hit piece.

[verity]

The viewership will be less!

[Elle Bee]

The following are Viacom owned companies. A conservative parents worst nightmare.

Remember Simon & Schuster who paid Hillary $8 million for her book.

It all makes sense.

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[Peach]

More work to do; write Showtime.

[nadlo]

Time to drop Showtime, too.

[mhking]

This was my point last night - this is not a true "win" for us; the crap will still air, just on a "sister" network -- one without sponsors that can be influenced.

By shifting to Showtime, Viacom still gets to have their cake and eat it too.

CBS is not necessarily the enemy, in and of themselves -- Viacom is.

Sumner Redstone (Viacom CEO) needs to have his feet held to the fire.

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[Tribune7]

They seem to have a monopoly on stations which air music videos.

[jonalvy44]

totally disagree with you there...CBS was forced to yank it. Many Americans will ultimately cancel Showtime if they air it. Net result, we have spoken, show was yanked. Got alot fo bad publicity, exposed liberal bias in Hollywood, and showed the nation that conservative voices are a force to be reckoned with.

[Elle Bee]

and a BIG thank you to Matt Drudge .... again

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[sticker]

It is time to boycott all things Viacom: CBS, Showtime, SpikeTV, CMT, Nickelodeon, MTV, VH1 and any other business they are associated with. Conservatives can not sit back and talk about how CBS backed down, we must keep the heat on Viacom until they drop the smear instead of just moving it to another part of the company.

[mewzilla]

Is there anyone connected to this thing who isn't gay or doesn't have an AIDS activist's axe to grind? I'm really beginning to wonder.

[MEG33]

I forgot to give credit to Drudge.Network TV just gets more viewers as a rule than Showtime and I feel pretty good about it.