Posted on 11/13/2003 6:37:34 PM PST by ConservativeMan55
We've got all hell breaking loose in Iraq and the Mideast. We've got the Dems in the Senate for the first time in history denying a bipartisan majority of senators their right to vote on judicial nominees.
You've got commentators saying the President should be "Hanged." Presidential candidates calling the President a "Gang Leader." Terrorists are threatening to blow us up just about every day. Environmentalists are threatening to blow us up if we keep driving our cars. PETA is threatening to blow us up if we keep eating meat.
Linda Vester is one of the smartest women in Television and what do they have her doing? They've got her talking to some grandma about how she feels about Scott Peterson.
Enough with the Talk Back Live/Dayside Garbage! Its trash! I want good solid political debate. I don't want to know what Ed from Sacramento thinks about Scott Peterson's facial expressions.
Hannity and Colmes has started a bad habit of beginning their show with Scott/Laci Peterson and calling it their "Top Story." Thats not a top story.
Soldiers being attacked or attacking is a top story. bin laden or Saddam being captured is a top story. People must still be watching or they wouldn't be showing this awful crap!
I want good political debate. As much as I detest it, I would much rather hear Hannity debating with Liberals rather than Scott/Laci/Kobe/.
I've told this story I'm about to tell before, but I'll tell it again for the sake of this commentary. One night I went to bed with the TV on. I woke up in the middle of the night to hear someone screaming.
I quickly looked up and around only to see that it was Rita Cosby screaming at this newspaper editor on TV.
"YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" she screeched!
"THIS IS CENSORSHIP! ARE YOU CRAZY" she screamed!
The story goes that a newspaper editor in Colorado got so many complaints about the over coverage of Scott/Laci/Kobe that he ordered a blackout of the story in his newspaper.
Rita had the owner of the paper on as well at the same time she had on the Newspaper Editor. The Editor was sitting next to Rita, and the owner of the paper was LIVE via satellite.
The owner said that he disagreed with the decision not to cover the Peterson case and Kobe Bryant but that he deliberatly left these decisions up to his editors.
Rita attempted to get the Owner to then fire the editor on the air.
"I THINK SOME CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE AT YOUR PAPER SIR! THIS IS CENSORSHIP! YOU NEED TO GET SOME NEW EDITORS!" Rita yelled.
"WILL YOU BE FIRING HIM?" Rita asked.
The owner replied that he didn't think termination was neccessary and repeated that he disagreed with the decision but that he lets the editors make all the decisions.
"THATS RIDICULOUS!" Rita yelled.
If we get enough people to complain about this we can get this coverage stopped. Imagine how wonderful it would be if Foxnews were to order a complete blackout on this story just like the Newspaper Editor in Colorado did.
Rita Cosby would be looking for a new job!
We've got the numbers in order to influence them. I'm pretty sure O"Reilly is sick of the Laci Peterson stuff as well. When he tosses to Hannity and Colmes he has to say whats coming up on their show.
He usually shakes his head and says "Laci Peterson Again..." with a smirk on his face
Lets make this an ongoing campaign. Boycott Scott Peterson, Laci Peterson, and Kobe Bryant!!!
Greta can have her little legal discussions but keep them ON The Record and Off shows like Hannity and Colmes and Dayside!
An interesting idea, that. There could be some sort of celeb-crime forum for these popular news items. I'd like to see a forum just on the war on terrorism. It would have been nice to have had a separate forum on the California recall election.
I guess what I am getting at is it would be great if the forums could be flexibly created and specific to the issues of the day. Once one issue wraps up then that whole forum associated with that one issue could be archived somewhere.
Now she sits in front of that courthouse in Modesto, like some kind of grinning carnival barker: "Step right up, we've got the very latest and stunning news about the Laci Peterson trial - watch it here - On The Record!" Yeesh.. absolutely despicable, IMO. >:-(
I am e-mailing Fox News now, BTW - using ALL of your links above.
I had even resorted to watching NBC evening news with Tom Brokaw. If that doesn't speak volumes I don't know what does. Thanks for the email links. I am going to write NOW!
Well, actually, tonight we happen to think it is cold. A very chilly 60 degrees tonight and only going to 75 tomorrow. As for the dog, he is keeping himself warm barking.
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